Strip the City 

Stripping major cities naked of their steel, concrete, buildings, roads, rivers and bedrock - layer by layer - to explore the secret technology and infrastructure that keeps them running. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Kavan Smith, Thom Kikot, Helen Cheyne

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kavan Smith	...	Narrator 14 episodes, 2012-2014
Thom Kikot	...	Narrator 10 episodes, 2012-2014

Storyline

Stripping major cities naked of their steel, concrete, buildings, roads, rivers and bedrock - layer by layer - to explore the secret technology and infrastructure that keeps them running. What stops Dubai's super tall skyscrapers - balanced on unstable sand - from toppling over? How can San Francisco survive - sitting on the edge of a major earthquake fault? And how did the ancient Romans build a city of a million people without modern technology? This series explores these and other mysteries, by peeling the glass off buildings, rolling back the tarmac on roads and sucking the water out of rivers to expose the hidden infrastructure beneath six major cities: London, Rome, Dubai, Sydney, Toronto and San Francisco. As we explore what lies beneath each metropolis we come face to face with the people who are instrumental in keeping these city alive and well - the engineers building and looking after the city's infrastructure. These characters are larger than life - with a huge passion and...

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Plot Keywords:

city | infrastructure | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Discovery World [Canada] Science Channel [United States]

Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Byen set indefra

Company Credits

Production Co:

Discovery Channel Canada, Canal D, Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

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