Isambard Kingdom Brunel: life of the week

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

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From pioneering railways and awe-inspiring bridges to ocean-spanning passenger ships and flatpack hospitals, there was no engineering challenge too ambitious for Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The impressive creations of this cigar-chomping polymath changed the face of Victorian Britain, but, as Tim Bryan tells Ellie Cawthorne in today's 'Life of the week' episode, not all of his innovative ideas were a success. (Ad) Tim Bryan is the author of Iron, Stone and Steam: Brunel's Railway Empire (Amberley, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Stone-Steam-Brunels-Railway/dp/1398112690/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6ZGR6WI6DAVX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9TpLNZDaoSmGAiUuw0Z9Wg.kwSt3aLudrlvenUjG2s6OxnOA9-x0sffJJYdBG6EzaQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Iron%2C+Stone+and+Steam+tim+bryan&qid=1722596505&s=books&sprefix=iron+stone+and+steam+tim+bryan%2Cstripbooks%2C76&sr=1-1&tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Want all the latest updates on the history you love and add free listening to our podcast,
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0:19.5	Hello and welcome to life.
0:19.7	Hello and welcome to life of the week where leading historians delve into the lives of
0:24.8	some of history's most intriguing and significant figures. From ancient Egyptian
0:30.7	pharaohs and medieval warriors to daring 20th century spies.
0:36.0	From pioneering railways and awe-inspiring bridges to ocean-spanning passengerships and flat-pack hospitals.
0:46.7	There was no engineering challenge too ambitious for Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
0:51.9	The impressive creations of this cigar-chomping polymath changed the face of
0:56.2	Victorian Britain. But as Tim Bryan told Ellie Korthorn in today's life of the week
1:01.7	episode, some of his ideas proved to be too far ahead of
1:05.8	their time.
1:06.8	Thank you for joining me, Tim, in our studio in Bristol today. And actually, it's quite an appropriate
1:12.2	place to be recording today's episode
1:14.2	because we're discussing the life of a man who's heavily associated with the city
1:19.4	is Embard Kingdom Brunel so to start us off before we go any further, could you give us a very brief
1:27.2	rundown of who he was and why he was so significant?
1:31.3	Isambar Brunel was probably the best known Victorian engineer, architect, polymath, a man of the
1:39.4	times, he was a man who changed the face of the country through his bridges, through his tunnels, his ships and his railways.
1:48.0	He was an amazing engineer who's left a legacy for future generations and you can still see his heritage today.
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