S1.E1 ∙ The Great Ship Wed, Sep 03, 2003 Isambard Kingdom Brunel set out to build the largest ship ever constructed. Would it prove to be the engineer's finest hour, or his ultimate undoing? 7.8 /10
S1.E2 ∙ The Brooklyn Bridge Wed, Sep 10, 2003 Without the contributions of John Roebling, his son and his son's wife, one of the world's most heavily traveled bridges might never have existed. 8.4 /10
S1.E3 ∙ The Bell Rock Lighthouse Wed, Sep 17, 2003 In 1800 Robert Stevenson set about building a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock reef. 8.5 /10
S1.E5 ∙ The Sewer King Wed, Oct 01, 2003 As Victorian London's sewage problem reached crisis, Joseph Bazalgette had a solution. 8.8 /10
S1.E6 ∙ The Panama Canal Wed, Oct 08, 2003 French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps has a plan to build a canal across Panama. 8.6 /10
S1.E7 ∙ The Hoover Dam Wed, Oct 15, 2003 Over one hundred people died during the building of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. 8.8 /10