Strip the City (2012)

8.0 (1 votes)

2 Seasons

October 26, 2012

English

Documentary

Synopsis

Strip The City uses stunning CGI animation and expedition - driven actuality to strip major cities naked of their steel, concrete, air, ocean and bedrock - layer by layer, act by act - to explore their hidden infrastructure and solve key mysteries surrounding their origins, geology, archaeology, industry, weather and engineering. Each episode will explore six iconic features of each city - one per act. Each icon will take us a layer deeper into the city. They will range from man - made skyscrapers and metro systems to natural dunes and lakes.

Network

Discovery World, Discovery, Science

Episodes

Ancient City - Rome

Oct 26, 2012

45 min

Ancient City: Rome

Earthquake City - San Francisco

Nov 2, 2012

45 min

No description available.

Desert City - Dubai

Nov 9, 2012

45 min

No description available.

Harbour City - Sydney

Nov 16, 2012

45 min

Sydney is home to a fifth Australia's entire population and is trapped between the Blue Mountains and the ocean, sitting on the driest inhabited continent on Earth, and surrounding one the planet's largest natural harbours. This episode uncovers what is inside Sydney's buildings and beneath its streets that allow the city to function - from the concealed contours of the harbour that allow super-sized ships to sail into the heart of the city, to the underground caverns that store its water.