简介：Inthisrevealingdocumentary,StephenFryinvestigatesthestoryofoneofthemostimportantmachineseverinvented-theGutenbergPress. Theprintingpresswastheworld'sfirstmass-productionmachine.Itsinventioninthe1450schangedtheworldasdramaticallyassplittingtheatomorsendingmenintospace,sparkingaculturalrevolutionthatshapedthemodernage.Itisthemachinethatmadeuswhowearetoday. Stephen'sinvestigationcombineshistoricaldetectiveworkandahands-onchallenge.HetravelstoFranceandGermanyonthetrailofJohannesGutenberg,theinventoroftheprintingpressandearlymediaentrepreneur.AlongthewayhediscoversthelengthsGutenbergwenttokeephisprojectsecret,explorestheroleofavariciousinvestorsandunscrupulouscompetitors,anddiscoverswhyprintingmatteredsomuchinmedievalEurope. Buttoreallyunderstandthemanandhismachine,Stephengetshishandsdirty-assemblingateamofcraftsmenandhelpingthembuildaworkingreplicaofGutenberg'soriginalpress.Helearnshowtomakepaperthe15th-centurywayandworksasanapprenticeinametalfoundryinpreparationfortheexperimenttoputthereplicapressthroughitspaces.CanStephen'smodern-dayteammatchtheachievementofGutenberg'smedievalcraftsmen?…