The Secret Life of Machines Season 2 The Secret Life of the Radio Set 1991
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Any electrical spark creates radio waves and acts as a transmitter. You hear sparks on a radio as interference. That's why lighting makes radios crackle, and even the tiny spark in a switch is enough to make a noise on the radio when turning on a light. Episode Contents: Models: Toilet tube crystal set. Machines: Lovely little (1 metre long) RC car made by Rex for kids show. Guests: A Hertz induction coil and loop reciever. Early Marconi radios. Antique BBC transmitter (c.1920) and it's modern equivalent. Various antique sets and accessories. Films: The cartoon life of young Marconi and an old Armstrong. An ad for 1950 plastic RCA portables. Extro: Motorized novelty radios.
- Released: 1991-01-05
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Tim Hunkin, Rex Garrod
- Director: Tim Hunkin
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1. The Secret Life of the Car 1991-01-08
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3. The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch 1991-01-22
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4. The Secret Life of the Telephone 1991-01-29
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5. The Secret Life of the Radio Set 1991-01-05
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6. The Secret Life of the Video Recorder 1991-02-12
