S1E1:How Britain Got Moving

1 Sep 201843 minTV-G

When Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, the industrial revolution was well underway. Britain’s natural resources, plus huge advances in technology, were be ginning to transform the nation, including transport. Michael Buerk reveals how Victorian engineers revolutionized how the nation traveled, with the inventions of the omnibus, the modern-day bicycle and the London Underground.