Building Giants (TV series)


Building Giants is a British documentary television series covering the design and construction of large structures, including stadiums, tunnels, bridges, cruise ships, and other giant engineering feats that premiered in early 2018.

Broadcast History

The show first aired on the Science Channel in the U.S. on January 4, 2018 with the "World's Greatest Stadium" episode that shows the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Discovery Networks reported that along with Mega Machines, the series pushed Thursday ratings up 32% over January 2017. The series premiered on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, starting on April 16, 2018 beginning with the "World's Strongest Wall" episode that features the MOSE in Venice, Italy.
On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the second season will premiere on August 7, 2019.
On May 4, 2020, it was announced that the third season will premiere on May 6, 2020.
The first season of the series is currently available for streaming online on ITV Studios' YouTube channel Blueprint, as well as Amazon Prime Video, FilmRise, The Roku Channel and Tubi, while the second, third and fourth seasons of the show are currently available on Discovery+.

Episode list

Season 1

  1. January 4 "World's Greatest Stadium" Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  2. January 11 "Monster Cruise Ship" MSC Meraviglia in Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France
  3. January 18 "Super Skyscraper NYC" 53W53 in New York, New York, United States
  4. January 25 "Arctic Mega Bridge" Hålogaland Bridge in Narvik, Nordland, Norway
  5. February 1 "World's Strongest Wall" MOSE Project around Venice, Veneto, Italy
  6. February 8 "Monster Tunnel" Copenhagen–Ringsted Line on Zealand, Denmark
  7. February 15 "World's Tallest Church" Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  8. February 22 "World's Toughest Skyscraper" CITIC Tower in Beijing, China
The first episode was re-aired as "episode 9" at the end of January 2019, just before the stadium hosted Super Bowl LIII.