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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Professor Simon Schaffer presents a documentary telling the story of automata, extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. Show more

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