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Summary:Bridges rarely fail, but when they do, the rush to apportion blame can obscure the truth. The programme provides an analysis of some of the more spectacular triumphs and disasters of civil engineering and an examination of the tension that always exists between the requirement for safety and the desire to innovate. Looks back through bridge-building history, from the one hundred year-old Hammersmith Bridge to the most recent bridges being conceived and constructed.