Series 1 - Episode 4
An in-depth look at the machines that make mincemeat out of the earth's hardest rocks.
Available for about 6 hours
An in-depth look at the machines that make mincemeat out of the earth's hardest rocks.
Available for about 6 hours
We meet the gigantic bucket wheel excavators whose mission is to peel back the surface of the earth.
In London, a tunnel boring machine faces immense challenges as it takes on Britain's deepest tunnel.
Comments (11)
8 months ago
Dave Aston
Trying to run this on a MacBook Pro. As most other people are reporting this player just does not work properly - this is NOT brain surgery C5, you should be able to sort it out. BBC, ITV and other streaming operators can do it, why can't you?
11 months ago
graham
i cant watch this as it is intermitant an and always on 5 no other stations . get your act together and sort it out
12 months ago
paul
Realy enjoyed them watched all three in on sitting, they should do more programmes like these.
12 months ago
yakobking
what's with the advert's i done this comment while advert's were on they are a wast of time!!!
12 months ago
ediquo
Not a problem here...check you provider...
12 months ago
mizzie
Absolutely POINTLESS !!!
12 months ago
R. Newton
Channel 5 fail again !! I'm not going to bother with this service anymore as it never works properly. Take some tips from 4od for a decent service Channel 5 !!!!!
1 year ago
jim rennie
stop start-stop start-stop start.
1 year ago
Rubble
IE is worse than FF or me. Pity the adverts aren't effected in the same way!!!!
1 year ago
Seamus
I sometimes find this problem with Firefox -try using Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.
1 year ago
john webb
it would be nice to watch a program continuously rather than in two second bursts.i do not have this problem normally wth bbc iplayer