I loved the show. These machines and people make our modern lives possible!!!
I don't have an engineering background so I can't comment on the technical details.
my connections absolutely shocking (about 2 to 3 meg) and i managed 2 watch it all with no freezing , work that one out ? My only complaint is about the measurement comparisons they were a bit silly with pint glasses, nelsons column an double decker busses etc .. other then that was rather interesting
same here with the streaming wait for 10 to 15 second breaks in the programme spoils it all but its funny that the ads don"t do it shame. they have not got it right yet.
Nothing wrong with Channel 5's Streaming, you need a 'decent' connection to stream HD, I have BT Infinity 2, and get 70MB down which is more than enough. Excellent programme, found it very interesting.
I got fed up with the references to Nelsons columns London buses etc. The BBC is very bad for that sort of thing, very patronising .My business is engineering, we work in metres, have done for years
ran pretty much perfect one glitch but that was the Java player crashing ran at 7pm on a Monday evening wirelessly on virgin media's basic internet great insight to tunnelling but the annalagies were a bit ott i.e nelsons column 15 London buses etc
Joe P, I guess your a tree hugger or whale kisser, and live close to one of the proposed sites, perhaps you would be happier with a river full of raw sewage. Wake up and smell the S!!T.
What was that business with nearly hitting the service tower while lowering the Lee TBM? Is this standard engineering/planning practice or nore like amateur hour?
The same super-sewer gang want to drive 3 more of these TBMs, some within tens of meters of residential dwellings (and let 100,000 lorries roam amid primary school pupils, with industial digging sites going on for 7 years, three of which 24/7). This is absolute nonsense...
@Pete, totally disagree with you there. My connection is fine; it's actually downloading at between 17 and 18Mbps which is very fast and certainly adequate to stream video content.
If this content is being served from the local node of a content delivery network (CDN) then it could be overloaded, especially if it's shared with other companies.
Watching TV online is the future of television, forget scheduled programming, there's no future in it.
Advertisers pay to have their adverts eyeballed. If Channel 5 can't deliver their content *especially* at peak times (such as evenings) then advertisers won't advertise with them and Channel5 revenues will decline as they have less money to buy good content.
So the bottom line is: invest in good infrastructure and expertise because it's the future.
Nothing wrong with the stream. as with everything I've watched on this player. People should stop blaming host sites for their connection. Oh and if your streaming hi-res video on a Sunday your a fool
either sort out your system so it actually stream properly or at least allow us to not have to sit through a minute and a half of ads every five minutes when it glitches...
Watched it on live TV, interesting programme but slightly spoilt by frequent comparison with the size and scale of things in terms of: Pint Glasses, Empire State Buildings, Space Shuttles, Olympic Swimming Pools, Double Decker Buses, Jumbo Jets and Terraced Houses. all which distracts the viewer from the actual material...
Comments (35)
1 month ago
Chris
I loved the show. These machines and people make our modern lives possible!!! I don't have an engineering background so I can't comment on the technical details.
9 months ago
Richard Mott
Am watching in the middle of an olive grove in Italy,not that great a connection but no problem with channel 5. Good programme.Interesting.
11 months ago
Mr D
I just love (not) how so often the adverts workreally well.... and then p.p.program d.d.does'nt :(
11 months ago
BID NICK
RUBBISH SERVICE AGAIN, THEREFORE I WILL NOT BUY ANY OF THE PRODUCTS ADVERTISED ON YOUR CHANNEL UNTIL IT IS PROVENT TO WORK ORIPERLY
1 year ago
callum
my connections absolutely shocking (about 2 to 3 meg) and i managed 2 watch it all with no freezing , work that one out ? My only complaint is about the measurement comparisons they were a bit silly with pint glasses, nelsons column an double decker busses etc .. other then that was rather interesting
1 year ago
bentley
i prefer megatron.
1 year ago
gary summers
same here with the streaming wait for 10 to 15 second breaks in the programme spoils it all but its funny that the ads don"t do it shame. they have not got it right yet.
