The Secret Life of Machines
TV Show| Title | The Secret Life of Machines |
| User score | 7.6 |
| Release date | Nov 15, 1988 |
| Release date of last episode | Mar 25, 1993 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Tim Hunkin |
| Production country | GB |
| Production companies | Artifax |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 3 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 18 |
| Run time | 30, 25 min. |
The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the show's creator, the programme was developed from his comic strip The Rudiments of Wisdom, which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years. Three separate groupings of the broadcast were produced and originally shown between 1988 and 1993 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, with the production subsequently airing on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S3.E6 ∙ The Secret Life of the Office
Mar 25, 1993
S3.E5 ∙ The Secret Life of the Photocopier
Mar 18, 1993
S3.E4 ∙ The Secret Life of the Electric Light
Mar 11, 1993
S3.E3 ∙ The Secret Life of the Word Processor
Mar 4, 1993
S3.E2 ∙ The Secret Life of the Lift
Feb 25, 1993
S3.E1 ∙ The Secret Life of the Fax Machine
Feb 18, 1993
S2.E6 ∙ The Secret Life of the Video Recorder
Feb 12, 1991
S2.E5 ∙ The Secret Life of the Radio Set
Jan 5, 1991
S2.E4 ∙ The Secret Life of the Telephone
Jan 29, 1991
S2.E3 ∙ The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch
Jan 22, 1991
S2.E2 ∙ The Secret Life of the Internal Combustion Engine
Jan 15, 1991
S2.E1 ∙ The Secret Life of the Car
Jan 8, 1991
S1.E6 ∙ The Secret Life of the Television Set
Dec 20, 1988
S1.E5 ∙ The Secret Life of the Central Heating System
Dec 13, 1988
S1.E4 ∙ The Secret Life of the Refrigerator
Dec 6, 1988
S1.E3 ∙ The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine
Nov 29, 1988
S1.E2 ∙ The Secret Life of the Washing Machine
Nov 22, 1988
S1.E1 ∙ The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner
Nov 15, 1988
Videos
The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner - Remastered
Mar 13, 2021
