Britain's Secret Engineers
Documentary series. Workers at British defence contractor QinetiQ reveal a handful of their secretive projects, including robots to defuse roadside bombs.
If you need to build a top-secret piece of equipment in the UK, there's one place many people choose to go: defence contractor QinetiQ.
We follow workers at this leading British company on a global journey, as they reveal a handful of their secretive projects. We meet the scientists and engineers building robots to defuse Afghanistan's deadly roadside bombs and learn how they're adapting them to help in dangerous civilian situations in the UK. We find out how British experts are using stealth technology to make wind turbines less visible to radar and, with unprecedented access, we follow the engineers racing to get Chinook helicopters ready for frontline service, including Afghanistan.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Gerard Fletcher |
Producer | Jon Eastman |
Executive Producer | Tina Fletcher |
Series Producer | Steve Crabtree |
Broadcasts
- Sun 11 Jul 2010 21:0591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Sun 11 Jul 2010 22:0091热爆 Two Scotland
- Mon 12 Jul 2010 23:2091热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Tue 13 Jul 2010 00:0091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Mon 16 Aug 2010 02:05
- Tue 6 Mar 2012 21:00
- Wed 7 Mar 2012 01:55
- Fri 9 Mar 2012 02:20
- Mon 19 Dec 2016 02:45
- Sun 3 Jun 2018 20:00
- Mon 4 Jun 2018 01:30
- Tue 30 Apr 2019 02:00
- Thu 12 Sep 2019 15:15