Impossible Engineering

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Impossible Engineering
Genre
  • Science documentary
Starring
  • Luke Bisby
  • Dan Dickrell
  • Ben Evans
  • Eric Lima
  • Jen Masengarb
  • Rhys Morgan
  • Kate Mulcay
  • Susie Sheehy
  • Amy Shira-Teitel
  • Andrew Steele
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes62
Production
Executive producers
  • Neil Edwards
  • Anthony Appell
Producers
  • Gill Hennessey
  • Jonney Steven
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Running time60 minutes
Production company Twofour
Original release
Network
ReleaseApril 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) 
present

Impossible Engineering is a television series produced for Discovery's Science Channel in the US, [1] UKTV's Yesterday in the UK, [2] RMC Decouverte in France, [3] Societe Radio-Canada's Ici Explora in Canada, [3] SVT in Sweden, [4] Discovery Italy in Italy [5] as well as with other broadcasters around the world. The first episode was released in April 2015.

Contents

Each episode focuses on one modern-day engineering achievement, with historical segments about the engineering pioneers who helped pave the way for present-day engineers. Each one-hour-long programme details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, and the world's most cutting-edge ships, trains, and planes are built and work using 3D graphics, archives, and specially shot footage. [6]

As of January 2020, five series of Impossible Engineering have been produced. [2] In addition, two series of a spin-off called Impossible Railways [7] in most territories and Impossible Engineering: Extreme Railroads in the US [8] have been produced.

The series is produced by British independent production company Twofour Broadcast. [9]

Episodes of Impossible Engineering

This is a listing of every episode of Impossible Engineering broadcast by UKTV to date. The episode titles shown here are the titles that UKTV use and are listed on their website. Other broadcasters may have different titles for each episode.

Series 1

Series 1 premiered in April 2015.

No. in
season
No.
overall
TitleFeaturedType
11"Mega Bridge" Rio–Antirrio Bridge Cable-stayed bridge
22"Ultimate Warship" HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft carrier
33"Skyscraper Of The Future" Shanghai Tower Skyscraper
44"Ultimate Airport" Kansai International Airport International airport
55"World's Fastest Train" Shanghai Transrapid Maglev train
66"World's Largest Plane" Airbus A380 Airliner

Series 2

This series premiered from March 2017 in the US. [10]

No. in
season
No.
overall
TitleFeaturedType
17"NASA's Rocket To Mars" Orion Space Craft Space capsule
28"Millau Viaduct" Millau Viaduct Cable-stayed bridge
39"AT&T Stadium" AT&T Stadium Retractable roof stadium
410"Three Gorges Dam" Three Gorges Dam Gravity dam
511"Gotthard Base Tunnel" Gotthard Base Tunnel Railway tunnel
612"Oasis-Class Cruise Ships" Oasis-class cruise ship Cruise ship
713"US Navy's Super Submarine" Virginia-class submarine Attack submarine
814"The Glass Skyscraper" The Shard Skyscraper

Series 3

This series premiered from January 2019 in the US. [11] [12]

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
115"500m Aperture Telescope"
216"Panama Canal Overhaul"
317"The Pioneering Spirit"
418"Halley IV Research Station"
519"Crossrail"
620"The Invincible Tower"
721"International Space Station"
822"Littoral combat ship Class"
923"Inside the Tesla Factory"
1024"Airlander 10 Airship"
1125"Record-Breaking Rollercoaster"
1226"Monster Oil Rig"

Series 4

This series premiered from January 2020 in both the US [13] and the UK. [14] In the US this series was split down into smaller series and broadcast throughout the year. [15] [16] [17]

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
127"Chernobyl's Toughest Fix"
228"London Array"
329"Hudson Yards"
430"Ford Class Aircraft Carrier"
531"Underwater Mega Tower"
632"Abrams Tank"
733"Personal Jet Suit"
834"The 1,000mph car"
935"Black Pearl Sailing Yacht"
1036"Himalayan Mega Train"
1137"South To The North Water Diversion"

Series 5

Series 5 came out in 2020.

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
138"Dubai's Impossible Island"
239"World's Toughest Tunnels"
340"F-35 Fighter Jet"
441"NYC Mega Tower"
542"World's Biggest Airport"
643"Spy Plane Declassified"
744"World's Highest Bridge"
845"Conquering Avalanche Country"

Series 6

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
146"World's Largest Plane: Stratolaunch"
247"World's Strongest Ship"
348"Texas Super Skyscraper"
449"Secrets Of The Supertanker"

Series 7

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
150"Kings Of The Battlefield"

Episodes of Impossible Railways

Series 1

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
151"Deadliest Trains"
252"World's Fastest Trains"
353"Mega City Trains"
454"Trains Of The Abyss"
555"Monster Mountain Trains"
656"Trains Of Deadly Seas"

Series 2

No. in
season
No.
overall
Title
157"Beasts Of The Bayou"
258"The Trains That Built America"
359"Monster Of The Andes"
460"Himalaya Mega Bridge"
561"NYC Monster Train"
662"Rise Of The Hyperloop" [7]

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