War, destruction, fire, disease—London has fallen victim to numerous crises over its 2,000-year history. At the center of it all is the River Thames, whose tidal dangers threaten flooding even to this day. But thanks to phenomenal feats of engineering and construction, the city has consistently been able to return to top form. This program examines how devastation in London has inspired people of vision to revolutionize the city’s architecture, from Roman settlement to the center of the British Empire…and beyond. London-based engineering designer Chris Wise and architecture historians Simon Thurley and Vaughan Hart, among others, reveal how great edifices helped this small island nation become a world power. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes)

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