Inventors Imperfect

Last Edited: 29-Jul-2019
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
14-Jun-1999 Henry Winstanley (1644-1703) – Eddystone Lighthouse Adam Hart-Davis
Mary Ward-Lowry
27:59, 26244, S
21-Jun-1999
Thomas Newcomen --The Ironmonger of Dartmouth
Adam Hart-Davis
No credits
27:18, 38414, S
28-Jun-1999
James Watt (1736–1819) – Steam Engine
Adam Hart-Davis
No credits
27:48, 39115, S
05-Jul-1999
Rev. Henry Moule (1801-1880) – The Earth Closet
Adam Hart-Davis
No credits
27:33, 25833, S
24-Apr-2000
John Stringfellow (1799-1883) – The Flying Man of Chard
Adam Hart-Davis
Andrew Hilton, June Barrie
Hilary Field
27:13, 51042, S
01-May-2000
Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) – Bessemer Converter
Adam Hart-Davis
Cornelius Garrett
27:33, 51672, S
08-May-2000
Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) – Steam Locomotive
Adam Hart-Davis
No credits
27:36, 6471, m
15-May-2000
Alexander Muirhead
Adam Hart-Davis
27:35, 51744, S
23-Apr-2001
George Stephenson (1779-1843)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:18, 6402, m
30-Apr-2001
Frederick Savage (1828-1897)
Adam Hart-Davis
28:02, 6572, m
07-May-2001
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) – Lightning Rods
Adam Hart-Davis
27:18, 6400, m
14-May-2001
Joseph Bramah (1748-1814)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:18, 6399, m
21-May-2001
Richard Arkwright – The Master of Mass Production
Adam Hart-Davis 27:32, 8068, S
28-May-2001
William Triton
Adam Hart-Davis
27:12, 7973, S
12-Aug-2002
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:51, 6530, m
19-Aug-2002
Eleanor Coade (1733-1821)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:36, 6472, m
26-Aug-2002
George Boole (1815–1864)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:38, 6479, m
02-Sep-2002
Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
Adam Hart-Davis
27:43, 6497, m
22-Oct-2003
James Ferguson
Adam Hart-Davis
27:53, 12076, S 
29-Oct-2003
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Adam Hart-Davis
27:20, 12818, S
05-Nov-2003
Dorothy Hodgkin
Adam Hart-Davis
27:44, 13008, S 
12-Nov-2003
Sophie Germain
Adam Hart-Davis
27:52, 13072, S