- Title: The Secret Life Of: The Sewing Machine
- Date: 19th September 1989
- Summary: WHICH PART OF A SEWING MACHINE WAS THOUGHT TO BE UNLADYLIKE? HOW MANY WIVES AND CHILDREN DID MR SINGER HAVE? WHY DOES A SEWING MACHINE NEEDLE HAVE A GROOVE UP ONE SIDE? WHAT DOES A RADIO-CONTROLLED SUITCASE HAVE TO DO WITH A SEWING MACHINE? WHO GOT CHASED BY ANGRY TAILORS, WORRIED THAT THE SEWING MACHINE WOULD PUT THEM OUT OF WORK? WHAT IS A STEPPER MOTOR? WHAT IS A HUMAN SEWING MACHINE? THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND MANY OTHER MYSTERIES ABOUT THE SEWING MACHINE IN TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME. THE SERIES CONTAINS ANIMATED SEQUENCES IN TIM HUNKIN'S CARTOON-STYLE AND MANY SPECTACULAR SPECIAL EFFECTS.
- Description:SIX HALF HOUR FILMS WRITTEN AND PRESENTED BY TIM HUNKIN ABOUT HOW HOUSEHOLD MACHINES WORK.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Unspecified
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:19/09/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s