Megastructures

Episode 1

Golden Gate Bridge

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Constructed with non government funding, which had to overcome numerous opposition.

Episode 2

Alcatraz

Tue, Mar 8, 2005

Episode 4

World's Busiest Port

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 5

Tau Tona, City of Gold

Sat, May 21, 2005

Episode 8

Diamond Diggers: Ekati Diamond Mine

Wed, Jul 27, 2005 45 mins

Travel to Canada's Northwest Territories where monster machines are moving mountains of gem-studded earth at the Ekati Diamond Mine. Here, in the brutal sub-Arctic, meet a trio of the world's most hardcore and mega mining machines.

Episode 9

Sea Launch

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 10

North Sea Wall

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 11

Impossible Island: Dubai Palm Island

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Look at how one of Dubai's greatest engineering marvel came to be. Examining the Palm Island from it's design to method of construction, facing the problems like the effects from the September 11 fears to corrosion and weather.

Episode 12

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Tue, Sep 13, 2005 45 mins

Episode 13

Super Port: MegaMovers - Port of Rotterdam

Fri, Sep 4, 2026 52 mins

Journey to the Netherlands for an inside look at Rotterdam's Super Port. As Europe's busiest port, its Harbor Control is put to the test by receiving some of the largest and most challenging ships in the world, included the world's largest dry bulk carrier and the second largest container ship that hauls almost 8,500 containers.

Episode 14

C-5 Galaxy

Tue, Sep 20, 2005

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.

Episode 15

North Branch Correctional Institution

Fri, Sep 4, 2026 44 mins

To be completed by 2007, Maryland's North Branch Correctional Institution will be one of the world's most hi-tech prisons. The design and construction of the facility and some of the improved security features installed are explored this time.

Episode 16

The World's Biggest Airliner: Airbus

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

The massive, elegant Airbus A380 promises a revolution in air travel. Look at the intricate and impressive processes involved in the construction of this 73m-long, 80m-wide super-plane.

Episode 17

USS Virginia

Fri, Sep 4, 2026 44 mins

Latest US submarine 20% cheaper than the Seawolf. 6 years to design and build.

Episode 18

Ultimate Casino

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 19

Ultimate Roller Coaster

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 20

NORAD

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), combined United States and Canada, provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for Northern America. Located at Peterson Air Force Base. Nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

Episode 21

Berlin's Grand Central

Fri, Sep 4, 2026 44 mins

In Berlin, a construction team races to finish Europe's newest and largest train station before the football World Cup. Follow the team as it attempts an engineering feat never before accomplished in construction history.

Episode 22

Boston's Big Dig

Mon, Jan 30, 2006

Looks at the design, planning and construction of the Boston Big Dig, in which a whole new transport network is built beneath the city of Boston, USA.

Episode 23

Ultimate Oil Rigs

Fri, Sep 4, 2026 43 mins

Episode 24

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Tue, Nov 1, 2005

Episode 25

World's Tallest Bridge

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Episode 26

Mega Ship

Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Climb aboard the cargo ship OOCL Atlanta as she journeys from Hong Kong to Singapore. How does a minimal crew keep this 1000 ft long vessel afloat in treacherous seas?