Building the Impossible Season 1 Episode 1 - Eddystone Lighthouse

Airdate: 2021-Sep-17

Episode summary:

Rob heads nine miles out into the English Channel to see why building the world's first rock lighthouse was such a monumental achievement. At Eddystone Reef, Rob witnesses the awesome power of rough seas and jagged rocks for himself, before a vivid demonstration of why building a tower on a wave-lashed rock was regarded as an impossible dream.

About Building the Impossible series:

Rob Bell uncovers stories of the ingenuity behind designs on both sides of the Atlantic.