Impossible Engineering

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 companyTwofour
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.

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 		Title Featured Type
1 1 "Mega Bridge" Rio–Antirrio Bridge Cable-stayed bridge
2 2 "Ultimate Warship" HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft carrier
3 3 "Skyscraper Of The Future" Shanghai Tower Skyscraper
4 4 "Ultimate Airport" Kansai International Airport International airport
5 5 "World's Fastest Train" Shanghai Transrapid Maglev train
6 6 "World's Largest Plane" Airbus A380 Airliner

Series 2

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

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title Featured Type
1 7 "NASA's Rocket To Mars" Orion Space Craft Space capsule
2 8 "Millau Viaduct" Millau Viaduct Cable-stayed bridge
3 9 "AT&T Stadium" AT&T Stadium Retractable roof stadium
4 10 "Three Gorges Dam" Three Gorges Dam Gravity dam
5 11 "Gotthard Base Tunnel" Gotthard Base Tunnel Railway tunnel
6 12 "Oasis-Class Cruise Ships" Oasis-class cruise ship Cruise ship
7 13 "US Navy's Super Submarine" Virginia-class submarine Attack submarine
8 14 "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
1 15 "500m Aperture Telescope"
2 16 "Panama Canal Overhaul"
3 17 "The Pioneering Spirit"
4 18 "Halley IV Research Station"
5 19 "Crossrail"
6 20 "The Invincible Tower"
7 21 "International Space Station"
8 22 "Littoral combat ship Class"
9 23 "Inside the Tesla Factory"
10 24 "Airlander 10 Airship"
11 25 "Record-Breaking Rollercoaster"
12 26 "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
1 27 "Chernobyl's Toughest Fix"
2 28 "London Array"
3 29 "Hudson Yards"
4 30 "Ford Class Aircraft Carrier"
5 31 "Underwater Mega Tower"
6 32 "Abrams Tank"
7 33 "Personal Jet Suit"
8 34 "The 1,000mph car"
9 35 "Black Pearl Sailing Yacht"
10 36 "Himalayan Mega Train"
11 37 "South To The North Water Diversion"

Series 5

Series 5 came out in 2020.

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title
1 38 "Dubai's Impossible Island"
2 39 "World's Toughest Tunnels"
3 40 "F-35 Fighter Jet"
4 41 "NYC Mega Tower"
5 42 "World's Biggest Airport"
6 43 "Spy Plane Declassified"
7 44 "World's Highest Bridge"
8 45 "Conquering Avalanche Country"

Series 6

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title
1 46 "World's Largest Plane: Stratolaunch"
2 47 "World's Strongest Ship"
3 48 "Texas Super Skyscraper"
4 49 "Secrets Of The Supertanker"

Series 7

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title
1 50 "Kings Of The Battlefield"

Episodes of Impossible Railways

Series 1

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title
1 51 "Deadliest Trains"
2 52 "World's Fastest Trains"
3 53 "Mega City Trains"
4 54 "Trains Of The Abyss"
5 55 "Monster Mountain Trains"
6 56 "Trains Of Deadly Seas"

Series 2

No. in
season 		No.
overall 		Title
1 57 "Beasts Of The Bayou"
2 58 "The Trains That Built America"
3 59 "Monster Of The Andes"
4 60 "Himalaya Mega Bridge"
5 61 "NYC Monster Train"
6 62 "Rise Of The Hyperloop"[7]

References

  1. ^ "Impossible Engineering | Watch Full Episodes & More!". Discovery Science Channel. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b UKTV. "Impossible Engineering on UKTV Play". UKTV Play. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Twofour. "UKTV, Canada and Europe snap up Twofour's hit science and history series, Impossible Engineering". Retrieved 15 February 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Twofour. "Denmark signs format deal to make Twofour's Give It A Year". Retrieved 15 February 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Twofour. "Twofour closes sales across Europe and Latin America in run-up to NATPE Miami". Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. ^ Twofour. "Impossible Engineering". Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b UKTV. "Impossible Railways on UKTV Play". UKTV Play. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Impossible Engineering: Extreme Railroads : Programs : Discovery Channel". Discovery Press Web. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. ^ "TwoFour Rights". twofour-rights.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Discovery Press Release".
  11. ^ "Discovery Press Release".
  12. ^ UKTV. "Impossible Engineering on UKTV Play". UKTV Play. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Impossible Engineering : Programs : Science Channel : Discovery Press Web". press.discovery.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Yesterday +1 - TV Listings Guide". www.ontvtonight.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  15. ^ Clifford, Katey; reporter, eCommerce (15 July 2020). "'Impossible Engineering' | How to watch, live stream, TV channel, time". mlive. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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  17. ^ UKTV. "Impossible Engineering on UKTV Play". UKTV Play. Retrieved 7 August 2020.