Abandoned Engineering

Series 10

TV-PG

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.

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12 episoder

Raiders & Invaders
E1
Raiders & InvadersExplore Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy, the victim of a notorious raid, Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts, subjected to a daring break-in, and Sealand, a micronation off the English coast, stormed by a band of mercenaries.
The Rock
E2
The RockThe Tunnels of Gibraltar were a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar, which lay undiscovered for decades. At Atlas-1 Test Site, are the remains of an ingenious US Airforce project that continues to keep people safe.
Enemy At The Gates
E3
Enemy At The GatesIn the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, hidden from view, a series of vaults tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution. At Fort Schwatka Unalaska are the remains of an Alaskan battleground, where a foreign invader set foot on American soil for the first time since 1812.
Cowboy Mountain
E4
Cowboy MountainAn Appalachian dream that conjured the spirit of the old west, left to rot on a North Carolina mountainside. In the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia are the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once known as the Venice of the air.
Drone Wars
E5
Drone WarsExploring a city in Azerbaijan razed to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war; a Kansas City Workhouse that appears to have been built for the aristocracy; two seemingly deserted towns in Sicily that are hard to decipher.
Moonshot
E6
MoonshotThis time we explore an industrial ruin in the Florida everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed; a community in Indonesia shattered by a terrifying and deadly unseen force is also visited.
Rock And Ruin
E7
Rock And RuinExploring traces of a mass deception hidden at Ponte Dirillo in Italy, as well as a once lavish theatre in Ohio and an ancient city with a poisonous secret.
Castle Of The Occult
E8
Castle Of The OccultIn the disputed region of Abkhazia lies the wreckage of a vast site that promised heroic sporting victory over western rivals; a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague hides an eerie castle rumoured to possess supernatural powers.
The Green Line
E9
The Green LineExploring Serbia, Fort Pike in Louisiana, and a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God.
Blitz Spirit
E10
Blitz SpiritExploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler's planes, Casa Albero in Italy, USS Hornet in California and the Sofia tunnels.
An American Exodus
E11
An American ExodusExploring a decrepit Liberian landmark with American origins, a desolate town in Belgium and a pioneering scientific structure in Cleveland.
The Drop
E12
The DropExplores the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, a music mecca that paid the price for taking on the authorities. Also explores Belgica Fort, a stronghold constructed to guard the most unlikely of treasures.