S3 E1 • Canal

The Panama Canal is set to double its capacity almost a century after it opened. Find out why its success lies in four key breakthroughs that enable ever bigger ships to navigate landlocked areas.

Première diffusion : 5 juillet 2011

S3 E2 • Brise-glace

Find out what made it possible for the world’s largest icebreaking ship to smash through solid ice a metre and a half thick and pulverise blocks of ice the size of a car with its huge propellers.

Première diffusion : 19 juillet 2011

S3 E3 • Métro

Over 4 million people use the London Underground every day. Find out how four key inventions in a series of landmark metro systems helped it become the biggest subway in the Western world.

Première diffusion : 12 juillet 2011

S3 E4 • Prison

Modern prisons are brimming with technology. Explore the inner workings and incredible stories behind four landmark prisons that allowed engineers to build safer, tougher and bigger prisons.

Première diffusion : 9 août 2011

S3 E5 • Tour

China’s Canton Tower required great leaps in technology to build. Explore the way key historic towers like the Eiffel Tower and Washington Monument made these engineering breakthroughs possible.

Première diffusion : 26 juillet 2011

S3 E6 • Train

France’s TGV has been pushed to 575 kilometres. Examine four iconic trains and the breakthroughs that enabled the development of the fastest train on the planet.

Première diffusion : 2 août 2011