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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Series 1 Episode 2: The Age of Invention

Jim discovers how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity would completely transform the world, allowing us to generate a seemingly limitless amount of electric power which we could utilise to drive machines, communicate across continents and light our homes. This is the story of how scientists and engineers unlocked the nature of electricity in a century of innovation and invention.

Category
Documentary / Science
Original air date
2011-10-13
Cast and crew
  • Jim Al-KhaliliHost