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MUMBAI:
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced
that it will air the show Big, Bigger, Biggest later
this year.
This
is a new four-part series produced by UK-based Windfall Films.
Each of the four one-hour episodes unravels the engineering
evolutions that have made the 600-metre Burj Dubai skyscraper,
the 99,000-ton USS Nimitz, Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and
Japan’s Akashi Bridge become the world’s biggest
in their fields.
Computer
generated images simplify the complex technologies and historical
innovations that have made these structures possible. Tracing
each giant’s family tree, Big, Bigger, Biggest
identifies key inventions and advancements that have enabled
modern engineers to stretch to new heights. Each episode also
features construction and behind the scenes footage that vividly
demonstrate how the “world’s biggest” are created
from the ground up.
NGCI
executive VP content Sydney Suissa says, “Big, Bigger,
Biggest is a celebration of human ingenuity. Considering
how new to the world these contemporary marvels are, it is
fascinating to see how rapidly they have increased in size
and complexity”.
Windfall
Films series producer Carlo Massarella says, "Big,
Bigger, Biggest showcases the world's most ambitious construction
projects using ground-breaking CGI animation to explore how
these superstructures were built. We're proud of the freshness
of the series format, and grateful for the support National
Geographic Channels International has given us making the
series".
One
of the episodes is Aircraft Carrier. This features
the USS Nimitz – a masterpiece based on a century of
shipbuilding advancements and equipped with jet-launching
catapults. Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 in Airport builds
off seven other airports’ clever designs to help handle
100 million passengers a year while shuffling 4,000 bags an
hour through 18 kilometres of conveyor belt.
Skyscraper
soars up the 600-metre Burj Dubai to examine how an 1890’s
Chicago building held the key to 21st century skyscraper architecture.
Bridge examines how engineers crafted the world’s
longest suspension bridge to withstand typhoons, tsunamis
and earthquakes using hundreds of years of bridge innovation.
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