Brushing Up On... - Season 1

Season 1
Episodes

British Tunnels
Danny Baker considers some tunnel-based archive footage and endeavours to give a quick brush up on these mysterious, subterranean realms.

British Bridges
Danny Baker endeavours to present the definitive guide to Britain's bridges in 30 minutes, armed only with a few VHS tapes and some ham-fisted research. Buckle up!

British Towers
Danny Baker turns his attention to Britain's towers, those soaring structures that loom loftily above us but about which little is known.

British Factories
Danny Baker ponders the British factory - the products, the people, the bosses and what happens when the hooter sounds and the tools are downed.
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