John Michie
Big, Bigger, Biggest (2008)
Season 3
Big, Bigger, Biggest is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total 20 episodes have been produced across 3 seasons.
Released April 1, 2008
Episode 50 min
10+
8.0
S3E1 - Canal
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"!
July 5, 2011, midnight
S3E2 - Icebreaker
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.
July 19, 2011, midnight
8.0
S3E3 - Metro
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.
July 12, 2011, midnight
S3E4 - Prison
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.
Aug. 9, 2011, midnight
S3E5 - Tower
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.
July 26, 2011, midnight
S3E6 - Train
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.
Aug. 2, 2011, midnight
Network: National Geographic
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: April 1, 2008
Last Air Date: Aug. 9, 2011, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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