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  • Fred Dibnah - Getting Steamed Up
  • Fred Dibnah - Getting Steamed Up review by A customer from Wensleydale
    Rated - 5.0 stars Bl**dy hell, as Fred would say 27 October 2004
    ...If you've seen anything else that has Fred Dibnah in, such as his Age Of Steam series, any of his steeplejacking, or his Industrial Age series, you'll enjoy this. If offe...   Read customer review
  • Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
  • Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age review by from Essex, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Fred is my hero. 30 May 2005
    ...Fred Dibnah is such a character, an inspiration and a hero to us all. I have seen most of the Fred Dibnah series and although this isn't the best of them, it charts Fred's...   Read customer review

Fred Dibnah - filmography


  • Fred Dibnah - Getting Steamed Up on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Fred Dibnah, is a former steeplejack who shot to fame after a television documentary was shown about him, which in turn lead to him presenting his own series and specials on all aspects of English architecture and industrial history. This DVD tales a look back at his life, all infused with Fred's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 525 members
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  • Fred Dibnah - Age Of Steam on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Director: David Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This volume contains these six great episodes: 1. The Early Pioneers. 2. The Transport Revolution. 3. Driving the Wheels of Industry. 4. Steaming Down the Road. 5. Steam on the Water. 6. Steam in the Modern Age.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 511 members
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  • Fred Dibnah - Made In Britain - Part 1 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Fred Dibnah travels Britain on his restored 1912 traction engine, searching out engineering and mechanical skills of a by-gone age when Britain was one of the top exporters of locomotive engines, bridges, ships and traction engines. Includes the episodes: 'The Road To Steel City' and 'The Passion ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 603 members
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  • Fred Dibnah - Made In Britain - Part 2 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Follows Fred's journey around Britain on his restored traction engine. Features six episodes, including: 'Mechanics And Riveters', 'Pattern Making', 'Engines At Work', 'Chains And Copper', 'The Engineering Workshop' and 'A Lifetime's Achievement'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 537 members
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  • Fred Dibnah's All Steamed Up on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Steeplejack Fred Dibnah is renowned for his love of steam engines. Join him as he visits the Cheshire Steam Fair, and in his own repair workshop.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 264 members
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  • Fred Dibnah - Dig with Dibnah on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A documentary on Fred's unfinished project with some of his ex-mining friends to create a replica coal mine in the back garden of his house in Bolton, digging a 70ft deep shaft, with an underground railway leading from the bottom out to the side of a valley with the aim being to demonstrate the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 115 members
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  • Fred Dibnah's Building Collection (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Fred brings history vividly to life in his own inimitable hands-on style, and explains how the builders and engineers of the past created great castles, houses and churches, and developed a ship-building industry that was the envy of the world. Castle Builders From Roman and Iron Age ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 32 members
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  • Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah,  Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Fred Dibnah looks at three men whose work and ingenuity helped found the prosperity and fame of the Victorian age - railway builder Robert Stephenson, ship and bridge designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and armaments industry founder William Armstrong.
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 116 members
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  • Heyday Of British Steam - Part 4 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Covering the West Midlands, the North and the North West all the shots, taken in the 1950s and 1960s, are totally original and are in full colour with sound track and commentary.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 132 members
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  • Fred Dibnah's Building Of Britain (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Director: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Britain best-known steeplejack, the late Fred Dibnah, turns investigator in this BBC series and uncovers the craftsmanship behind some of the UK's most astouunding arhitectural feats.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 238 members
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  • Heyday Of British Steam - Part 1 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Director: The Heyday of British Steam
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Only a handful of amateur cameramen were able to film the golden age of Britain's steam railway but some of those shots are shown here as we travel from Rugby, Leamington Spa, Oxford, Reading, Swindon, Bath, Bristol and then back to London via Salisbury and Basingstoke.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 166 members
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  • Heyday Of British Steam - Part 2 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Director: The Heyday of British Steam
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Only a handful of amateur cameramen were able to film the golden age of Britain's steam railway but some of those shots are shown here as we travel from Leicester, Derby, Loughborough, Nottingham, Grantham, Doncaster, York and then on to the Settle and Carlisle line.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 120 members
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  • Heyday Of British Steam - Part 5 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Covering the London area, the Isle of Wight and Scotland all the shots, taken in the 1950s and 1960s, are totally original and are in full colour with sound track and commentary.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 115 members
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  • Heyday Of British Steam - Part 3 on DVD
    Starring: Fred Dibnah
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Covering the Birmingham, North Midlands and Wales area all the shots, taken in the 1950s and 1960s, are totally original and are in full colour with sound track and commentary.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 129 members
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