Season 3
6 episodes · Jul 5, 2011
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S3E1Canal
Jul 5, 201150mThe Panama Canal is set to double its capacity almost a century after it opened. Find out why its success lies in four key breakthroughs that enable ever bigger ships to navigate landlocked areas. It has been called: "The Mother of All Shortcuts"!
S3E2Icebreaker
Jul 19, 201150mFind out what made it possible for the world’s largest icebreaking ship to smash through solid ice a metre and a half thick and pulverise blocks of ice the size of a car with its huge propellers.
S3E3Metro
Jul 12, 201150mOver 4 million people use the London Underground every day. Find out how four key inventions in a series of landmark metro systems helped it become the biggest subway in the Western world.
S3E4Prison
Aug 9, 201150mModern prisons are brimming with technology. Explore the inner workings and incredible stories behind four landmark prisons that allowed engineers to build safer, tougher and bigger prisons.
S3E5Tower
Jul 26, 201150mChina’s Canton Tower required great leaps in technology to build. Explore the way key historic towers like the Eiffel Tower and Washington Monument made these engineering breakthroughs possible.
S3E6Train
Aug 2, 201150mFrance’s TGV has been pushed to 575 kilometres. Examine four iconic trains and the breakthroughs that enabled the development of the fastest train on the planet.