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BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Julian Glover's biography of the innovative engineer who set the stage for the Industrial Revolution. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

After his stonemason apprenticeship, Telford left for London in 1782, but success eluded him there. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Telford's extraordinary career reached its zenith with the construction of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

To publicise his vast number of projects, he embarked in 1819 on a Highland tour with the Poet Laureate. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Telford died in 1834 at the dawn of rail travel, little knowing how long his legacy would actually endure. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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Source: BBC Online