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  • BBC-2
  • Jul 24, 2007
  • 29 m
  • BBC-2
  • Jul 24, 2007
  • 29 m
James May's 20th Century

Summary Top Gear presenter James May explores the evolving history of technology over the last century. He discovers how far we've come in the past 100 years and the ways in which these technological advancements have shaped the world we live in. Transport, military developments and medical advances are all explored in this documentary for the ...

  • BBC-2
  • Jul 24, 2007
  • 29 m
  • BBC-2
  • Jul 24, 2007
  • 29 m
James May's 20th Century
S1 • Episode 6
Big City, Bright Lights
Air Date: Jul 24, 2007
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Summary Top Gear presenter James May explores the evolving history of technology over the last century. He discovers how far we've come in the past 100 years and the ways in which these technological advancements have shaped the world we live in. Transport, military developments and medical advances are all explored in this documentary for the ...

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Episode 1 • Jul 10, 2007 • 29 m
Honey, I Shrunk the World
May concludes that the major breakthroughs in transportation over the last 100 years shrunk the world not by allowing us to see more of it, but--thanks to television, computers, and fiber optic cable--by increasingly bringing it to us.
Episode 2 • Jul 10, 2007 • 29 m
Blast Off
May reruns the 20th century's space races. He begins with the V2 rockets that the Nazis launched on London and moves on to the rocket rivalry between Russia and America. All the while, he asks, was it all really worth it?
Episode 3 • Jul 17, 2007 • 29 m
Body Fantastic
Episode 4 • Jul 17, 2007 • 29 m
Take Cover!
Episode 5 • Jul 24, 2007 • 29 m
Inventing the Teenager
Episode 6 • Jul 24, 2007 • 29 m
Big City, Bright Lights
How did we construct skyscrapers that appear to defy gravity? Why is an electrician from Newcastle the unsung hero behind our 24-hour lifestyle? And what motivates May to drop a Mini Cooper on a plate-glass window?

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