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  • Flying High show

    Flying High

    Our very own investigative engineering expert Sean Riley literally scrambles his brain in an air-pressure experiment that...

    (01:59)
  • Subway Cars show

    Subway Cars

    How do workers place new carriages underground on tracks?

    (03:05)
  • Cross Rail Station show

    Cross Rail Station

    How do workers anchor down Canary Wharf station when it’s built in water?

    (02:48)
  • Paris Subway show

    Paris Subway

    Watch the incredible story of how Paris’ subway was built.

    (03:08)
  • Lego Production show

    Lego Production

    How are they made? Watch as clay sculptures are precisely engineered into Lego pieces.

    (03:02)
  • Panama Canal Locks show

    Panama Canal Locks

    The lock gates are so large they take construction to the extreme.

    (03:00)
  • Canal Construction show

    Canal Construction

    Builders are constructing a new, mega-lock for the canal.

    (02:55)
  • Lego Universe show

    Lego Universe

    In their most ambitious investment, the toymakers faced challenges to create ‘Lego Universe’, an online game for kids...

    (02:39)
  • Bottling Bacardi show

    Bottling Bacardi

    The run is bottled using a roller coaster assembly line.

    (02:50)
  • Perfect Weapon: Slings And Arrows show

    Perfect Weapon: Slings And Arrows

    Watch as a selection of history's most gruesome projectile weapons are tested for their accuracy and deadliness.

    (01:34)
  • The USS Nimitz show

    The USS Nimitz

    The biggest warship in the world owes her success to a century of innovation.

    (01:52)
  • Ford Engine show

    Ford Engine

    The turbo charged V6 is more eco-friendly than V8 engines.

    (03:03)
  • The Burj Dubai show

    The Burj Dubai

    The tallest man-made structure on earth, a city in the sky, is the pinnacle of skyscraper engineering.

    (01:57)
  • The Mack Titan show

    The Mack Titan

    Enter the assembly line where the 10-tonne Mack truck is built.

    (02:40)
  • Porsche Panamera show

    Porsche Panamera

    The four-door sports car features a risky design for the classic company.

    (02:47)
  • The New Flame show

    The New Flame

    Salvage operations rely on brains as well as brawn. Off the Gibraltar coast a salvage team uses high-tech equipment to device...

    (02:20)
  • London Underground show

    London Underground

    Transforming the London Tube is one of the most ambitious projects in Europe.

    (02:55)
  • Deep Sea Thruster show

    Deep Sea Thruster

    A giant ocean rig needs a new power plant. This dangerous job needs to be done now or she’s dead in the water.

    (00:43)
  • Subway Problem Solving show

    Subway Problem Solving

    Digging tunnels under iconic Big Ben is risky business.

    (02:53)
  • World Island Wonder show

    World Island Wonder

    An in-depth look at the Petronus Twin Towers; the world’s tallest towers stand an amazing 1483ft above Kuala Lumpur.

    (01:01)