Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
Abandoned Engineering (2017)
Season 14
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.
Released Feb. 18, 2017
Episode 44 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.engineering, tmdb.architecture-history, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.show
Production Companies: Like A Shot Entertainment
Network: U&Yesterday
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S14E1 - Murder on the Reservation
Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.
March 28, 2025, midnight
S14E2 - Slam Dunkin' in the USSR
Exploring a derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England.
April 4, 2025, midnight
S14E3 - Nightmare in El Paso
Exploring a crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities and a sprawling Texan farmstead with a hellish reputation.
April 11, 2025, midnight
S14E4 - Border Wars
Exploring two ornate buildings in Texas that were once at the heart of the Mexican Revolution and a top-secret facility outside Berlin, used by a ruthless dictator to escape justice.
April 18, 2025, midnight
S14E5 - Napoleon's Mistress
Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland, the scene of a honey-trap devised to ensnare Napoleon.
April 25, 2025, midnight
S14E6 - Hell's Waiting Room
Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde.
May 2, 2025, midnight
S14E7 - Apocalypse Airbase
Exploring a nuclear-armed facility in Arkansas that served as America's last line of defence in the Cold War and an industrial relic in Wales that felt a young Winston Churchill's wrath.
May 9, 2025, midnight
S14E8 - Mafia Wars
Exploring derelict villas in Sicily that reveal the island's complicated history with the Mafia and an aristocratic mansion in Ireland embroiled in a bizarre terrorist plot.
May 16, 2025, midnight
Network: U&Yesterday
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 5884 min.
Released: Feb. 18, 2017
Last Air Date: Nov. 26, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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