Megastructures: Channel Tunnel
Film Summary
60:00 mins
People & Places
/ Science & Nature
Europe
Brief Summary
At first glance it seemed a crazy idea: dig a tunnel between two countries divided by centuries of conflict… And thirty-four kilometres of open sea… Drive the tunnel beneath a hundred metres of water and rocky seabed… And in the process create the world's longest undersea tunnel. It was a massive gamble; at stake: billions of pounds and the lives of eight thousand tunnelers. In the face of flood, fire and the prospect of financial meltdown, the Channel Tunnel's story is a hard won triumph.
Year Filmed: 2004
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