Abandoned Engineering: Series 1
Episodes
Silent Cities
Feb 18, 2017 · 44 min
Empty buildings and infrastructures are full of the echoes of real people and vanished lives, leaving many questions unanswered and mysteries unsolved. We explore the worlds strang
Mission: Space
Feb 25, 2017 · 44 min
We aim for the stars and find out why unwanted battleship guns allow the United States to gain vital information about the borders of space. We ask how the shattered remains of a s
Lost Bridges
Mar 21, 2017 · 44 min
Soaring across some of the widest rivers and deepest valleys on the planet, bridges have always been at the cutting edge of engineering. We travel high into the mountains of the Co
Ghost Ships
Mar 28, 2017 · 44 min
Exploring ship graveyards, including Scapa Flow in Orkney, where German warships were scuttled after the First World War, and Mallows Bay, home to 200 wrecks colonised by wildlife.
Quest for Power
Apr 4, 2017 · 44 min
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his thwarted quest to prove the US with free electricity
Roads to Nowhere
Apr 6, 2017 · 44 min
Hear how a crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California caused the closure of two roads. Learn why a route used by the French Resistance shut in 2003.