World’s Greatest Concert Hall Hamburg’s ambitious dream is to build an iconic landmark. Unfortunately it’s next to one of the noisiest ports in Europe and designing the acoustics of a concert hall is one of the toughest challenges in engineering. The project is years behind schedule, millions over budget and they won’t know if they’ve…
Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys Series 1 Amazing Train Journeys Around the World… Chris continues his railway adventures in this hit series for Channel 5. The series combines celebrity travelogue with history, engineering, a lot of fun and some serious adventure. Series 1: Myanmar (Burma), Bolivia, Siberia, Cuba, Japan and Canada For international sales and…
Megastructures Great Architects Think Big… Great Engineers Work Out How To Do It! The World’s Most Extreme Railway… How do you build a high altitude railway across a hundreds of miles of “permafrost” that thaws into a muddy bog each summer? The World’s Biggest Tent… How do you build a mass entertainment centre full of…
The Million Euro Car What Makes a Car Worth a Million Euros? The answer for Horacio Pagani is a machine that perfectly blends art and engineering, that has unsurpassed power, performance and luxury, the finest possible raw materials and in which every single one of its 4700 components can be considered a work of art!…
How to Command a Nuclear Submarine So You Want to Become a Submarine Commander? Great job, good pay, heroism, never a dull moment… but first you must pass the ultimate test – a six month job interview from Hell, culminating in four weeks of intense, sleep deprived, non-stop naval warfare inside a nuclear attack submarine…
Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Tough to Build… an Adventure to Ride TV legend Chris Tarrant embarks on a series of journeys on three of the World’s most extreme railways, built through the planet’s toughest terrains. Chris gets stuck in a tunnel in the heart of the Congo jungle, crosses the vast Australian Outback and explores…
Megafactories We’ve Come a Long Way Since Henry Ford… Time to get under the skin of modern manufacturing. With exclusive behind the scenes access we find out how some of today’s most complex and desirable machines are designed, built and tested. Including Ducati (Multistrada motorcycle), IVECO (LMV Armoured Troop Carrier) and AgustaWestland (AW139 Helicopter). For…
Britain’s Greatest Machines What were the Greatest Machines in each Decade of British History? Chris Barrie tracks down the mechanical icons that changed peoples’ lives and helped shaped modern Britain. From the greatest steam locomotives, the early airliners and the first mass produced cars to design icons like the Austin Mini and the E-Type Jaguar.…
Kings of Nitro Dream Machines & High Speed Thrills from Europe’s Fastest Welcome to the world of Swiss drag racing giant Urs Erbacher and his international family of nitro-loving, custom bike building drag racers. This hit Discovery show follows the speed crazy Kings of Nitro as they seek to become European drag racing champions and…
Massive Speed with Chris Barrie What are the World’s Greatest Speed Machines? The return of Chris Barrie’s MASSIVE franchise sees Chris getting to grips with some of the fastest machines on land, sea and in the air. Ten action-packed, fun-filled episodes tell stories of fighter planes, sports cars, high speed trains, attack helicopters, road racing…
