A History of the World

Cumbria's Atomic Pioneers (1x3)

Data di messa in onda: Mag 17, 2010

Using everyday objects to tell the history of the world, Stuart Maconie goes in search of Britain's atomic past, revealing the story of Calder Hall in Cumbria, the world's first commercial nuclear power station. Back in the 1950s, this huge industrial site was seen as a shining beacon of the future during the dark days of the Cold War. (BBC One North East & Cumbria)