Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie

National Geographic Channel

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Thursday 15 January

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The actor and engineering enthusiast drives a Class A4 locomotive - renowned for setting the world-speed record for a steam train, and takes a flight in one of Britain's most successful early commercial airliners as he examines the mechanical innovations of the 1930s. He also finds out how a mass-produced car went on to influence the production of a World War Two tank