This comprehensive six-part series shows how, from 1760 to 1840, key ideas, principles, and technologies that drive the modern world were developed. Through the stories of the men and women who made it happen, each program reveals the inventive power, sweeping vision, and astonishing ingenuity of a pioneering and transformative age.

The series consists of six 30-minute programs:
Material World
Working Wonders
On the Move
Modern Medicine
War Machine
City Living