Inventions That Changed the World

Season 1 Episode 4: Telephone

Feb 06, 2004NR1h7.9

Jeremy Clarkson takes a look at our global telecommunications networks and shows us how much these networks have changed how we live and communicate.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Gun

Aired: Jan 15, 2004

There would be no guns without gunpowder, the volatile mixture of saltpetre (...

Episode 2 Computer

Aired: Jan 22, 2004

In Victorian times 'computers' were people who added up rows of figures. Now ...

Episode 3 Jet

Aired: Jan 29, 2004

Jeremy Clarkson flies around the world in around 72 hours to demonstrate just...

Episode 4 Telephone

Aired: Feb 6, 2004

Jeremy Clarkson takes a look at our global telecommunications networks and sh...

Episode 5 Television

Aired: Feb 12, 2004

Television would never have developed without the cathode ray tube (CRT). It ...

Main Cast

Jeremy Clarkson Presenter

Russell Layton

Russell Layton Alexander Graham Bell

Creators

Susannah Ward

Susannah Ward Director

Info about Inventions That Changed the World

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres:Documentary