The Engineering That Built the World Cable Across the Sea (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Engineering That Built the World

Cable Across the Sea (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

A century before the Internet, two brave visionaries, Collin Perry and Cyrus Field, endure failure and heartache while risking everything to connect the United States to the rest of the world with a cable under the ocean.

Showrunner

Keith Palmer

Director

Stuart Jones (director: second unit)

Producer

Andy Gradwell (producer)

Cinematographer

George Lyon

Editors

Jeff Cvitkovic | David Jakubovic

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Release date

Nov 14, 2021 (United States)

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Ian Karr Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Joke Man (2023)
Dan Burton Perry Collins Perry Collins See fewer	Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre (2015)
Kara Chamberlain Mary Bryan Stone Field Mary Bryan Stone Field See fewer	Raw Chemistry (2024)
Daniel Dickrell Self - Engineering Professor, University of Florida (as Dan Dickrell) Self - Engineering Professor, University of Florida (as Dan Dickrell) See fewer	The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd (2023)
Lindsay Graham Self Self See fewer	American Scandal (2018)
Marc Ozall Dr. Edward Whitehouse Dr. Edward Whitehouse See fewer	Tony (2017)