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Brunel, the great Victorian engineer, accomplished so much that he deserves a reseed of this series plus a bonus programme in order that more people that missed them the first time can acquaint themselves with this remarkable man (and his father).



The oldest section of the London Underground goes through the Thames Tunnel originally built by the Brunels and still in use. There is a small museum in the original engine house (used during construction) a few hundred feet from the Underground station on the south side of the Thames. You'll enjoy visiting them all the more after knowing about Brunel from these programmes.



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Brunel, The Little Giant



Genius and slave-driver

by Victoria Tagg

(First published on Monday 08 March 2004)



www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk

? Copyright 2005 Newsquest Media Group - A Gannett Company



The man who made Swindon is the subject of a six-part television series. But the programme makes no saint of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.



Isambard Kingdom Brunel made Swindon great ? but it took blood, sweat, tears and slave-driving.



That is the finding of a six-part TV series by HTV charting the life of the engineer behind the Great Western Railway.



The series, called Brunel: The Little Giant, will take a fresh look at his engineering feats and unflinching ambition.



Producer and director Howard Perks, 51, said: "There is a tendency to romanticise Brunel. But he was a slave-driver and really made people work. That's how he achieved such extraordinary things."



For instance, building a two-mile long tunnel through Box Hill, between Chippenham and Bath, cost 100 lives.



Mr Perks said: "There was a different attitude to work and mortality in those days. A hundred men seemed a reasonable price to pay and didn't faze Brunel."



During the series, viewers follow presenter Richard Wyatt on a train journey, which begins in London and passes through Swindon and Bristol.



Besides visiting the Steam museum, footage of the GWR works in action during the 1930s will also be screened.



Mr Perks said: "The huge scale of the locomotive building business cannot fail to impress. Swindon was a sleepy village until Brunel came. He was responsible for the development of the town and the entire south of England."



Born in 1806, Brunel was the son of a French engineer, Marc. Determined for his son to follow in his footsteps, Isambard became resident on his father's Thames Tunnel project, in London. It was the world's first underwater tunnel and nearly claimed Isambard's life. Mr Perks said: "He nearly drowned while working on site. Water gushed up a shaft and workers found his body washed up, almost dead."



Against the odds, he pulled through and ended up convalescing in Bristol, which marked the start of his illustrious career.



After talking with merchants in the city, Brunel entered a competition and won a contract to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge, aged just 22.



But not all his projects proved so successful. Mr Perks said: "His career was dogged by disasters. Brunel's reputation took a big knock with the Great Eastern lines, which had financial troubles."



Tireless to the end, Brunel often survived on just a few hours sleep, in between working and visiting his wife, Mary, and three children, who were based in London.



Brunel smoked cigars heavily and collapsed in 1859 from a suspected stroke. A few days later he died, aged 53.



Mr Perks said: "Brunel was an outstanding man. This series recognises his staggering achievements, which were not so highly recognised in his day."









Brunel enthusiast, Richard Wyatt, takes us on a journey from London to Penzance which is punctuated by Brunel's greatest achievements as well as some of his failures.



Episode 1 - The Thames Tunnel and Paddington Station.

Length: 22:40

Filesize: 232MB

Bitrate: 1304kbps



Episode 2 - The Great Western Railway and Brunel's Broadgauge

Length: 22:40

Filesize: 232MB

Bitrate: 1304kbps



Episode 3 - Swindon Engineering Works and Box Hill Tunnel

Length: 22:19

Filesize: 233MB

Bitrate: 1327kbps



Episode 4 - The Great Western Hotel, Temple Meads, the SS Great Western and the SS Great Britain

Length: 22:38

Filesize: 232MB

Bitrate: 1306kbps



Episode 5 - The Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Renkioi Hospital, Crimea

Length: 22:10

Filesize: 232MB

Bitrate: 1336kbps



Episode 6 - The Atmospheric Railway, Watcomb Park, The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash and the SS Great Eastern.

Length: 22:40

Filesize: 232MB

Bitrate: 1304kbps



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Video capping info.



Method: Digital Satellite broadcast -> VHS (6 head) -> Analogue TV card (4Mbps) -> TMPGEnc 2.521 -> Auto GK 1.95

Resolution: 704x384 (WS 11:6)

Video Codec: DivX5 (Two Pass)

Audio Codec: 0x0055(MP3, ISO) MPEG-1 Layer 3

Audio Info: 48000Hz  128 kb/s total (2 chnls)

Quality: Fair, better than VHS? Comments please. "History Channel" logo is cropped due to Auto GK. All programs checked, including break points. Sync excellent. Some archive footage lacks good contrast and sharpness.



Info supplied by GSpot 2.52



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Great Britons - Brunel proposed by Jeremy Clarkson

BBC - 2003

Duration: 57:43



BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson nominated Victorian engineer

Isambard Kingdom Brunel as his "Great Briton" in the 2003

BBC Television series. The programme was part of an ongoing

series to find the greatest Briton of the last 2,000 years.



Great Western



Brunel, (1806-59) the son of a French engineer, was born in Portsmouth

and educated at Hove and the Coll?ge Henri Quatre, Paris, before

returning to England in 1823.



He planned the Clifton Suspension Bridge - posthumously completed in

1864 using chains from his own Hungerford Suspension Bridge.



In 1838 Brunel designed the Great Western steamship, which remained

the world's largest vessel until 1899.



In addition, he was responsible for the redesign and construction of many

of Britain's major docks, including those at Bristol, Monkwearmouth,

Cardiff and Milford Haven.



But he is probably best remembered for the network of tunnels, bridges and

viaducts he built for the wide-gauge Great Western Railway.



Xvid - 997 kb/s - 700x484 - 25 fps - De-interlaced

MP3 - 160 kb/s CBR - 48 kHz

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Thanks to the original capper(s). I've enjoyed watching these programmes very much, and would like to help others see them too.



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