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How We Built Britain: Episode 5: The North: Full Steam Ahead

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Episode 5: The North: Full Steam Ahead

The North: Full Steam Ahead

BBC Two - How We Built Britain, The North: Full Steam Ahead

David Dimbleby's architectural tour heads to Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds and Blackpool.

David Dimbleby tours Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. Dimbleby travels north to the powerhouse of Queen Victoria's Britain.

David Dimbleby's architectural tour of Britain heads north to Newcastle, home of George and Robert Stephenson, and then west to Manchester, where Dimbleby finds warehouses based on Venetian palaces and a stunning town hall. He explores the sewers that changed the lives of the Victorian poor, the model village of Saltaire, and the grand merchant houses and shopping arcades of Leeds. He ends his journey in Blackpool, where Victorian engineering was put to the serious business of having fun.

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David Dimbleby discovers the buildings that have made the nation what it is.

David Dimbleby journeys through Britain, and through 1,000 years of its history, to discover the buildings that made the nation what it is.

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