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Latest Episodes

• Season 2 Episode 10: Ferris Wheel

  Examining the architecture of the Singapore Flyer, the world's largest observation wheel. At 165m high, it can carry 1,260 passengers and offers a view of three countries from its top. The programme explores the engineering achievements of the past that made the structure possible, including the original Ferris wheel built in Chicago in 1893 and the London Eye

• Season 2 Episode 9: Telescope

  The successive technological breakthroughs that led to the construction of the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, which can detect stars more than nine billion light years from the Earth. One of the pinnacles of modern engineering, it owes its existence to advances in design dating back to the 17th century, when Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope

• Season 2 Episode 8: Dam

  Six technological leaps that led to the construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam - the Three Gorges Dam, which harnesses the power of the Yangtze River in China. The gigantic structure creates a reservoir more than 350 miles long and on completion will generate enough power to supply electricity to 60 million people. The programme explores how it was made possible using the achievements of predecessors including the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams