
When Big Things Go Wrong
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.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Oct 10, 2021
- Popularity: 1.0451
- 2 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Plimsoll Productions (GB)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
1 seaons till Nov 14, 2021
Last episode: House of Cards
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Overloaded40 min
Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.
Episode 2Ripple Effect40 min
A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.
Episode 3Man vs. Machine40 min
A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.
Episode 4Doomed From The Start41 min
Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.
Episode 5Hidden Flaws41 min
37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.