Programme Titles: 1.Steaming up the Alps 2.Bread, Beer and Salt 3.Exploding Engines 4.The City 5.High Fliers 6.Eiffels Tower 7.Building Europe 8.Cotton, Linen and Rope 9.Swedish Waterways 10.Perfect Porcelain

Ronald covers a range of subjects, from early in the industrial revolution, such as canal building in Sweden, and linen making in Belgium, to the next wave of industrialization, with the development of the internal combustion engine, flying and new building practices such as reinforced concrete. Each of the ten programmes traces the development of a particular industry or collection of industries, with some surprising twists and turns.