How Britain Worked

Guy helps to get the Birmingham Botanical Gardens back into shape, and tries to learn one of the Industrial Revolution's most skilful and dangerous jobs: blowing glass for the gardens' enormous greenhouses. He has a go at rebuilding the very first lawnmower: another great British invention. Guy also uses a little-known 19th-century technique to make his own rock.

Category

Documentary / History

Original air date

25/11/2012