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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One HD

Documentary in which Suzi Perry uncovers London's technology pioneers of the past, present and future. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Suzi Perry
Director:
Louis Bamber
Producer:
Pete Brandon
Executive Producer:
Dippy Chaudhary
Production Company:
Button Down Ltd

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The West Country

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One West

Paralympic swimmer Kate Grey investigates the world of prosthetic inventors, trying out the latest 3D-printed bionics being pioneered by West Country inventors. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Grey
Executive Producer:
Maggie Latham
Director:
Ray Tostevin
Producer:
Ray Tostevin
Production Company:
GRACE Productions

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The North

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & LincsLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Marty Jopson recounts the story of the world's first manned flight, made in North Yorkshire over 50 years before the Wright Brothers, and recalls the invention of the jet. Show more

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The South East

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South East

Dr Shini Somara takes a journey around the region exploring the ways inventors, entrepreneurs and scientists have pushed the boundaries of interactivity. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shini Somara
Interviewed Guest:
Luke Aldrich
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Daws
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Phil Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Marianna Obrist
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Rittman
Interviewed Guest:
Asher Rospligliosi
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Walling
Producer:
Lisa Fairbank
Executive Producer:
Vince Rogers
Executive Producer:
Julie Heathcote
Production Manager:
Sarah Callaghan
Camera Operator:
Mark North
Researcher:
Victoria Russell
Production Coordinator:
Kate Wray
Production Company:
Factory Films Ltd

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The South

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Oxfordshire

Rob Bell finds out about the south of England's great sporting inventions. From wingsuits, VAR and lawnmower racing to a sailor being able to follow her dreams. Show more

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The North West

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North West

Professor Danielle George uncovers the unsung inventors of the north west who changed the world in the areas of defence on air, sea and land. Show more

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The East Midlands

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One East Midlands

Maggie Aderin-Pocock finds out how cloth is being used in medicine, industry and sport to change lives for the better. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Tim Baggaley
Interviewed Guest:
Angus Wallace
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Butcher
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Burton
Interviewed Guest:
Holly Batley
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Bone
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Peter South
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Middleton-Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Tilak Dias
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Breakspear
Interviewed Guest:
Cornel Marculescu
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Phelps
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Adlington
Interviewed Guest:
Takayuki Suzuki
Researcher:
Rehannah Mian
Camera Assistant:
Billy Morley
Re-recording mixer:
John Catlow
Lighting:
Mark Turnbull
Executive Producer:
Sally Bowman
Director:
Jane Dodge
Production Company:
Jigjog Media

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Aarathi Prasad explores water-related inventions, including new ways to cross the sea, making filthy water drinkable and designing life-saving apparatus. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aarathi Prasad
Captain George Manby:
John Dane
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Abbott
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Abbott
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Airy
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Derek George
Interviewed Guest:
Judy Nichols
Interviewed Guest:
Johana O'Donoghue
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Pritchard
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Waller
Director:
Clive Dunn
Director of photography:
Chris Sharman
Editor:
Ray Gotts
Writer:
Clive Dunn
Camera Assistant:
Max Knaapen
Production Coordinator:
Annu Kolthammer
Production Assistant:
Cameron Black
Production Assistant:
Annie Woodman
Researcher:
Janine Gauvain
Production Company:
Eye Film and TV

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The South West

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Channel Islands

Documentary looking at how a sleepy corner of Cornwall became the centre of a huge feat of technological, scientific and human achievement.