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Britain's engineering companies reveal how they build the world's most amazing machines

Britain's iconic and secretive engineering companies reveal how they build the world's most amazing machines

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How to Build 1

05/05/2011

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Britain's engineering companies reveal how they build the world's most amazing machines.

Examines three very different British engineering companies that all share something in common - amazing technology and highly skilled workers.

Drawn from the BBC Two series How to Build, this programme for schools examines three very different British engineering companies that all share something in common - amazing technology and highly skilled workers.

This goes behind the scenes and follows the construction of the Astute nuclear submarine and looks at the story of the thousands of people who design, build and test Rolls-Royce jet engines. And there is also a look at British defence contractor QinetiQ.

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