Series Profile Megastructure by National Geographic, Five, France 5

video topic: Architecture, Design, industry
entry type:documentary info
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video title: Megastructures
architect featured: mixed 
series host: National Geographic, Five, France 5
video series: introduction to the series Megastructures
Presenter: Jonathan Hart, Tom Goodman-Hill, Greg Stebner, Marlon Singleton
Producer: Hoff Productions(National Geographic)

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MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Five in the United Kingdom and on France 5 in France.
Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products.
Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems this involved the or products that are now in general use within the construction industry.
MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first (such as Dubai's Palm Islands). This type of project is known as a Megaproject.
The series follows similar subjects as the History Channel's Modern Marvels and Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering; covering areas of architecture, transport, construction and manufacturing.

Format	Documentary film
Starring	None
Narrated by	Jonathan Hart, Tom Goodman-Hill, Greg Stebner, Marlon Singleton
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	~100
Production
Producer(s)	Hoff Productions (16 eps)
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	National Geographic Channel, Five (TV channel), France 5
Original run	2004 – present
External links
Official website

Episodes

Season 1 (2004)

 

#	Title	description	Airdate
01	U.S.S. Ronald Reagan	Nimitz class Supercarrier	2004-09-15
02	Autobahn	German Autobahnen	2004-09-19
03	Channel Tunnel	Undersea Tunnel between Coquelles, France and Folkestone, UK	2004-09-22
04	Sears Tower(Willis Tower)		2004-09-29
05	Kansai International Airport	Japanese Osaka Island Airport	2004-10-13
06	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge	World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Japan	2004-10-20
07	Itaipu Dam	Dam on the Paraná River, border between Brazil and Paraguay	2004-10-27
08	Petronas Towers	Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2004-11-10
09	Inside a Super Casino	Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey	2004-12-01

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Season 2 (2005)

#	Title	description	Airdate
10	Golden Gate Bridge	Bridge in San Francisco, California	2005-03-02
11	Alcatraz	Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California	2005-03-16
12	Inside The Pentagon	Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia	2005-04-01
13	World’s Busiest Port	Port of Singapore, Republic of Singapore	2005-05-13
14	Tau Tona, City of Gold	World’s deepest mining operations in Carletonville, South Africa	2005-05-21
15	Las Vegas	Special Episode, Vegas, Nevada	2005-06-22
16	Black Gold (Oil Mine)	Syncrude and Shell Canada in oil sands located in Alberta, Canada	2005-07-20
17	Diamond Diggers	Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada’s first diamond mine, located near “Lac De Gras	2005-07-27
18	Sea Launch	Ocean Odyssey and Sea Launch Commander	2005-08-03
19	North Sea Wall	Delta Works, Netherlands	2005-08-17
20	The World’s Most Extreme Island (Impossible Islands)	Dubai’s artificial palm islands, United Arab Emirates	2005-09-13
21	Indy Motor Speedway	Speedway in Indiana	2005-09-13
22	Port of Rotterdam (Super Port)	The largest port in Europe, Rotterdam, Netherlands	2005-09-20
23	Air Force Transport (Mega Plane)	C-5 Galaxy	2005-09-20
24	North Branch Correctional Institution (Hi-Tech Prison)	High Security Prison, Maryland	2005-09-27
25	Airbus A380 (World’s Biggest Airliner)	Biggest Jumbo Jet	2005-10-04
26	USS Virginia	Virginia-class submarine	2005-10-11
27	Ultimate Casino	Venetian Hotel Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada	2005-10-18
28	The Ultimate Roller coaster	Kingda Ka, Jackson Township, New Jersey	2005-10-25
29	Spy Fortress NORAD	North American Aerospace Defence Command, Colorado	2005-10-25
30	Berlin Train Terminal (Berlin’s Grand Central)	Berlin Hauptbahnhof	2005-11-15
31	Boston’s Big Dig	Central Artery / Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts	2005-11-22
32	Ultimate Oil Rigs	Construction of new Oil Rigs	2005-12-06
33	Cosmodrome	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, Kazakhstan	2005-12-13
34	World’s Tallest Bridge (Millau Bridge)	Viaduct near Millau, France	2005-12-20
35	Mega Ship	Orient Overseas Container Line / OOCL Atlanta	2005-12-27

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Season 3:

 

#	Title	description	Airdate
36	Berlin Wall	Wall dividing Germany during the Cold War	2006-03-14
37	Impossible Bridges: Greece	Rio-Antirio Bridge, Gulf of Corinth, Greece	2006-05-02
38	Impossible Bridges: Denmark to Sweden	Oresund Bridge, Copenhagen to Malmo	2006-04-18
39	Hoover Dam Reinvented	Colorado River, border between Nevada and Arizona	2006-05-16
40	Inside “NCIS”	Naval Criminal Investigative Service	2006-05-30
41	Garbage Mountain	Puente Hills Landfill, Whittier, California	2006-08-01
42	"Machines of War": Tanks	History and Evolution of Tanks	2006-03-08
43	Supertanker Seri Amanah	a LNG carrier	2006-08-31
44	"Machines of War": Cruise Missile	The History and Development of the Cruise Missile	2006-03-10
45	Science of Steel	The World’s metal construction material of choice	2006-03-11
46	"Megafactories": Apache Helicopter	Boeing IDS plant in Mesa, Arizona	2006-09-28
47	"Machines of War": Guns	The History and Evolution of the Gun	2006-03-13
48	Panama Canal Unlocked	Panama Canal Expansion Project, Central America	2006-10-19
49	Science of Brick	The World’s oldest man-made building material	2006-03-15
50	Science of Concrete	The World’s most used building material	2006-03-16
51	"Megafactories": Ferrari	Ferrari S.p.A. factory in Maranello, Italy	2006-12-07

Season 4:

 

#	Title	description	Airdate
52	Sinking an Aircraft Carrier	Creating the world's largest artificial reef ?
53	South Pole Station	A science facility at the South Pole	2007-11-6
54	The World's Biggest Cruise Liner	The building of cruise liner Freedom of the Seas ?
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56	Icelandic Super Dam	The building of Europe's biggest dam ?

