Impossible Engineering
2015 · TV Series · TV-PG · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-04-13
- Network
- Science
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (17 votes)
Themes
- engineering
Cast & crew
Mike Bratton
as Narrator
- DD
Daniel Dickrell
- SS
Susie Sheehy
Cassie Newland
as Herself
Episodes10 seasons · 83 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Mega Bridge42m
- S1E2Ultimate Warship42m
- S1E3Skyscraper of the Future42m
- S1E4Ultimate Airport42m
- S1E5World's Fastest Train42m
- S1E6World's Largest Plane42m
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1NASA's Rocket to Mars42m
- S2E2World's Tallest Bridge42m
- S2E3Ultimate Football Stadium42m
- S2E4World's Most Powerful Dam42m
- S2E5World's Longest Tunnel42m
- S2E6World's Biggest Cruise Ship42m
- S2E7US Navy's Super Submarine42m
- S2E8The Glass Skyscraper42m
Season 312 episodes
- S3E1World's Largest Radio Telescope42m
- S3E2Panama Canal Overhaul42m
- S3E3World's Biggest Ship42m
- S3E4Ice Base42m
- S3E5Mega City Railway42m
- S3E6The Invincible Tower42m
- S3E7International Space Station42m
- S3E8US Navy's Super Ship42m
- S3E9Inside the Tesla Factory42m
- S3E10World's Biggest Aircraft42m
- S3E11World's Tallest Roller Coaster42m
- S3E12Monster Oil Rig42m
Season 46 episodes
- S4E1Deadliest Trains42m
- S4E2World's Fastest Trains42m
- S4E3Mega City Trains42m
- S4E4Trains of the Abyss42m
- S4E5Monster Mountain Trains42m
- S4E6Trains of Deadly Seas42m
Season 510 episodes
- S5E1Chernobyl's Toughest Fix42m
- S5E2NYC Mega Build42m
- S5E3US Army's Super Tank42m
- S5E4Skyscrapers of the Deep42m
- S5E5The Real Iron Man Suit42m
- S5E6Underwater Mega Tower42m
- S5E7US Navy's Aircraft Carrier42m
- S5E8World's Fastest Car42m
- S5E9Himalayan Mega Train42m
- S5E10World's Greatest Yacht42m
Season 66 episodes
- S6E1Beasts of the Bayou42m
- S6E2The Trains That Built America42m
- S6E3Monster of the Andes42m
- S6E4Himalaya Mega Bridge42m
- S6E5NYC Monster Train42m
- S6E6Rise of the Hyperloop42m
Season 716 episodes
- S7E1Dubai's Impossible Island (Bluewaters)42m
- S7E2World's Toughest Tunnels (London's Super Sewer)42m
- S7E3F-35 Fighter Jet (F35 Lighting II)42m
- S7E4NYC Mega Tower (111 W. 57th Street)42m
- S7E5World's Biggest Airport (Beijing Daxing)42m
- S7E6Spy Plane Declassified (Nato AWACS)42m
- S7E7World's Highest Bridge (Beipanjiang)42m
- S7E8Conquering Avalanche Country (Whistler, Canada)42m
- S7E9Infantry Assault42m
- S7E10The Independent42m
- S7E11Supertanker Europe42m
- S7E12Beijing Daxing42m
- S7E13111 W. 57th Street42m
- S7E14South-North Water Diversion42m
- S7E15The Falkirk Wheel42m
- S7E16Stratolaunch42m
Season 85 episodes
- S8E1Secrets of the Supertanker (Supertanker Europe)42m
- S8E2Seattle Super Bridge (Seattle's Floating Bridge)42m
- S8E3Texas Super Skyscraper (The Independent)42m
- S8E4World's Strongest Ship (Boka Vanguard)42m
- S8E5Episode 5
Season 94 episodes
- S9E1Largest Plane: Stratolaunch42m
- S9E2World’s Greatest Waterworks (South-North Water Diversion)42m
- S9E3Kings of the Battlefield (Infantry Assault)42m
- S9E4Titan on the Water (The Falkirk Wheel)42m
Season 1010 episodes
- S10E1World's Largest Crane Vessel42m
- S10E2Mars Rover Declassified42m
- S10E3World's Greatest Submarine42m
- S10E4Abandoned Resurrection42m
- S10E5Firefighting Sky Giant42m
- S10E6Inside the Super Stadium42m
- S10E7Heavy Lift Helicopter42m
- S10E8US Military Hovercraft42m
- S10E9Scotland's Super Bridge42m
- S10E10US Combat Helicopter42m