Abandoned Engineering — Series 8
12 episodesFirst aired 30 July 2021
E1Heroes & Villains
7.0Jul 202144m
The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.
E2Paradise Lost
9.0Aug 202144m
Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico, and a remote village on Cyprus.
E3A Royal Deception
8.0Aug 202144m
Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.
E4Mafia Seaside Resort
7.0Aug 202144m
Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.
E5The Giant Speaker
7.0Aug 202144m
Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.
E6Cathedral of Sewage
7.0Sept 202144m
An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.
E7The Secret Bunker
7.0Sept 202144m
Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.
E8The Battle of San Pietro
8.0Sept 202144m
Featuring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.
E9Divine Intervention
7.0Sept 202144m
Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.
E10Shadow of the Wars
7.0Oct 202144m
Exploring a dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA, a fairy-tale castle in Poland and AngloSaxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland.
E11Death In Paradise
8.0Oct 202144m
Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.
E12Before The Crown
8.0Oct 202144m
This episode travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in?ruins.
