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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

2019–2019
1 Season
6 Episodes

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.

CAST
Jim Al-KhaliliSelf - PresenterPatrick StewartNarrator (voice)Robert RyanLouis Daguerre
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GENRES
Documentary
STATUSEnded
RATING
7.8
NETWORK
PBSBBC Four
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