Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of our industrial heritage. Looking at how the skills of the past are being carried on today. Show more

Fred served his apprenticeship as a joiner, and showed a great appreciation for the skills of the men who built Britain's castles, palaces and country houses. Show more

Exploring the life of Fred Dibnah. Fred was often associated with demolition, but his real passion was the preservation and restoration of Britain's past. Show more

Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritage. This edition looks at steam-powered engines. Show more

Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritage. This edition looks at mining. Show more

Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's industrial heritage. A look at his fascination with the skills of road and rail engineers. Show more

Fred shares his enthusiasm for Britain's industrial heritage. In this final programme, Fred visits Warwick Castle and Ely Cathedral. Show more

Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain. Fred's passion for the machines of the past helped raise public awareness. Show more

Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain. Here, we see Fred's interest in the work of the great engineers of the Victorian age. Show more

Fred Dibnah looks at industrialisation in Britain. He revisits sites including Queen Street Mill, the Long Shop Museum and the Black Country Living Museum. Show more

Fred Dibnah looks at industrialisation in Britain. Dibnah's garden was perhaps the finest working steam-powered engineering workshop in the country. Show more

Fred Dibnah searches Britain for technology from a bygone age. He visits David Ragsdale, a skilled pattern maker who owns six steam engines. Show more

Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred visits a pumping station with a triple expansion engine. Show more

Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred watches the skills of an authentic chain maker. Show more

Fred Dibnah completes his monumental journey around Britain on his traction engine as he makes one final trip down to London to collect his MBE. Show more

Fred Dibnah celebrates the Victorian age, looking at the engineering, architectural and decorative skills of the day. Show more

The late Fred Dibnah searches for technology from a bygone age. In this first episode, he demolishes his last ever chimney at a textile mill near Oldham. Show more

Documentary series. Fred visits an open cast mine near Wigan to get coal to power his engine, then goes to Astley Green Mining Museum in Lancashire. Show more

A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Show more