About this season
Through extensive archive and expert interviews this series explores the stories behind mankind's greatest engineering disasters.
Episodes (10)
1. Deepwater Horizon and NASA Challenger
Aired 15 January 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Challenger space shuttle disaster happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
2. Chernobyl and Bhopal
Aired 22 January 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
3. Titanic and Hindenburg
Aired 29 January 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine the sinking of the Titanic and the Hindenburg airship fire. How did they happen, what were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
4. Aberfan and Corrego Do Feijao
Aired 5 February 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine the devastating Aberfan mine disaster in Wales and the Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
5. MS Herald and Costa Concordia
Aired 12 February 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine what caused the Zeebrugge ferry tragedy and the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
6. Kegworth and Concorde
Aired 19 February 2020 • 42 min
7. Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane Katrina
Aired 26 February 2020 • 42 min
8. Rana Plaza and Morandi Bridge
Aired 4 March 2020 • 42 min
9. Tianjin and Evangelos Florakis
Aired 11 March 2020 • 42 min
Experts examine the fatal explosion at a chemical factory in Tianjin, China and at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Cyprus. How could these disasters have been avoided?
10. Clapham Junction and Ankara Train Crash
Aired 18 March 2020 • 42 min