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The Man Alive Report

Series 3

The Inventors: Why Didn't I Think of That?

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Inventions are increasingly coming from research teams in large industrial firms, though there are still a few lone inventors out there. But does Britain care enough to encourage and back them with private or public funds? Harold Williamson meets inventors who have spent years trying to convince manufacturers, while Nick Ross talks to financiers and industrialists about the problems inventors face in the commercial world. Show less

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