1: The Great Ship | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

1: The Great Ship | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Following the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's struggle to build the world's largest ship, The Great Eastern.

2: The Brooklyn Bridge | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

This programme tells the story of father and son engineers John and Washington Roebling and their scheme to bu...

3: The Bell Rock Lighthouse | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

In 1800 Robert Stevenson set about building a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock reef off the east of Sco...

4: The Line | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

A drama-documentary about how two corporate giants raced to link the east and west coasts of America by rail.

5: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

As 19th century London's sewage problem reached crisis point and cholera was rife, Joseph Bazalgette proposed a scheme ...

6: The Panama Canal | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

The story of French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps' scheme to build a canal across Panama.

7: Hoover Dam | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.