Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
Overview
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Cast
Tom Ward
145 episodes
Jim Meigs
112 episodes
Rob Bell
111 episodes
Lynette Nusbacher
97 episodes
Sascha Auerbach
92 episodes
Dominic Selwood
87 episodes
Geoff Wawro
70 episodes
Dougal Jerram
53 episodes
Michele Mitchell
51 episodes
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine
44 episodes
James Corum
41 episodes
Andrew Gough
39 episodes
Claire Barratt
37 episodes
Katherine Landdeck
37 episodes
Fran Scott
24 episodes
Jaega Wise
24 episodes
Alexis Pedrick
22 episodes
Hadley Meares
21 episodes
Roma Agrawal
20 episodes
Onyeka Nubia
15 episodes
Shini Somara
14 episodes
Dan Dickrell
14 episodes
Nehemiah Mabry
11 episodes
Luke Pepera
10 episodes
Polly Ha
9 episodes
Saul David
4 episodes
Klint Janulis
4 episodes
David Caldwell-Evans
4 episodes
Lucienne Loh
4 episodes
Stephen Wisdom
3 episodes
Amma Wakefield
3 episodes
Martin K.A. Morgan
3 episodes
Natasha Billson
3 episodes
Martin Archer
2 episodes
Katja Lucke
1 episodes
Lucie Green
1 episodes
Andrew Lambert
1 episodes
Torsten Gutsche
1 episodes
Emin Ibrahimov
1 episodes
Sean Simons
1 episodes
Alexandra Richie
1 episodes
Matthew Sturgis
1 episodes
James Zarsadiaz
1 episodes
Media
Recommendations
Rise of the Machines
Time Scanners
Art of the Western World
Monuments Sacrés
How the Victorians Built Britain
Richard Hammond's Big
Ancient Impossible
MythBusters
Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed the World
Antiques Roadshow
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Air Warriors
Visionaries
Don't Look Down
Top Trumps
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
Mysteries at the Museum
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives
History's Secrets
D.B. Cooper: Case Closed?
