2023-12-25

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Tom Scott

Britain's power grid is turning inside-out, which means pylons are about to become a lot more controversial in Britain. At the National Grid Training Centre, I climbed one. ■ The "Great Grid Upgrade": https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade

National Grid also asked if I'd plug their Early Careers page, for anyone in the UK thinking of joining the industry: https://jobs.nationalgrid.com/UK/content/Early-careers/

Camera: Kamil Manysiak, Nathan Trays, Lauren Morley

Local production: Greg May and Matt Ellis at Broadcast Media https://www.broadcastmedia.co.uk/

Editor: Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin

Audio mix: Dan Pugsley https://cassinisound.com

Thanks to Dave Brain for camera-sensor-dust paintouts @davebrainvfx

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