Abandoned Engineering — Season 11
Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Rock 'N' Roll Island
Aired 15 May 2023 • 44 min
Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.
2. Penthouse Palace
Aired 22 May 2023 • 44 min
Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.
3. Castle Kingdom
Aired 29 May 2023 • 44 min
Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
4. Fake News Fortress
Aired 5 June 2023 • 44 min
Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
5. The True Cross
Aired 12 June 2023 • 43 min
Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
6. Wonderland
Aired 19 June 2023 • 44 min
A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
7. K-Pop Dreamland
Aired 26 June 2023 • 44 min
Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
8. Blues Prison
Aired 3 July 2023 • 44 min
Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers!