The Machine That Made Us

2008

7.0 (4)

59 min

English

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The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age.

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Released
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Wavelength Films, BBC

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Top Cast

Stephen Fry as Self - Presenter

Barbara Rupp as Self

Top Crew

Patrick McGrady · Director

Martin Davidson · Executive Producer

Lucy Ward · Executive Producer

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