When Big Things Go Wrong

Season 12021

This new original docuseries looks at some of the world’s worst real-life engineering disasters and seeks an answer to the question of what caused the calamity. News footage is interwoven with innovative and illuminating graphics, eyewitness accounts and commentary from experts.

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6 Episodes

E01 Overloaded

Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.

October 10, 2021

E02 Ripple Effect

A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.

October 17, 2021

E03 Man vs. Machine

A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.

October 24, 2021

E04 Doomed From The Start

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

October 31, 2021

E05 Hidden Flaws

37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.

November 7, 2021

E06 House of Cards

In busy downtown New Orleans, a high-rise hotel under construction unexpectedly comes crashing to the ground; as the dust settles, the question on everyone's lips is why?

November 14, 2021

When Big Things Go Wrong

E01 Overloaded

E02 Ripple Effect

E03 Man vs. Machine

E04 Doomed From The Start

E05 Hidden Flaws

E06 House of Cards

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P. Diddy's Starmaker

Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

The Bible Rules

Escape to the Continent

Personne ne bouge!

Tierra de talento

Bitter Fruit

A Teia

The Leaking Bookstore

Синичка

Gabriela

Òpera en Texans

Foodtastic

Two Up, Two Down

Purex Specials for Women

A Lion in the House

Steph's Packed Lunch

E01 Overloaded

E02 Ripple Effect

E03 Man vs. Machine

E04 Doomed From The Start

E05 Hidden Flaws

E06 House of Cards