Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
Abandoned Engineering (2017)
Season 11
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Released Feb. 18, 2017
Episode 44 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.engineering, tmdb.architecture-history, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.show
Production Companies: Like A Shot Entertainment
Network: U&Yesterday
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S11E1 - Rock 'N' Roll Island
Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.
May 15, 2023, midnight
S11E2 - Penthouse Palace
Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.
May 22, 2023, midnight
S11E3 - Castle Kingdom
Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
May 29, 2023, midnight
S11E4 - Fake News Fortress
Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
June 5, 2023, midnight
S11E5 - The True Cross
Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
June 12, 2023, midnight
S11E6 - Wonderland
A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
June 19, 2023, midnight
S11E7 - K-Pop Dreamland
Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
June 26, 2023, midnight
S11E8 - Blues Prison
Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers!
July 3, 2023, midnight
Network: U&Yesterday
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 5884 min.
Released: Feb. 18, 2017
Last Air Date: Nov. 26, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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