All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Urban Heart Surgery

    • July 16, 2014
    • BBC Two

    A look at London's Crossrail, which requires building 42 km of tunnels under the city

  • S01E02 Tunnels Under the Thames

    • July 23, 2014
    • BBC Two

    Engineers building Crossrail battle to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks.

  • S01E03 Platforms and Plague Pits

    • July 30, 2014
    • BBC Two

    The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London.

Season 2 - The Final Countdown

  • S02E01 The Final Countdown (1)

    • May 22, 2017
    • BBC Two

    Linda and her team must battle fault lines that threaten the site with flooding, race to build access tunnels to alleviate pressure on a congested construction site, and piece together a giant geometric jigsaw that will form a station entrance.

  • S02E02 The Final Countdown (2)

    • May 29, 2017
    • BBC Two

    Engineers must construct and fit out a new station at Paddington, erect a 130m long great glass canopy to soar above the structure, and plug directly into Brunel's original station.

Season 3 - Under Pressure, Over Budget

  • S03E01 Under Pressure, Over Budget (1)

    • February 13, 2019
    • BBC Two

    The first part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.

  • S03E02 Under Pressure, Over Budget (2)

    • February 20, 2019
    • BBC Two

    Final part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.

Season 4 - Inside the Elizabeth Line

  • S04E01 Inside the Elizabeth Line (1)

    • June 12, 2022
    • BBC Two

    How the 15 billion pound railway became the 19 billion pound railway, and how this triumph of British engineering was brought back on track for the grand opening of the Elizabeth Line.

  • S04E02 Inside the Elizabeth Line (2)

    • June 19, 2022
    • BBC Two

    This episode charts the grand opening of the Elizabeth line as the Queen officially opens the railway – one of the most ambitious engineering feats since the time of Brunel.