Abandoned Engineering — Season 3
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. The Desert Ghost Fleet
8.0Aired 26 March 2019 • 44 min
The programme looks at a mysterious group of rusting ships stranded in an arid desert, a monstrous defensive line on the snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps, a ghostly collection of buildings, and the sunken remains of a unique vessel.
2. The Underwater Prison
8.0Aired 2 April 2019 • 44 min
An abandoned prison beneath the water, a tunnel in the heart of a mountain, concrete towers hidden in the woods and a rusting coastal relic.
3. The Siege Of Sarajevo
7.0Aired 9 April 2019 • 44 min
Concrete channels hidden in a mountaintop forest, a collapsing bridge, a marooned military base and the upright rusting carcass of ship.
4. Sabotage in the Mountains
Aired 16 April 2019 • 44 min
A towering structure with an explosive past, a deserted cityscape, a mysterious top-secret facility and a vast Nazi construction.
5. Germany's D-Day Fortress
8.0Aired 23 April 2019 • 44 min
A devastated cliff-top ruin, an extraordinarily tall tower, a concrete structure stranded at sea and a heavy metal monster in a field all feature.
6. Hitler's Wonder Weapons Bunker
9.0Aired 30 April 2019 • 44 min
Hidden tunnels that saw a city prosper, a sunken wreck with a remarkable past, a concrete wartime dome and a mysterious Cold War building.
7. A Ghost Town In Spain
Aired 7 May 2019 • 44 min
A village ruin, pitted and scarred, a ghostly fleet of ships, a bridge to nowhere hidden in a forest and strange metal structures in a wood.
8. England's Abandoned Village
Aired 14 May 2019 • 44 min
An eerie, empty country village which hides a sad secret, a mysterious tower battered by the elements and a disused railway deep beneath the streets of a city.