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What is The Day The World Took Off about?
This landmark series on the origins of the Industrial Revolution challenges traditional views of one of the most dramatic periods in human history Five historians try and solve the fundamental mystery of the Industrial Revolution: Why Britain and why then? They travel further back in time with each episode – from a single day in September 1830 to the very roots of the Industrial Revolution 10,000 years ago.

Genre: Documentary


Season 1 of The Day The World Took Off

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