Industrial Revelations

Welcome to an unofficial fansite dedicated to Industrial Revelations. Two 10-part series were made with the original host Mark Williams from the Fast Show, and Rory McGrath recently made another. Series 1: Industrial Revelations looks into what started the industrial boom. Series 2: More Industrial Revelations continues to explore how industry developed and matured, and [...]

In episode 2 of Series 1, Mark Williams looks at the transformations that took place in the textile industry. Moving from one man cottage operations to factories crammed full of workers. Spinning Jenny In 1764 James Hargreaves from Lancaster invented the Spinning Jenny. Which took raw cotton and spun it into thread for weaving. Before [...]