Find out when Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam is on TV today, tonight and this week at the UK TV Listings Guide.
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
The development of steam power, from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to modern-day nuclear power stations. Fred travels to Cornwall to investigate the use of early engines to pump water out of the tin mines
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 6, 10:00 pm
The revolution in transport brought about by steam power, charting the technology's development from the earliest colliery railways, through the first passenger train services and to the end of an era in the 1960s
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 6, 10:30 pm
The steeplejack takes a look at the extraordinary expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the continued use of huge steam engines in collieries, steelworks and mills in the 20th century
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 6, 11:00 pm
Fred looks at early experiments in the use of steam for road transport, more than 100 years before the invention of the petrol engine. Plus, an insight into the development of the traction engine for agriculture and haulage
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 6, 11:30 pm
The development of the steamship, from the earliest paddle boats and the first iron-hulled vessels to modern sport screw propellers and ships powered by steam turbines, such as the Royal Yacht Britannia
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 13, 10:00 pm
An examination of the major advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, which is still used today to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Fred also discovers how the country's steam heritage is preserved by museums and societies throughout the country
More details for Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, Wed 13, 10:30 pm