The Secret Life of Machines - Season 2 Episode 5 The Secret Life of the Radio Set
1993-03-25
30 minutes.
Season - Episode
3
Season 3 Feb 18, 1993
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3 - 1The Secret Life of the Fax Machine Feb 18, 1993 -
3 - 2The Secret Life of the Lift Feb 25, 1993 -
3 - 3The Secret Life of the Word Processor Mar 04, 1993 -
3 - 4The Secret Life of the Electric Light Mar 11, 1993 -
3 - 5The Secret Life of the Photocopier Mar 18, 1993 -
3 - 6The Secret Life of the Office Mar 25, 1993
2
Season 2 Jan 08, 1991
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2 - 1The Secret Life of the Car Jan 08, 1991 -
2 - 2The Secret Life of the Internal Combustion Engine Jan 15, 1991 -
2 - 3The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch Jan 22, 1991 -
2 - 4The Secret Life of the Telephone Jan 29, 1991 -
2 - 5The Secret Life of the Radio Set Jan 05, 1991 -
2 - 6The Secret Life of the Video Recorder Feb 12, 1991
1
Season 1 Nov 15, 1988
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1 - 1The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner Nov 15, 1988 -
1 - 2The Secret Life of the Washing Machine Nov 22, 1988 -
1 - 3The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine Nov 29, 1988 -
1 - 4The Secret Life of the Refrigerator Dec 06, 1988 -
1 - 5The Secret Life of the Central Heating System Dec 13, 1988 -
1 - 6The Secret Life of the Television Set Dec 20, 1988
Overview
Any electrical spark creates radio waves and acts as a transmitter. You hear sparks on a radio as interference. That's why lighting makes radios crackle, and even the tiny spark in a switch is enough to make a noise on the radio when turning on a light. Episode Contents: Models: Toilet tube crystal set. Machines: Lovely little (1 metre long) RC car made by Rex for kids show. Guests: A Hertz induction coil and loop reciever. Early Marconi radios. Antique BBC transmitter (c.1920) and it's modern equivalent. Various antique sets and accessories. Films: The cartoon life of young Marconi and an old Armstrong. An ad for 1950 plastic RCA portables. Extro: Motorized novelty radios.
Year 1993
Studio Channel 4
Director Tim Hunkin
Crew Tim Hunkin (Writer)
Popularity 1.9581
Language English
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