- Title: The Secret Life Of: The Vacuum Cleaner
- Date: 5th September 1989
- Summary: WHY DID A CIVIL ENGINEER WH DESIGNED FAIRGROUND RIDES INVENT THE VACUUM CLEANER? WHO WAS MR HOOVER? HOW CAN A VACUUM CLEANER LIFT A TRANSIT VAN IN THE AIR? WHY DOES A VACUUMCLEANER USE LESS POWER WHEN THE NOZZLE'S BLOCKED UP? WHY DOES 15 PER CENT OF HOUSEHOLD DUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MACHINE AND GET BLOWN OUT AGAIN? THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND MANY OTHER MYSTERIES ABOUT THE VACUUM CLEANER IN TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME. TIM HUNKIN IS THE CARTOONIST BEST KNOWN FOR HIS LONG-RUNNING SERIES IN THE OBSERVER, 'THE RUDIMENTS OF WISDOM'. THE SERIES CONTAINS ANIMATED SEQUENCES IN HIS 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 3
- Transmission Date:05/09/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s