Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World The Car (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

The Car (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in dogsleds to Henry Ford's affordable and assembly line-built Model T, and meet the scientists working on the next generation of self-driving automobiles.

Directors

Nat Sharman | Ben Harding

Producer

Nat Sharman

Cinematographers

Jack Burton | Will Potter

Editors

Daniel Garcia Robles | Matt Scragg | Anthony Willis

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Updated May 8, 2019

Release date

May 8, 2019 (United States)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Al-Khalili Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017)
Alice Roberts Self - Biological Anthropologist Self - Biological Anthropologist See fewer	Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts (2022)
Danny Forster Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011)
Robert Hurford Self - Wheelwright Self - Wheelwright See fewer	The Greatest Race: Rome's Chariot Superstar (2019)
Jutta Kleinschmidt Self - Dakar Rally Winner 2001 Self - Dakar Rally Winner 2001 See fewer	Taxi (I) (1998)
Jay Leno Self - Car Enthusiast Self - Car Enthusiast See fewer	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Chris Gerdes Self - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Self - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University See fewer	DWDD University: De wereld van Klöpping (2013)
Richard Kaner Self - Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Self - Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA See fewer	Gardeners
Maher El-Kady Self - PhD Student, UCLA Self - PhD Student, UCLA See fewer	Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (2019)