Episodes
Climbing Great Buildings: Clifton Suspension Bridge (BBC Four Monday 18 September 2023)
Climbing Great Buildings: Clifton Suspension Bridge airs Monday 18 September 2023 on BBC Four.
What is this episode about
The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol is the next stop on Jonathan’s journey. One of the greatest feats of Victorian engineering, it was begun in 1835 by the great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel when he was only 24 years old.
With the help of champion climber Lucy Creamer, Jonathan gains unprecedented access to the bridge and explores the innovations and techniques used to construct this incredible structure that was funded by a donation of £1000 from a wine importer.
To learn more about the innovative design, Jonathan ascends more than 300 feet and then stands atop the enormous chains that support it. From a height of 245 feet above the River Avon, he descends 35 feet to explore the hidden chambers in Brunel’s towers, which were not discovered until 2002, and he demonstrates the Victorian engineering that prevents disaster by expanding and contracting, just as Brunel had envisioned.
Episode 9 of 15
When can we see the episode
Climbing Great Buildings: Clifton Suspension Bridge airs Monday 18 September 2023 at 7:30pm on BBC Four
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