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First broadcast on Channel 4[1]'s More4 in the United Kingdom in January 2000, David Jason's Great British Inventions is a 4-part TV series showing a selection of important British inventions and took the audience on a journey to work out how and why they were first thought up. Wise Owl Film was comissioned to film this TV-series. Stuart Ramsay is the series producer and Mark Robinson was the executive producer. Chartered engineer (CEng, MEng) Jude Pullen and starred as David Jason's workshop engineer/'engineering sidekick' and he was created as Prototyping Expert for the series.
Episode 1
Episode 1[2] looked at the British inventors who played a vital part in the wheel's evolution, from the Penny Farthing [3] to the Stephenson Rocket [4]. David Jason drove down memory lane in a Reliant Regal Supervan.
Episode 2
Episode 2[5] looked at the works by Sir George Cayley[6] and Percy Pilcher[7] amongst British inventors who played a part in the evolution of flight.
Episode 3
Episode 3[8] explored on "some of the most extreme machines on the planet" such as tanks (David Jason drove a tank in this episode).
Episode 4
Episode 4[9] followed the history around the invention of the incandescent light bulb among other British innovations that have transformed people's homes.
References
- ^ "Watch David Jason's Great British Inventions | Stream free on Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "David Jason's Great British Inventions - Series 1: Episode 1 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Penny-farthing - Facts and History (bicyclehistory.net)
- ^ Stephenson's Rocket - World History Encyclopedia
- ^ "David Jason's Great British Inventions - Series 1: Episode 2 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Sir George Cayley - Historic UK (historic-uk.com)
- ^ Percy Pilcher - Historic UK (historic-uk.com)
- ^ "David Jason's Great British Inventions - Series 1: Episode 3 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "David Jason's Great British Inventions - Series 1: Episode 4 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.