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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 Evan Davis asks whether we are on the verge of a new golden age of infrastructure. From the Olympic Park to High Speed 1, Evan looks at how we have learnt from our mistakes to become a nation which is once again rediscovering its skill for epic engineering.
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 Evan Davis asks whether we are on the verge of a new golden age of infrastructure. From the Olympic Park to High Speed 1, Evan looks at how we have learnt from our mistakes to become a nation which is once again rediscovering its skill for epic engineering.
| Series: | Built in Britain |
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| Episode | 2 |
| First transmission date: | 14-10-2012 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC2 |
| Published: | 2012 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:03 |
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| Producer: | James Giles |
| Presenter: | Evan Davis |
| Contributors: | John Armitt; Nigel Cann; Evan Davis; Roger Evans; Kent Evenden; Mike Glover; Sara Habib; Dieter Helm; Philip Lucas; David Pilsworth; S. P.(Stephen P.) Reynolds; Paul Spence; Douglas Strachan; Christian Wolmar |
| 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: | FKAX882B |
| Videofinder number: | 83251 |
| Available to public: | no |
