Abandoned Engineering ambient background
CinebyCineby
Abandoned Engineering backdrop

Abandoned Engineering

Abandoned Engineering
★ 7.2/10•2017•44m•TV-PG•Documentary
Similars

Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.

These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 18, 2017

Episodes

Episode 1 - Silent CitiesE144m

Silent Cities

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 strangest engineering projects that created empty silent cities. We ask why a ruined cold war air base has become a no-go area and how a tiny Japanese mining island become the most over-crowded place on the planet. We find out if the street layout of the Soviet Union's model city become a matter of life or death for its population. And how did Nazi Germany create a huge mind control facility at a holiday resort?

Feb 18, 2017

Episode 2 - Mission: SpaceE244m

Mission: Space

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 secret Nazi base became the first on the path to a new world, with the development of the ground-breaking V2 rocket. We explore a forgotten structure deep in the Arizona desert to ask if it is the true home of America's space programme. And we reveal the bizarre link between a discarded oil drum and a Cold War struggle to survive in zero gravity.

Feb 25, 2017

Episode 3 - Lost BridgesE344m

Lost Bridges

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 Colorado desert to find out why a hidden engineering masterpiece could disappear at any time. We ask why a stretch of overgrown concrete in a Czech reservoir is known as 'Hitler's bridge'. We find out how the highest bridge in the world collapsed in less than one minute. Finally, we uncover the story behind Cape Town's invisible bridge, which never carried a single vehicle.

Mar 21, 2017

Episode 4 - Ghost ShipsE444m

Ghost Ships

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.

Mar 28, 2017

Episode 5 - Quest for PowerE544m

Quest for Power

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.

Apr 4, 2017

Episode 6 - Roads to NowhereE644m

Roads to Nowhere

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.

Apr 6, 2017

Actors

Tom Ward

Tom Ward

Self - Narrator

Recommendations

Mysteries of the Abandoned
Modern Marvels
How Do They Do It?
Mysteries at the Museum
James May's Cars of the People
30 for 30
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Top Gear
MegaStructures
American Experience
Horizon
Lost Treasures of Egypt
American Masters
Baseball
Antiques Roadshow
Ancient Apocalypse
How It's Made
Gadget Man
Prehistoric Planet
The Nineties

Similars

Time Scanners
Shannons Club TV
MythBusters
Rise of the Machines
Karin och Carl Larsson
Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts
Power: Engineering Energy and Speed
Mega Makeover
Ancient Impossible
Exceptional Engineering
Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World
Air Warriors
Bridging the Expanse
Shannons Legends of Motorsport
Antiques Roadshow
Grand Designs
Les souterrains de Paris, une techno XXL
Richard Hammond's Big
Art of the Western World
How Britain Worked