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Great Britons - Brunel

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Jeremy Clarkson makes the case for choosing Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the greatest Briton of all time. Born in 1806, Brunel repeatedly risked his life designing a series of audacious bridges and railways that made him a superstar of the Industrial Revolution. Clarkson revisits some of them, including the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.

Your Starter for Ten. Great Britons 9.00pm BBC2
In the first of the profiles of the top ten greatest Britons of all time, as voted for by the public, Jeremy Clarkson focuses on the Victorian engineering genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Producer:
Edward Bazalgette
Source: Radio Times

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