History | Discovery/Science
Station:
Science (UK)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2015-08-03
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Dirty Great Machines introduces us to the might of the biggest, most awe-inspiring and technologically advanced drilling, excavation and tunnelling equipment known to man. Across the four episodes we document some of the most mind-blowing machines ever created and explore how they work. From bucket wheel excavators to monster maritime machines and mighty drills, witness these incredible pieces of equipment in action as they take on some of the world's most challenging engineering projects. In the first episode, get up close and personal with diggers burrowing below the world's cities - a massive boring machine facing the challenge of excavating Britain's deepest-ever tunnel in London and a giant mechanical worm making the earth move just metres beneath Mexico's soaring skyscrapers.
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S1E2 - Monsters of Mining
We meet the largest land-based machines ever built - bucket wheel excavators. Their mission is to peel back the surface of the earth with each turn of their colossal parts but when you are battling mother earth, the fight is far from easy.
Air Date: 10 Aug 2015 21:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Deep Sea Giants
We climb aboard monster maritime machines that go where others fear to float. Man's desire for natural resources is insatiable, whether it is to power our homes, fuel our cars or build our skyscrapers, but with reserves on land running dry, we are now looking to the oceans to satisfy the needs of 21st-century living. This program showcases the cutting-edge machines at the forefront of this assault.
Air Date: 17 Aug 2015 21:00 (CDT)
S1E4 - Beasts of Destruction
Meet the machines that are making mincemeat of the hardest rocks on the planet. Almost two miles underground in the Kidd mine in Canada, the mighty ITH drill is chewing through rock, to enable the extraction of copper and zinc. In Finland, the Jumbo Tunneller is boring through granite to excavate a new metro tunnel to improve Helsinki's commuter services.
Air Date: 24 Aug 2015 21:00 (CDT)