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Abandoned Engineering

  • 13 Series
  • 122 Episodes
  • Category: Engineering
  • High Definition available
  • Subtitles available

Documentary series that looks at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned.

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All episodes for series 7 of Abandoned Engineering

  • S7 E1 · Hollywood Heroes

    This episode features structures and sites immortalised on the silver screen.

  • S7 E2 · Stalin's Subway

    A secret facility which once manufactured mustard gas and enriched uranium lies in ruins.

  • S7 E3 · Disaster at the Maya Hotel

    Ruins of a vast industrial ghost town in the United States.

  • S7 E4 · Murder Underground

    An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face.

  • S7 E5 · El Dorado Canyon

    An American desert canyon where fortunes were made and lives were lost.

  • S7 E6 · The Mafia Bunker

    A prison built to house a mafia kingpin.

  • S7 E7 · Silo City

    A real-life concrete jungle in America's 'Rust Belt'.

  • S7 E8 · Inside Man

    A Middle Eastern region littered with ruins - the site of an extraordinary deception.

  • S7 E9 · Shadow Factory

    Eerie ruins hide in the forested hills of Arkansas.

  • S7 E10 · Catastrophe and Cover-Up

    A volcanic island just off Taiwan containing chilling ruins from its darkest era.

  • S7 E11 · Dead Sea Disaster

    A fairy-tale castle that staged one of the strangest stories of the Second World War.

  • S7 E12 · Global Icons

    Bizarrely-shaped huts in India, once home to global icons, are now eerily quiet.

  • Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

    Description: The history enthusiast honours Lancaster bomber crews of the Second World War.; Category: Military & War; 1 episode available.

  • David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Description: The actor discovers the machines that made America and changed the world.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 5 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin's Last of the Vulcans

    Description: Guy joins a select crew of engineers working on the last functioning Vulcan bomber.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

    Description: Guy builds a working replica of a WWI tank and drives it at a Remembrance Day parade.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • Guy Martin's Spitfire

    Description: Guy joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach.; Category: Engineering; 1 episode available.

  • Mega Metro

    Description: An international team works on Australia's biggest ever tunnelling project in Sydney.; Category: Engineering; 8 episodes available.

  • Smoke & Steel

    Description: Examining the Industrial revolution - the age of smoke and steel.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Great British Landmark Fixers

    Description: Teams across the country are keeping our heritage standing, these are our landmark fixers.; Category: Engineering; 6 episodes available.

  • Hornby: A Model World

    Description: Hornby reveal how their dedicated team strive to shrink a new generation of machines.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 20 episodes available.

  • Secrets of the London Underground

    Description: Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the disused parts of London's tube network.; Category: Engineering; 36 episodes available.

  • The Buildings That Fought Hitler

    Description: This series looks at just some of the buildings that were designed to fight Hitler.; Category: Military & War; 8 episodes available.

  • Train Rescue Down Under

    Description: Trains are the lifeblood of Australia, and dedicated crews work hard to repair them.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 10 episodes available.