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Demolition - The Wrecking Crew

Adam Hopkins

Demolition - The Wrecking Crew: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Two - Demolition - The Wrecking Crew, Episode 1

The demolition crew attempts to bring down the cooling towers of Didcot A power station.

Documentary series exploring the explosive world of demolition. The demolition crew attempts to bring down the 100m-high cooling towers of Didcot A power station.

The demolition crew attempts to bring the 100m-high cooling towers of Didcot A power station, which have long dominated the Oxfordshire landscape, down to earth with a bang. But, in addition to tackling the complex engineering, the team faces a public outcry when they schedule the blow-down at night, and this threatens to derail their plans. Hastings Pier is on its last legs after a devastating fire, but local demolition man Mark Hodgson hatches a water-borne plan to try to save it for future generations. And one of the industry's biggest and boldest characters has to take down a disused bridge, in a race against the clock.

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Documentary series exploring the explosive world of demolition

Documentary series that goes behind the safety cordon to explore the explosive world of demolition

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