Aired Tuesday 6 May, 7:00pm - 7:30pmon BBC Four HD

Pubs, Ponds, and Power: The Story of the Village

Name: 1:55am - Pubs, Ponds, and Power: The Story of the Village
Start: 2025-05-09T00:55:00Z
End: 2025-05-09T01:25:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

Series 1: East Midlands

Archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers the story of Cromford, a picturesque Derbyshire village at the heart of famous industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright's mechanised cotton mills and a textile revolution. Cromford became a new kind of village, built to service the enterprise of this powerful man.

Category: Documentary / History
Original air date: 26/11/2018

Cast and crew

Dr Ben RobinsonHost

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