About this season
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
Episodes (14)
1. Phoenix Stadium, La Trade Tower, Surfing
Aired 21 February 2007 • 22 min
How do they turn the Arizona Cardinals' football stadium into a monster truck arena in 48 hours? How do they surf the world's deadliest wave?
2. Space Shuttle, Roller Coaster, Pool Table
Aired 21 February 2007 • 22 min
How do they create the world's twistiest rollercoaster ride? How do they turn hard rock into the smoothest pool tables?
3. Empire State Building, Extracting Copper, Making a Car
Aired 28 February 2007 • 22 min
How do they fix the mast on top of the Empire State Building? And how do they extract copper from the largest man made hole in the world?
4. Fighter Jet, Baseball, Sports Car
Aired 28 February 2007 • 22 min
How do they launch and land an F18 fighter jet on the USS Nimitz, make a major league baseball bat and build the world's fastest sports car?
5. Rescue Services, Rotating Boat (Falkirk Wheel), Parachutists
Aired 7 March 2007 • 22 min
Discover how the rescue services slice a crushed car open in seconds, and find out how parachutists are able to land on a dime.
6. Submarine; Moving Earth; Beer Car
Aired 7 March 2007 • 22 min
How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? How does a 6000 tonne monster digger manage to walk? And how do they run a car on waste beer?
7. Racing Drivers, Bank Vaults, Telling Time
Aired 14 March 2007 • 22 min
How do racing drivers survive 300 kilometres an hour crashes? See how impregnable bank vaults are made, and how do they tell the time?
8. Crash Course; Water Display; White Wash
Aired 14 March 2007 • 22 min
See how the California Highway Patrol stop a speeding car, and how 75,000 litres of water is shot 24 stories high in a spectacular display?
9. Cruise Liner; Space Shuttle; Suspension Bridge
Aired 21 March 2007 • 22 min
How do they repair the hull of an 80,000 tonne cruise liner? And how do they keep Europe's longest suspension bridge from collapsing?
10. Vehicles; Football; Potash Mine
Aired 21 March 2007 • 22 min
See how unmanned aerial vehicles fight crime and learn what goes into designing the ultimate football.
11. Helicopter; Luxury Yachts; Highway Patrol
Aired 28 March 2007 • 22 min
How does a helicopter loop the loop? Plus, learn how a 200,000 square metre ball park in the hottest city in the US is cooled?
12. Buildings, Electricity Pylons, Balloon Makers
Aired 28 March 2007 • 22 min
Learn how buildings are made earthquake proof, the electricity supply is ensured and balloons are made?
13. Bulletproof Vests, Robots, Formation Skydivers
Aired 4 April 2007 • 22 min
Discover how formation skydivers train in a wind tunnel, and learn how a bullet proof vest can stop a dozen rounds at point blank range.
14. Rally Car; Letter; Titanium
Aired 4 April 2007 • 22 min
Turning the family car into a rally car; titanium and letters.