When Big Things Go Wrong Doomed from the Start (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 40 min | History, Reality-TV

When Big Things Go Wrong

Doomed from the Start (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 40 min | History, Reality-TV

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manila high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

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Danny McGuire

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Updated Oct 8, 2021

Release date

Oct 8, 2021 (New Zealand)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Rob Bell Self - Mechanical Engineer Self - Mechanical Engineer See fewer	Secret Life of the Lighthouse (2021)
Luke Bisby Self - Structural Engineer, University Of Edinburgh (as Dr. Luke Bisby) Self - Structural Engineer, University Of Edinburgh (as Dr. Luke Bisby) See fewer	When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)
Davide Capello Self - Survivor Self - Survivor See fewer	When Bridges Collapse: The Genoa Disaster (2019)
Daniel Dickrell Self - Mechanical Engineer, University of Florida (as Dr. Dan Dickrell) Self - Mechanical Engineer, University of Florida (as Dr. Dan Dickrell) See fewer	Impossible Engineering (2015)
Robert Glenister Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Aeronauts (2019)
Asegun Henry Self - Mechanical Engineer, MIT (as Dr. Asegun Henry) Self - Mechanical Engineer, MIT (as Dr. Asegun Henry) See fewer	When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)
Andrew Herrman Self - Former President, American Society of Civil Engineers Self - Former President, American Society of Civil Engineers See fewer	When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)
Guglielmo Mattioli Self - New York Time Journalist Self - New York Time Journalist See fewer	When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)
Mocean Melvin Narrator Narrator See fewer	Dead Air (I) (2009)
Riccardo Morandi Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)
Sian Proctor Self - Geoscientist & Disaster Specialist (as Dr. Sian Proctor) Self - Geoscientist & Disaster Specialist (as Dr. Sian Proctor) See fewer	Emulator (2019)