This fascinating series takes viewers on an incredible journey around the globe as we celebrate some of the biggest, most awe-inspiring and technologically advanced drilling, excavation and tunnelling machines known to man.

Dirty Great Machines introduces us to the might of the biggest, most awe-inspiring and technologically advanced drilling, excavation and tunneling equipment known to man. From bucket wheel excavators to monster maritime machines and mighty drills, witness these incredible pieces of equipment in action as they take on some of the world's most challenging engineering projects.