Limit, The

Synopsis: Six programmes exploring the limits of human achievement in the field of engineering, focusing on international engineers working on the toughest assignments of their careers. Asks how can we extend physical limits and what holds us back as we increase the scale of engineering projects.
1: Niels Gimsing works to bring people together by building the world’s first mile-long bridge.
2: Keizo Shimizu and the Millenmium Tower - is it a skyscraper or a city in the sky?
3: Hugh Doherty tunnels under some of London’s greatest landmarks to build the Jubilee Line extension.
4: Jean-Jacques Huber looks at the possibility of a 1000-seat aircraft.
5: Stephen Gorevan is building a robot to take samples from the ice surface of a comet for the Rosetta mission.
6: David Giles believes that his giant new jet-powered cargo ship hull can plouogh through the Atlantic at a record-breaking speed of 40 knots.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) (each episode) 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) (whole series)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 from 14/11/95.
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: aircraft; bridges; engineering design; robots; ships; skyscrapers; space technology; underground railways

Title: Long span
Synopsis: 1: Niels Gimsing works to bring people together by building the world's first mile-long bridge.
Title: Tall tower
Synopsis: 2: Keizo Shimizu and the Millenmium Tower - is it a skyscraper or a city in the sky?
Title: Deep tunnel
Synopsis: 3: Hugh Doherty tunnels under some of London's greatest landmarks to build the Jubilee Line extension.
Title: Big plane
Synopsis: 4: Jean-Jacques Huber looks at the possibility of a 1000-seat aircraft.
Title: Space robot
Synopsis: 5: Stephen Gorevan is building a robot to take samples from the ice surface of a comet for the Rosetta mission.
Title: Fast ship
Synopsis: 6: David Giles believes that his giant new jet-powered cargo ship hull can plouogh through the Atlantic at a record-breaking speed of 40 knots.

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