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What the Victorians Did for Us

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on BBC Two England

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian inventions and innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. Sport. Hart-Davis finds out how many of our present-day sports were Victorian inventions. The origins of football are traced back to the obscure "Wall Game", still played at Eton College, where a goal hasn't been scored since
1909, while the lawnmower transformed the sport of tennis. Executive producer Caroline van den Brul (Revised repeat)

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Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Caroline van Den Brul
Source: Radio Times

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