Building the Impossible on SBS – Presenter Rob Bell is on a voyage of discovery. This series he’s uncovering extraordinary feats of lighthouse engineering on both sides of the Atlantic, tackling the world’s busiest shipping lane and setting sail in search of America’s first lighthouse.
Rob meets local seafarers and lighthouse keepers to hear stories of shipwrecks discovering extraordinary feats of bravery, ingenuity, and design as he continues to crack the code of these enigmatic structures. Each episode is led by a new iconic lighthouse with its feet in a different sea, as Rob takes a tour of the unique challenges that were to be overcome.
Series One, Episode One: Beachy Head Lighthouse
Rob heads to England’s south coast, where he discovers a trio of lighthouses built to protect vessels on the M25 of the high seas.
At Beachy Head he meets an 18th century vicar on a mission to save more than the souls of seafarers, experiences gravity defying Victorian innovation and discovers the genius way 20th century engineering rescued a lighthouse from plunging into the sea.
Building The Impossible – New Series Premiere – Friday, 19 May at 7.30pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (6 Parts)
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