Season 1 (1995)

Tallest Tower
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November 14, 1995 • 30m

Sir Norman Foster and engineer Dr Keizo Shimizu want to build a skyscraper nearly a kilometre tall.

Fastest Ship
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November 21, 1995 • 30m

For a decade, David Giles has striven to beat the waves that hinder the passage of cargo ships. Now he may be close to cutting by ...Read more

Trickiest Tunnel
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November 28, 1995 • 30m

Hugh Doherty has spent a lifetime tunnelling underground, from the Clyde River Tunnel to the Hong Kong Mass Transit System. But no...Read more

Largest Plane
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December 5, 1995 • 30m

The battle is on to build the world's largest passenger aeroplane and leading the competition is Jean-Jacques Huber, of Airbus Ind...Read more

Longest Bridge
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December 12, 1995 • 30m

The world's longest single bridge span is set to arch for more than a mile over the Baltic Sea, part of an audacious plan to link ...Read more

Remotest Robot
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December 19, 1995 • 30m

In this week's programme, the race is on to design the ultimate robot drill. Its seemingly impossible task is to catch up with a c...Read more