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How To Write An Instruction Manual
Engineer Mark Miodownik explores the history of product guides. Just what is their future? With John Haynes. From 2009.
Welcome to this instruction manual on how to write an instruction manual.
Inside, engineer Mark Miodownik explores the history and the future of product guides and how they chart our changing relationship with technology.
Featuring:
Mr Miodownik - Mark's father, and collector of instruction manuals
Roger Bridgeman,
Kate Layden
Mark Hughes
John Haynes
Rory Cellan-Jones
Paul Ballard
Jonty Wearing
Hugh Dangerfield
French instructions read by Beatrice Murail.
Chinese instructions read by Ruhua Xianyu.
Voice of the Instruction Manual - Pat Whymark
Producer: Michelle Martin
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in August 2009.
Last on
Tue 30 Aug 2022
02:30
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