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202160 minPGdocumentary

8.5/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

When Big Things Go Wrong

202160 minPGdocumentary

8.5/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

The docuseries examines major engineering disasters through news footage, expert commentary, and personal accounts to analyze their causes.

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The docuseries examines major engineering disasters through news footage, expert commentary, and personal accounts to analyze their causes.

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This new original docuseries looks at some of the world’s worst real-life engineering disasters and seeks an answer to the question of what caused the calamity. News footage is interwoven with innovative and illuminating graphics, eyewitness accounts and commentary from experts.

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