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This excellent BBC series was first broadcast in the Autumn of 2003 and, to the best of my knowledge, was never repeated - what a pity the same cannot be said of some of the other bilge they puke up - such as Birds Of A Feather. The title is self explanatory - but to elaborate, the seven Wonders are perhaps better described as seven engineering masterpieces. My favourites are The Brooklyn Bridge, which features Steven Berkoff in a performance so restrained he is almost invisible; and The Hoover Dam. The latter is my personal favourite as I am very fond of Las Vegas and have visited the city and the dam twice. The chain that links all seven of these achievements is the hard work the labourers carried out - often in conditions so arduous they defy belief - and for pitifully low wages. Robert Lindsay's narration is an acting marvel - almost unimaginable he was also Wolfy Smith and that dentist in My Family. This series is so good it could have run for years - the number of similarly astounding achievements of engineering and building there are in hundreds - unfortunately we would be paying for it in our licence fee. but the Beeb Read full review
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The overall balance of factual material and the actors portraying the various historical characters makes this series both informative and entertaining. I have found it a valuable asset in the classroom with my senior high school students as well as personally enjoyable to watch.
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I thought I was buying a book which I read years ago and love but a DVD turned up on my door step and I'm so glad it did. It brings the most amazing feats in the history of engineering in the most dynamic way. the acting and sets are excellent.
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A truly amazing group of shows within an overall show, which discusses the 7 greatest industrial marvels of our time - several of which I had never even heard of, while the ones of which I was already aware, I had absolutely no idea about just how much was involved in achieving these marvels with technology that had never previously been tested. Absolutely Incredible!! AAA++
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