Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- February 18, 2017
- Last aired
- February 11, 2026
- Seasons
- 15
- Episodes
- 145
Season 1
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No episodes found for this season.
Featuring
Cast & crew
Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
- Showrunner
- Bruce Burgess
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