Britain's Greatest Invention
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Britain's Greatest Invention

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2017
1h 29m
movie
Documentary

BBC Two takes us inside the world's biggest invention time capsule - the Science Museum vaults - and asks the nation to vote for Britain's Greatest Invention.

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Britain's Greatest Invention

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Hannah Fry
Hannah Fry
Self - Presenter

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