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Local Heroes
1996 · TV series · documentary · 5 seasons
Local Heroes is an award-winning science and history television programme in the United Kingdom, presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Made by Screenhouse Productions and directed by Paul Bader, it was first aired on the ITV regional network Yorkshire Television in 1991. In the show, Adam Hart-Davis, dressed in the pink and yellow cycling clothes that would became the show's trademark, rode around the YTV region on a matching pink and yellow bicycle, stopping in a particular area to tell the stories of scientists that lived or were born there. These stories were embellished by experiments, performed on the street by Hart-Davis, generally using bits of wood and junk from a trailer on his bike.
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Some lesser known (and some well known) scientists of the industrial age are profiled by the wonderful TV show "Local Heroes": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Heroes_(British_TV_series)
Great show if you can find it. Another show, Connections, is much more popular, and traces the family tree of various inventions. Again, highly recommended!