The Secret Life of Machines
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The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery
Garrod (left) and Hunkin (right) demonstrating how to make "audio tape" from sticky tape and powdered rust
A typical example of the animation style used throughout the series
Take Five
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"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album Time Out. Written in quintuple time, the composition is built around
The Secret Life of Machines
…by Tim Hunkin Starring Tim Hunkin Rex Garrod Narrated by Tim Hunkin Theme music composer Val Bennett Opening theme The Russians are Coming (a cover of Take Five) Ending theme The Russians are Coming Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of series 3 No. of episodes 18 Production Producer…
45 label for "Take Five"
Dave Brubeck Quartet (1962)