Season 3 (2011)

Canal Zone
8.0

July 5, 2011 • 50m

The Panama Canal is set to double its capacity almost a century after it opened. Find out why its success lies in four key breakth...Read more

Icebreaker
0.0

July 19, 2011 • 50m

Find out what made it possible for the world’s largest icebreaking ship to smash through solid ice a metre and a half thick and pu...Read more

Metro
8.0

July 12, 2011 • 50m

Over 4 million people use the London Underground every day. Find out how four key inventions in a series of landmark metro systems...Read more

Prison
0.0

August 9, 2011 • 50m

Modern prisons are brimming with technology. Explore the inner workings and incredible stories behind four landmark prisons that a...Read more

Tower
0.0

July 26, 2011 • 50m

China’s Canton Tower required great leaps in technology to build. Explore the way key historic towers like the Eiffel Tower and Wa...Read more

Train
0.0

August 2, 2011 • 50m

France’s TGV has been pushed to 575 kilometres. Examine four iconic trains and the breakthroughs that enabled the development of t...Read more