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Shipyards & Slender Builds

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"

A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.

How Did They Build That?

S1, EP8 "Arctic Modules & Auditoria"

The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland.

How Did They Build That?

S5, EP1 "Reborn Buildings & Sacred Grounds"

In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery.

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP8 "Breakthroughs & Bridges"

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

How Did They Build That?

S5, EP3 "Cables Cars & Rooftop Parks"

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.

Air Crash Investigation

S25, EP6 "Cabin Chaos"

After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.

Air Disasters

S2, EP7 "Pilot vs. Plane"

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.

Air Disasters

S1, EP7 "Explosive Evidence"

A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.

Aerial America

S1, EP64 "New England"

An aerial tour over New England captures its beauty while celebrating its rich history; from the Massachusetts harbors, where Americans rebelled against the British, to the autumn colors that blanket the mountains of Vermont.

Aerial America

S1, EP13 "Georgia"

The Empire State of the South; ancient Mound builders to the Cherokee Indians.

Air Disasters

S22, EP2 "Time Critical"

In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures, ignore signs of danger and make deadly decisions.

Air Disasters

S11, EP2 "Killer Attitude"

The pairing of a domineering pilot and an inexperienced first officer has deadly consequences in northern Minnesota.

Air Crash Investigation

S25, EP6 "Cabin Chaos"

After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.

Air Disasters

S1, EP10 "Phantom Strike"

In September 2006, a brand-new legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon forest.

Air Disasters

S18, EP22 "Ripped Apart"

Design innovations evolve as a result of terrible air disasters due to pressurization failure or explosive decompression.

Air Disasters

S11, EP3 "Deadly Myth"

The crash of a commuter flight to Detroit leads investigators to a cause the industry has known about for years.

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