Big, Bigger, Biggest
- 2008 – 2011
- Ended
- Documentary
- ~50m / ep
- 3 seasons
- 6.8/10
Big, Bigger, Biggest is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total 20 episodes have been produced across 3 seasons.
Latest: Season 3 · 2011
View all seasonsE1. Canal
Jul 5, 2011 · 50m
The Panama Canal is set to double its capacity almost a century after it opened. Find out why its success lies in four key breakthroughs that enable ever bigger ships to navigate landlocked areas. It has been called: "The Mother of All Shortcuts"!
E2. Icebreaker
Jul 19, 2011 · 50m
Find out what made it possible for the world’s largest icebreaking ship to smash through solid ice a metre and a half thick and pulverise blocks of ice the size of a car with its huge propellers.
E3. Metro
Jul 12, 2011 · 50m
Over 4 million people use the London Underground every day. Find out how four key inventions in a series of landmark metro systems helped it become the biggest subway in the Western world.
E4. Prison
Aug 9, 2011 · 50m
Modern prisons are brimming with technology. Explore the inner workings and incredible stories behind four landmark prisons that allowed engineers to build safer, tougher and bigger prisons.
E5. Tower
Jul 26, 2011 · 50m
China’s Canton Tower required great leaps in technology to build. Explore the way key historic towers like the Eiffel Tower and Washington Monument made these engineering breakthroughs possible.
E6. Train
Aug 2, 2011 · 50m
France’s TGV has been pushed to 575 kilometres. Examine four iconic trains and the breakthroughs that enabled the development of the fastest train on the planet.