1 year ago
retardedtvrights
The video you are trying to watch cannot be viewed from your current country or location
1 year ago
retardedtvrights
The video you are trying to watch cannot be viewed from your current country or location
1 year ago
Carlos
Nothing wrong with Channel 5's Streaming, you need a 'decent' connection to stream HD, I have BT Infinity 2, and get 70MB down which is more than enough. Excellent programme, found it very interesting.
1 year ago
Saddam Hussein
This is a joke! the only thing i want to watch on your player and it keeps pausing every ten seconds, i'll stick to 4od from now on.
1 year ago
Sam Finlan
Martin Feeney - I used to work with you at Faircloughs on the London Water Ring Main - very proud to see you stil doing a great job Sam Finlan
1 year ago
tim carnell
I got fed up with the references to Nelsons columns London buses etc. The BBC is very bad for that sort of thing, very patronising .My business is engineering, we work in metres, have done for years
1 year ago
Ju
30 seconds, freeze for 5-10 seconds, repeat - Unwatchable.
1 year ago
plidd
Thought the vid was good. Having worked on numourous tunnels and encountered the same difficulties. Sterling job and vid
1 year ago
plidd
Thought the vid was good. Having worked on numourous tunnels and encountered the same difficulties. Sterling job and vid
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1 year ago
m lomax
ran pretty much perfect one glitch but that was the Java player crashing ran at 7pm on a Monday evening wirelessly on virgin media's basic internet great insight to tunnelling but the annalagies were a bit ott i.e nelsons column 15 London buses etc
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1 year ago
Phoebe Gainsborough
Mr Feeney, I'm surprised at you! Why are you rising to the bait? And foul language is never appropriate...
1 year ago
Martin Feeney
Joe P, I guess your a tree hugger or whale kisser, and live close to one of the proposed sites, perhaps you would be happier with a river full of raw sewage. Wake up and smell the S!!T.
1 year ago
Adam Beeby
Demand 5 need to sort out the frequent freezing of the image. This doesn't happen with BBC iplayer so it is possible.
1 year ago
yarrr
cannot be viewed in my location, guess its off to the pirate bay.
1 year ago
bob f
Very good progamme i was very interested we could do with more of these in stead o the Eddy Stobbart rubbish looking forward to next friday .
1 year ago
Martin R
constant interruptions with the stream, very annoying
1 year ago
Joe P
What was that business with nearly hitting the service tower while lowering the Lee TBM? Is this standard engineering/planning practice or nore like amateur hour? The same super-sewer gang want to drive 3 more of these TBMs, some within tens of meters of residential dwellings (and let 100,000 lorries roam amid primary school pupils, with industial digging sites going on for 7 years, three of which 24/7). This is absolute nonsense...
1 year ago
Dave
@Pete, totally disagree with you there. My connection is fine; it's actually downloading at between 17 and 18Mbps which is very fast and certainly adequate to stream video content. If this content is being served from the local node of a content delivery network (CDN) then it could be overloaded, especially if it's shared with other companies. Watching TV online is the future of television, forget scheduled programming, there's no future in it. Advertisers pay to have their adverts eyeballed. If Channel 5 can't deliver their content *especially* at peak times (such as evenings) then advertisers won't advertise with them and Channel5 revenues will decline as they have less money to buy good content. So the bottom line is: invest in good infrastructure and expertise because it's the future.
1 year ago
Pete
Nothing wrong with the stream. as with everything I've watched on this player. People should stop blaming host sites for their connection. Oh and if your streaming hi-res video on a Sunday your a fool
1 year ago
Ryan B
"Two Nelson's Columns" is not a standard unit of measurement. Especially on an Engineering programme.
1 year ago
joe
either sort out your system so it actually stream properly or at least allow us to not have to sit through a minute and a half of ads every five minutes when it glitches...
1 year ago
Dave
Because of the intermittent streaming I think this is actually unwatchable.
1 year ago
SGAmy
Watched it on live TV, interesting programme but slightly spoilt by frequent comparison with the size and scale of things in terms of: Pint Glasses, Empire State Buildings, Space Shuttles, Olympic Swimming Pools, Double Decker Buses, Jumbo Jets and Terraced Houses. all which distracts the viewer from the actual material...
1 year ago
john webb
intermittent video also,but most interesting,been trying to find out about the super sewer for ages
1 year ago
Ron Reis
Intermittent video, most annoying