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In this two part series Evan Davis sets out to find the scale of the engineering challenge Britain faces and how we can tackle it. Britain's infrastructure is a hot topic. Nearly everybody agre...es we need more of it for our economy and for our future, but the roads, railways, water and power networks we rely on everyday are creaking. Taking us behind-the-scenes to access bits of Britain you never see, Evan will show how the challenges can be overcome - and how we've rediscovered our great tradition of epic engineering. In this episode he visits the vast Crossrail boring machines burrowing their way under London's streets, takes in the breathtaking views at top of the Forth Road Bridge, and sees the teeming runways of Heathrow Airport from the tarmac.
In this two part series Evan Davis sets out to find the scale of the engineering challenge Britain faces and how we can tackle it. Britain's infrastructure is a hot topic. Nearly everybody agre...es we need more of it for our economy and for our future, but the roads, railways, water and power networks we rely on everyday are creaking. Taking us behind-the-scenes to access bits of Britain you never see, Evan will show how the challenges can be overcome - and how we've rediscovered our great tradition of epic engineering. In this episode he visits the vast Crossrail boring machines burrowing their way under London's streets, takes in the breathtaking views at top of the Forth Road Bridge, and sees the teeming runways of Heathrow Airport from the tarmac.
| Series: | Built in Britain |
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| Episode | 1 |
| First transmission date: | 07-10-2012 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC2 |
| Published: | 2012 |
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| Duration: | 00:58:40 |
| Note: | There is also a Built in Britain extras of interviews with prominent participants designd for use in conjunction with courses. VF 82979 |
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| Producer: | Adam Grimley |
| Presenter: | Evan Davis |
| Contributors: | Michael Bailey; Barry Colford; Evan Davis; John Earl; Lord Foster; Mike Glover; Dieter Helm; David Marshall; Hedi Mottram; Simon Newbold; Doug Oakervee; Steve Parker; Fiona Reynolds; Willie Walsh; Andrew Wolstenholme |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nd290 OU Website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/tv/ou-on-the-bbc-built-britain |
| Production number: | FKAX881H |
| Videofinder number: | 83250 |
| Available to public: | no |
