The Detonators

At just 18 years old, Holly Benett of Controlled Demolition is the firstwoman explosives engineer in the UK.

Engineer John Parkes is an old hand at the Demolition game, and hisexpertise is called upon when the biggest wind turbine in Europe needs to bebrought down without damaging the fragile local environment of The Orkneys.

Simon Wilkinson is the man who deals with those unattended packages and bags that have become a part of our daily lives.

Phil Lowe is a demolition engineer who is brought in by Railtrack to blow upa disused and unsafe viaduct in Leicestershire.

Ben Jarvis is only 22 years old, but he is one of the most experienced andrespected amateur rocketeers in the UK.

Nick Allder is a veteran SFX technician who's been working in feature filmsfor over 40 years. Amongst his achievements are an OSCAR (for the legendarychest bursting alien in Alien) and a BAFTA for the Fifth Element.

In Denver, Colorado, Robert Heckendorff and his 69th Air Battalion SpecialOperations Group are a group of ex-USAF veterans dedicated to keeping alivethe memory of the Interservice Combat Search and Rescue teams.