46 minSeason 3 • Episode 5
LatestRob visits the Impossible Lighthouse at Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Islands.
Presenter Rob Bell takes us on a voyage around Britain and Ireland to reveal the hidden secrets that make offshore lighthouses such extraordinary feats of engineering.
Practical Effects
Genuinely insane construction methods that'll break your brain.
Production
Access to remote, crumbling structures most humans never touch.
Writing
Rob Bell's nerdy enthusiasm is weirdly infectious.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Bell Rock lighthouse took so long to build that workers' children were born and raised on the temporary construction platform.
Many of these lighthouses were engineered by the Stevenson family, including Robert Louis Stevenson's grandfather—yes, that Treasure Island guy.
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