Local Heroes
tv show
42 total episodes
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5 seasons
First Aired January 02, 1996
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Overview
Local Heroes is an award-winning science and history television programme in the United Kingdom, presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Made by Screenhouse Productions and directed by Paul Bader, it was first aired on the ITV regional network Yorkshire Television in 1991. In the show, Adam Hart-Davis, dressed in the pink and yellow cycling clothes that would became the show's trademark, rode around the YTV region on a matching pink and yellow bicycle, stopping in a particular area to tell the stories of scientists that lived or were born there. These stories were embellished by experiments, performed on the street by Hart-Davis, generally using bits of wood and junk from a trailer on his bike.
London
Season 3 - Episode 2 - 0h 0m
Air Date
March 09, 1998
Overview
Adam Hart-Davis cycles around the country in search of the unsung heroes of science. This week he visits London, where he builds his own submarine to illustrate the achievements of Cornelus Drebbel, who rowed underwater from Westminster to Greenwich and back again. His other subjects include Charles Babbage, whose work with mechanical adding machines heralded the computer age.