The Machine That Made Us

59m
DocumentaryHistory
7

The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age.

Cast

Stephen Fry
Self - Presenter
Barbara Rupp
Self

Crew

Patrick McGrady
Director, Producer
Lucy Ward
Executive Producer
Martin Davidson
Executive Producer

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