Robbie Coltrane examines bold attempts to push the limits of design.
Air Date: 1995-11-14
Sir Norman Foster and engineer Dr Keizo Shimizu want to build a skyscraper nearly a kilometre tall.
Air Date: 1995-11-21
For a decade, David Giles has striven to beat the waves that hinder the passage of cargo ships. Now he may be close t...
Air Date: 1995-11-28
Hugh Doherty has spent a lifetime tunnelling underground, from the Clyde River Tunnel to the Hong Kong Mass Transit S...
Air Date: 1995-12-05
The battle is on to build the world's largest passenger aeroplane and leading the competition is Jean-Jacques Huber, ...
Air Date: 1995-12-12
The world's longest single bridge span is set to arch for more than a mile over the Baltic Sea, part of an audacious ...
Air Date: 1995-12-19
In this week's programme, the race is on to design the ultimate robot drill. Its seemingly impossible task is to catc...