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70
15
IMDb
7.1
/298/
Trakt
72
/44/
TMDb
67
/15/

Discovery+ Amazon Channel
Network: Science
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 3906 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G

Impossible Engineering (2015)

Specials (Aug. 2, 2016, midnight)

Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.

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Impossible Engineering (2015)

Specials (Aug. 2, 2016, midnight)

Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.

70
15
IMDb
7.1
/298/
Trakt
72
/44/
TMDb
67
/15/
Mike Bratton
Mike Bratton
Narrator
Cassie Newland
Cassie Newland

Aug. 2, 2016, midnight 0.0

S0E1 - Kings of the Sea

How the world's largest cruise ship was built. Also: the greatest submarine ever built.
Aug. 9, 2016, midnight 0.0

S0E2 - Fastest in the Universe

How the fastest things in the universe were engineered.
Aug. 16, 2016, midnight 0.0

S0E3 - World's Toughest

How some of the toughest things on Earth are engineered.
Aug. 23, 2016, midnight 0.0

S0E4 - World's Tallest

World's Tallest Structures are investigated
June 8, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E5 - Monster Gateways

Behind every seemingly-impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of trailblazers who pioneered new building techniques that made it all possible.
June 15, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E6 - Giants of Asia

Two giant construction projects in Asia are featured. The first half covers the construction of the world's largest and most powerful single-dish radio telescope, in Guizhou Province, southwest China. The second half features the construction of the Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in China. The program was re-edited from two previous episodes of the series, with some new narration added.
June 22, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E7 - World's Most Powerful Ships

Discover what it took to build Britain's newest Aircraft Carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the biggest, longest, most powerful ship that is used to remove and install oil platforms, the Pioneering Spirit.
June 29, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E8 - Marvels of Japan

Discover what it took to build the worlds tallest building, the Tokyo Skytree and build the Kansai Airport on man-made island.
July 6, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E9 - Built for Hell

Discover what it took to build the 110 ton ice station, Halley-6 in Antarctica and build the 450 ton International Space Station which provide the platform for research into systems and procedures for deep space exploration.
July 13, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E10 - Future Transit

July 20, 2017, midnight 0.0

S0E11 - Monsters of the Deep

Discovery+ Amazon Channel
Network: Science
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 3906 min.
Released: April 14, 2015
Last Air Date: Sept. 1, 2021, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+

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