How Britain Worked

Guy Martin visits Llandudno in north Wales to try to return the seaside resort to its former Victorian glory, working on restoring the pier and servicing the funicular tramway

Guy Martin visits Llandudno in north Wales to try to return the seaside resort to its former Victorian glory, working on restoring the pier and servicing the funicular tramway

Guy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines

Guy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers