How the Victorians Built Britain

Season 2, Episode 3 of 8

Michael Buerk looks at the building of bridges around the nation during the era, visiting Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol to reveal the secret construction masterpiece that lay hidden in the structure's core for more than a century. He also discovers how the Tay Bridge disaster led to huge leaps in technology and how a new metal emerged as the bridgemaker's building "block" of choice.

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7/3/2021
5 p.m.
7/7/2021
3 p.m.
7/10/2021
6 a.m.
4/16/2022
11 a.m.
4/16/2022
1 p.m.
4/19/2022
3 p.m.
11/16/2022
9 p.m.
11/17/2022
4 a.m.
11/20/2022
9 a.m.
3/11/2023
8 p.m.
3/12/2023
1 a.m.
3/16/2023
2 p.m.
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