They Made Our World Episodes Available now

John Logie Baird
A wireless with pictures.

Henry Ford
The car maker who made motors for the masses and introduced the factory assembly line

Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to the history of aviation

Edison
How Edison's methods of research led to the light bulb and the record player

Mendel
How Mendel's study of peas led to him becoming one of the founders of modern biology

Jenner
Jenner and the folk belief that led to the eradication of smallpox

Marconi
Sending messages without wires, Guglielmo Marconi's role in the communications revolution

Alexander Graham Bell
How Bell's interest in sound and work in telegraphy led to the invention of telephones