Roy Underhill covered this in an episode of the "Woodwright's Shop." It's a PBS program in the US.
Available at http://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-who-wrote-the-...
Also worth noting Season 30, Episode 10 may be of interest as it covers manual training in England. "The Tiny Tool Kit" is tied to Christopher Schwarz's reprint and update of "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker".