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Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie

2009

2 seasons

8 episodes

Documentary

Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a British point of view. Chris Barrie is the host and is testing various means of transportation.

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Chris Barrie

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Ep 1
1.1930s: The Road to War
04-06-2009
Witness Chris driving the world’s fastest steam locomotive, the A4 Gresley, before he takes a flight in a Dragon Rapide, one of Britain’s most successful early commercial airliners...
Ep 2
2.1950s: A New World Order
11-06-2009
Chris takes a ride on the iconic Routemaster bus at his local skidpan and fires up a Vulcan bomber. Then, taking the controls of a Deltic Diesel locomotive, he finds out how wartim...
Ep 3
3.1960s: Revolution by Design
18-06-2009
Monte Carlo is Chris’ next destination where he relives the celebrated Monte Carlo Rally at the wheel of a Mini Cooper. Chris also gets his hands on some revolutionary trucks, char...
Ep 4
4.1980s: The Future Has Landed
25-06-200960m
The ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean DMC is the starting point for Chris in the 1980s, followed by a closer look at the unsung hero of the Falklands War, the Scimitar tank. Chris also...

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