Abandoned Engineering

Series 6

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.

Where to Watch Series 6

11 Episodes

The Lost Pirate City
E1
The Lost Pirate CityWhat happened to an infamous pirate city in Jamaica? Also, a grim gulag in Croatia and a Louisiana plantation caught up in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
Forbidden Island
E2
Forbidden IslandExamining a ghost island once belonging to a secretive country on the fringes of Europe. Also, a haunting site in the UK with evidence of strange burial practices.
Blast Zone
E3
Blast ZoneWithin a dense Polish woodland sits a forgotten complex with an explosive history. Also, grand coastal defences in Ghana reveal a tortured past.
North Of The Wall
E4
North Of The WallA complex of stone buildings near Hadrian's Wall that were built to keep Northern hoards at bay. Also, a top secret military facility in the American Midwest.
The World's Strangest Disaster Zones
E5
The World's Strangest Disaster ZonesAn extended special featuring a deserted Caribbean city, an American ghost town still burning and an Arctic settlement facing a terrifying future.
Defenders Of Liberty
E6
Defenders Of LibertyA now silent site that played a pivotal role defending the U.S through the 20th century. Plus, a crumbling Italian fortress and a ghostly Ukrainian mansion.
Space Plane
E7
Space PlaneA juggernaut of Soviet engineering which was crucial to the international space race. Deserted Scottish coastal defences and a complex that's crucial to American history.
Disaster On The 38th Parallel
E8
Disaster On The 38th ParallelThe mysterious Cachtice Castle home to Elizabeth Bathory, said to have killed over 600 girls and a mysterious structure on the 38th parallel.
Bunker Nation
E9
Bunker NationA small isolated country littered with strange concrete mushrooms, a fort built on America's eastern seaboard, a Spanish village engulfed by tragedy and a secret Japanese facility that was once at the forefront of weapons technology.
The Human Zoo
E10
The Human ZooA creepy collection of buildings, monuments hidden in a Parisian park and an eerie graveyard of discarded ships strewn along the banks of a mighty river.
Spike Island
E11
Spike IslandAn impressive compound commandeered and repurposed by a brutal regime and an eerie complex off the coast of Ireland that became the biggest of its kind.