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Timeshift

Series 15

Episode 3: The Engine that Powers the World

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Mark Evans tells the surprising story of the hidden powerhouse behind the globalised world, the diesel engine, a 19th-century invention that has become indispensable to the 21st. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Evans
Producer:
Steve O'Hagan
Director:
Steve O'Hagan
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. To begin, she investigates the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha. Show more

Adam Nicolson uses newly found 17th-century manuscripts to tell the story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being. Show more

David Starkey's Music and Monarchy

Episode 3: Great British Music

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dr David Starkey's exploration of how the monarchy shaped Britain's music reaches the 18th century, which brought such patriotic classics as God Save the King. Show more

Timeshift

Series 15

Episode 3: The Engine that Powers the World

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Mark Evans tells the surprising story of the hidden powerhouse behind the globalised world, the diesel engine, a 19th-century invention that has become indispensable to the 21st. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Evans
Producer:
Steve O'Hagan
Director:
Steve O'Hagan
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

BBC Four HD

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