- Title: Secret Life Of The Washing Machine
- Date: 12th September 1989
- Summary: WHY DIDN'T SAILORS EVER NEED A WASHING MACHINE? WHAT WAS THE LETHAL HASARD OF EARLY ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINES? WHY WAS THE FIRST AUTOMATIC DESIGNED BY JUKEBOX MANUFACTURER? HOW DOES THE SOAP GET INTO THE WASH DRUM? WHAT STOPS THE MACHINE OVERFLOWING? WHAT HAS ACAR ROLLING STUNT GOT TO DO WITH A WASHING MACHINE? WHY IS THERE AN ENORMOUS LUMP OF CONCRETE INSIDE EVERY AUTOMATIC? THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND MANY OTHER MYSTERIES ABOUT THE WASHING 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 1
- Transmission Date:12/09/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s