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Massive Engineering Mistakes

Massive Engineering Mistakes explores the most extraordinary and sometimes deadly engineering disasters around. With access to design teams, eye-witnesses and a panel of experts, we analyse what went wrong, investigate why errors went undiscovered and reveal how engineers are working to prevent future disasters.
201912 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Episode 1

    October 10, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive Engineering Mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. One of the world's tallest skyscrapers threatens to rain solid rock on downtown Chicago; a Danish demolition catches everyone by surprise; tragedy strikes a groundbreaking Vancouver bridge and in California, a fail on one of America's most dangerous stretches of railroad has devastating consequences.
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  2. S2 E2 - Episode 2

    October 17, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive Engineering Mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In the Netherlands, a construction crane calamity cripples a town; a potentially fatal flaw threatens an iconic San Francisco bridge; mystery as a massive whirlpool swallows an oil rig, draining a Louisiana lake and tragedy as a Florida beachside condo collapses.
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  3. S2 E3 - Episode 3

    October 24, 2018
    45min
    13+
    Massive Engineering Mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Miami, why did a state-of- the-art bridge dramatically collapse during construction? And was a bold new skyscraper really going to topple on downtown Boston? In Alabama, a railroad crossing hides a deadly design flaw and a Spanish energy project shocks everyone.
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  4. S2 E4 - Episode 4

    October 31, 2018
    45min
    13+
    Massive Engineering Mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. Tragedy as a ship destroys a Florida landmark. In Germany, a ground breaking design crashes to Earth; a pioneering bridge in downtown Copenhagen sparks controversy and in California, a disaster reveals a flaw hidden in dams across America.
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  5. S2 E5 - Episode 5

    November 7, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Florida, homes and vehicles are swallowed whole as a giant sinkhole opens up in a lakeside paradise. A pioneering freeway beside the San Francisco Bay suffers a devastating failure. In Washington State, a bridge tears itself to pieces in one of the most spectacular engineering disasters in history.
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  6. S2 E6 - Episode 6

    November 14, 2018
    45min
    ALL
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Milwaukee, what caused one of the world's largest construction cranes to fall? Hurricane force winds reveal a hidden weakness in a revolutionary bridge in upstate Washington. A pioneering computer designed stadium roof collapses in Connecticut and in the UK, a devastating dam disaster forces engineers to rewrite the rule book.
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  7. S2 E7 - Episode 7

    November 28, 2018
    45min
    7+
    A citywide engineering oversight triggers massive flooding in Houston. Near Seattle, a trucking disaster reveals a weakness in bridges across the US. Millions lose their TV signal in the UK, as a transmission tower the height of the Empire State Building crashes to Earth and in the ancient German city of Cologne, a massive hole swallows a building full of valuable relics.
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  8. S2 E8 - Episode 8

    December 5, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Chicago, what caused a window pane to fall 39 stories from a downtown skyscraper to the sidewalk below? A brand new stadium roof crashes down without warning in the Netherlands. Canada's busiest road bridge comes close to collapse and in the UK, why did one of the nation's largest oil depots explode?
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  9. S2 E9 - Episode 9

    December 12, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Boston, what caused a deadly flaw that brought downtown traffic to a halt? And why did a brand new bridge in Wales collapse mid construction? In Spain, a dam collapses, devastating a region and a Milwaukee bridge begins to crumble in broad daylight.
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  10. S2 E10 - Episode 10

    December 19, 2018
    45min
    7+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Connecticut, a sudden and tragic collapse on one of the nation's busiest freeways. Montreal's iconic Olympic stadium suffers a catalogue of engineering fails. In Liverpool, a downtown bridge network at risk of crashing onto traffic below and a massive levee fails in the Netherlands, swamping a town.
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  11. S2 E11 - Episode 11

    February 12, 2019
    45min
    7+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. Why did a revolutionary floating bridge dramatically sink to the bottom of Lake Washington? In Texas, a beachfront high rise that had to be reduced to rubble. An engineering catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico that triggered the world's worst oil spill and in Spain, a dam collapse that unleashed a toxic wave of sludge.
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  12. S2 E12 - Episode 12

    February 19, 2019
    45min
    13+
    Massive engineering mistakes can strike anytime, anywhere. In Montreal, a vital highway bridge collapses without warning. On Apollo 13, what really caused the explosion that made this the most dramatic space mission ever? A cutting-edge skyscraper threatens to rain down shrapnel on the city of Manchester, UK and in France, a town that's literally at breaking point.
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Directors

Joel Tinker

Producers

Nick Godwin

Cast

Ronan Summers

Studio

BriteSpark Films Limited
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