Local Heroes

Series 3

Episode 10: Edinburgh

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 14^th Sep 1998, 20:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Tue 9^th Oct 2001, 18:00 on BBC Knowledge

In Elgin, Adam Hart-Davis re-creates the moment Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He also visits the site where James Watt carried out his work on the steam engine.

Local Heroes

Series 3

Episode 16: Glasgow

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 26^th Oct 1998, 20:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sun 26^th Aug 2001, 18:00 on BBC Knowledge

The series concludes with a visit to Glasgow, where Adam Hart-Davis learns about John Logie Baird, who invented the television, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, who invented the cloud chamber. Show more