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Modern Marvels (1995)

Modern Marvels poster
Genre
documentary
Country
United States
Length
23 seasons, 707 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series explores the science, history, and engineering behind man-made structures and technologies. Each episode looks at how things are built, made, or discovered, from factories and machines to architectural wonders.

informativecuriouseducationalsteady-pacedfascinatingfactualclearobservational

What happens

Modern Marvels, formerly known under A&E as Time Machine, is a television series first aired by the History Channel in 1995, but previously under A&E starting December 10, 1993. It is the History Channel's first and longest-running program, for over 30 years. It focuses on science, history, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture. It also hosted on History2, and currently also hosts on Story Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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