Abandoned Engineering

Series 3

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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8 Episodes

The Desert Ghost Fleet
E1
The Desert Ghost FleetThe programme looks at a mysterious group of rusting ships stranded in an arid desert, a monstrous defensive line on the snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps, a ghostly collection of buildings, and the sunken remains of a unique vessel.
The Underwater Prison
E2
The Underwater PrisonConcrete towers in Finland's snowy countryside, the remains of a tunnel leading deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains, an abandoned Soviet prison beneath the water, and a massive rust covered relic standing on the coast of southern Spain. Who used and abandoned them ?
The Siege Of Sarajevo
E3
The Siege Of SarajevoA bridge that is a short time to total collapse, concrete channels running through a mountaintop forest, the rusting remains of a ship and a marooned military base standing in water, all investigated to find out the reason as to why they were abandoned.
Sabotage in the Mountains
E4
Sabotage in the MountainsA strange deserted mass of concrete lost in the Polish countryside, a City Scape in the heart of Detroit falling apart, disused and abandoned, the remains of a mountainside concrete structure with an explosive past, and a former top secret Soviet facility off the coast of Estonia.
Germany's D-Day Fortress
E5
Germany's D-Day FortressA concrete structure out at sea that came to a terrible end, a destroyed cliff top ruin in a cratered landscape that helped turn the tide of war, a strange heavy looking metal monster left in a remote field, and extraordinary tall 'tower of death' in the middle of a busy city.
Hitler's Wonder Weapons Bunker
E6
Hitler's Wonder Weapons BunkerHidden tunnels that saw a city prosper, a sunken wreck with a remarkable past, a concrete wartime dome and a mysterious Cold War building.
A Ghost Town In Spain
E7
A Ghost Town In SpainA deserted town in Spain with a bloody past, a bridge to nowhere hidden in a forest, strange metal structures in a wood and a ghost fleet heading nowhere that are home to dark American secrets are all investigated as to why they were deserted.
England's Abandoned Village
E8
England's Abandoned VillageA desolate and forgotten town decaying in the desert, an eerie country village which hides a terrible secret, a mysterious wartime tower battered by the elements, and deep beneath the streets of a city a disused railway system. What is their history ?