Aug 2, 2016 · 42m
How the world's largest cruise ship was built. Also: the greatest submarine ever built.


Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.
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Aug 2, 2016 · 42m
How the world's largest cruise ship was built. Also: the greatest submarine ever built.
Aug 9, 2016 · 42m
How the fastest things in the universe were engineered.
Aug 16, 2016 · 42m
How some of the toughest things on Earth are engineered.
Aug 23, 2016 · 42m
World's Tallest Structures are investigated
Jun 8, 2017 · 42m
Behind every seemingly-impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of trailblazers who pioneered new building techniques that made it all possible.
Jun 15, 2017 · 42m
Two giant construction projects in Asia are featured. The first half covers the construction of the world's largest and most powerful single-dish radio telescope, in Guizhou Province, southwest China. The second half features the construction of the Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in China. The program was re-edited from two previous episodes of the series, with some new narration added.
Jun 22, 2017 · 42m
Discover what it took to build Britain's newest Aircraft Carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the biggest, longest, most powerful ship that is used to remove and install oil platforms, the Pioneering Spirit.
Jun 29, 2017 · 42m
Discover what it took to build the worlds tallest building, the Tokyo Skytree and build the Kansai Airport on man-made island.
Jul 6, 2017 · 42m
Discover what it took to build the 110 ton ice station, Halley-6 in Antarctica and build the 450 ton International Space Station which provide the platform for research into systems and procedures for deep space exploration.
Jul 13, 2017 · 42m
Jul 20, 2017 · 42m
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Impossible Engineering Season 0 premiered on August 2, 2016.
Impossible Engineering Season 0 has 11 episodes.
The season opens with Season 0 Episode 1, "Kings of the Sea". It aired on August 2, 2016.
Go to Season 0 Episode 1