Urban Heart Surgery
Documentary series following a team of engineers and construction workers as they build London's Crossrail - trying not to disrupt traffic or cause damage.
This series follows a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground. Costing fifteen billion pounds, it's the biggest engineering project in Europe and a huge challenge to pull off. As they burrow the 42km of tunnels, engineers must battle to make sure that listed buildings don't crack, London Underground trains keep running, roads don't shut and the City stays in business. Crucially, they must drive one of their gigantic 1,000-tonne tunnel-boring machines through a tiny gap in the congested underbelly of Tottenham Court Road station without the passengers on the tube platforms below knowing they are there.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Carlo Massarella |
Series Producer | Jane Fitzgerald |
Director | Joby Lubman |
Broadcasts
- Wed 16 Jul 2014 21:00
- Thu 17 Jul 2014 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Thu 17 Jul 2014 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Sat 9 Aug 2014 01:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sat 9 Aug 2014 02:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Sun 22 Feb 2015 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland & Wales
- Sun 20 Mar 2016 05:15
- Sun 4 Jun 2017 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 4 Jun 2017 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Mon 11 Dec 2017 16:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Collection: Steam Railways
Programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archives celebrating the beauty of steam locomotives.
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