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How To Write An Instruction Manual

Engineer Mark Miodownik explores the history of product guides. Just what is their future? With John Haynes. From 2009.

Welcome to this instruction manual on how to write an instruction manual.

Inside, engineer Mark Miodownik explores the history and the future of product guides and how they chart our changing relationship with technology.

Featuring:

Mr Miodownik - Mark's father, and collector of instruction manuals
Roger Bridgeman,
Kate Layden
Mark Hughes
John Haynes
Rory Cellan-Jones
Paul Ballard
Jonty Wearing
Hugh Dangerfield

French instructions read by Beatrice Murail.

Chinese instructions read by Ruhua Xianyu.

Voice of the Instruction Manual - Pat Whymark

Producer: Michelle Martin

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 30 Aug 2022 02:30

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Aug 2009 11:00
  • Mon 11 May 2015 06:30
  • Mon 11 May 2015 13:30
  • Mon 11 May 2015 20:30
  • Tue 12 May 2015 01:30
  • Tue 16 Jan 2018 06:30
  • Tue 16 Jan 2018 13:30
  • Tue 16 Jan 2018 20:30
  • Wed 17 Jan 2018 01:30
  • Mon 29 Aug 2022 14:30
  • Tue 30 Aug 2022 02:30