The Best Episodes of Big, Bigger, Biggest Season 3

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8.1/10(26 votes)
#1 - Canal
S3:E17/5/2011
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"!
Director:Unknown
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8.1/10(18 votes)
#2 - Tower
S3:E57/26/2011
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.
Directors:Roeland Doust, Martin Gorst
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Roeland Doust, Martin Gorst
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7.6/10(24 votes)
#3 - Metro
S3:E37/12/2011
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.
Directors:Roeland Doust, Nick Watson
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Roeland Doust, Nick Watson
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7.4/10(21 votes)
#4 - Icebreaker
S3:E27/19/2011
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.
Director:Gwyn Williams
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Director:Gwyn Williams
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7.2/10(24 votes)
#5 - Prison
S3:E48/9/2011
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.
Director:Roeland Doust
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Director:Roeland Doust
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7.2/10(29 votes)
#6 - Train
S3:E68/2/2011
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.
Directors:Roeland Doust, Martin Gorst
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Roeland Doust, Martin Gorst
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