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Unknown Season

#	Title (AKA)	Subject	Airdate
57	Money Factory	U.S. Treasury	2004
58	Ultimate Chopper	AgustaWestland EH101	?
59	Ultimate Sub (Super Sub)	USS Texas (Virginia class submarine)	?
60	Ice Hotel	Near Jukkasjärvi, Sweden	?
61	Rockeaters of Iceland	Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project	?
62	Super Pipeline	Gas pipeline from Norway to Great Britain	?
63	Deep Sea Drillers		?
64	Deep Earth Drillers	The world's largest geothermal power complex	?
65	Future Trains	Maglev train in Germany	?
66	Building the World	The World (archipelago), Dubai	?
67	Dubai's Dream Palace	Burj al-Arab Hotel	?
68	World Trade Center Bahrain	World Trade Center (Manama)	?
69	Bridge of Mostar		2004
70	The World's Biggest Shredder		2008
71	Hawaii Superferry		?
72	Queen Mary 2		?
73	Skyscraper (Ultimate Skyscraper)	Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, NYC	?
74	Atom Smasher	The Large Hadron Collider	?
75	World's Biggest Casino	World's biggest casino sited in Macau, Southern China	?
76	Earthquake Glasshouse	Academy of Sciences, CA, USA	?
77	Man Made Sun		?
78	747 Destruction	Evergreen Air Center in Arizona, USA	2008
79	Bridge Breakdown	Demolition of the (1927) Carquinez Bridge - San Francisco Bay Area	2007
80	Miami Super Stadium	Breaking Up Miami Super Stadium	?
81	SMART Tunnel	SMART Tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	?
82	Electric Ocean		?
83	Impossible Bridges: China	Lupu, Runyang, and Sutong bridges	?
84	Beijing Water Cube	Beijing National Aquatics Center	?
85	China's Ultimate Port	Yangshan Port	?
86	Shanghai Super Tower	Shanghai World Financial Centre	?
87	Beijing Olympic Stadium		?
88	Time Bomb Tunnel		?
89	Building Green Beijing		?
90	Hoover Dam		?
91	Icebreaker		?
92	Canton Tower		?

Other National Geographic Programmes

Megastructures: China (Unknown Season)

1. "Impossible Bridges: China" // Lupu, Runyang, and Sutong bridges
2. "Beijing Water Cube" // Beijing National Aquatics Center
3. "China's Ultimate Port" (Deep Sea Port) // Yangshan Port
4. "Shanghai Super Tower" // Shanghai World Financial Centre
5. "Beijing Olympic Stadium" //
6. "World's Biggest Casino" // World's biggest casino sited in Macau, Southern China

Megastructures: Built From Disaster (2009)

1. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Bridges" // Wednesday 26 August 8-9pm on Five
2. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Ships" // Thursday 3 September 8-9pm on Five
3. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Tunnels" // Thursday 10 September 8-9pm on Five
4. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Stadiums" // Thursday 24 September 8-9pm on Five
5. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Trains" // Thursday 8 October 8-9pm on Five
6. "Megastructures: Built From Disaster - Skyscrapers" // Thursday 15 October 8-9pm on Five

Ancient Megastructures (Unknown Season)

1. "Ancient Megastructures: Chartes Cathedral" // Series 1
2. "Ancient Megastructures: Colosseum" // Series 1
3. "Ancient Megastructures: The Great Pyramid" // Series 1
4. "Ancient Megastructures: St Paul's Cathedral" // Series 2
5. "Ancient Megastructures: Alhambra" // Series 2
6. "Ancient Megastructures: Petra" // Series 2
7. "Ancient Megastructures: Machu Picchu" // Series 2
8. "Ancient Megastructures: Angkor Wat" // Series 2
9. "Ancient Megastructures: Istanbul's Hagia Sophia" // Series 2

Monster Moves (Unknown Season)

1. "Monster Moves: Blizzard Battle" //
2. "Monster Moves: Snake Country" //
3. "Monster Moves: Colossal Churches" //
4. "Monster Moves: Rescuing Ramesses" //
5. "Monster Moves: Risky Rescues" //
6. "Monster Moves: Historic Homes" //
7. "Monster Moves: Massive Machines" //
8. "Monster Moves: 100 Ton Train" //
9. "Monster Moves: Total Towns" //
10. "Monster Moves: Hauling History" //

Ultimate Factories (Unknown Season)

season 1:

Apache Helicopter
Audi
BMW
Budweiser
Camaro
Caterpillar
Corvette

season 2:

Ferrari
Pierce Fire Trucks/ Peterbilt truck
Harley-Davidson
IKEA
John Deere
Lamborghini
M-1 Abraham Tank
 

season 3:

NYC Subway car
Pierce Fire Trucks/ Peterbilt truck
Porsche
Rolls Royce
United Postal Service
Winnebago

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