REVOLUTIONS: THE IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

BBC Four, 9.00pm

Jim Al-Khalili wheels the car centre-stage for a story of floods, horse power and surprising connections. The episode’s highlight, however, is the story of Bertha Benz, wife of Karl, who took her husband’s Benz Patent Motorcar for an early, and as it turns out, quite epic drive.

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