The Day The World Took Off
In the Press

"Channel4’s The Day The World Took Off is the best, most serious history I’ve seen on TV for ages, and what BBC2 should be doing more of"
Polly Toynbee, Radio Times

"A gripping, revelatory series"
The Spectator

"Refreshingly intelligent and thought-provoking"
Daily Mail

"A fascinating series"
The Times

The Film

This landmark series on the origins of the Industrial Revolution challenges traditional views of one of the most dramatic periods in human history.

Five historians try and solve the fundamental mystery of the Industrial Revolution: Why Britain and why then?

They travel further back in time with each episode – from a single day in September 1830 to the very roots of the Industrial Revolution 10,000 years ago.



Credits
Series Producer
David Dugan
Directors
Ian Duncan
David Dugan
Jim Burge
Photography
Mike Coles
Editors
Ian Meller
Paul Shepard
Producer
Carlo Massarella
Assistant Producer
Robert Hartel
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