This program chronicles the transportation revolution of England’s industrial age, which not only transformed the way people and things are moved from place to place, but forever altered people’s relationship to distance and time—the world began to shrink, and horizons to expand. Examined in this program are John McAdam’s system for improving road surfaces; Thomas Telford’s hugely ambitious iron suspension bridge; James Brindley’s elaborate systems of canals; Richard Trevithick’s “Puffing Devil,” the world’s first successful self-moving engine; George Stevenson’s highly refined locomotive, “Rocket”; and Sir George Cayley’s pioneering steps into aeronautics. Produced by the Open University. (30 minutes)