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Cast

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Himself - Presenter

Barbara Rupp

Barbara Rupp

Herself

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Patrick McGrady

Patrick McGrady

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Martin Davidson

Martin Davidson

Executive Producer

Patrick McGrady

Patrick McGrady

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Lucy Ward

Lucy Ward

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The Machine That Made Us

20087.0 / 1059 min
Documentary, History

Overview

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.