
Britain's Secret Engineers
Documentary series. Workers at British defence contractor QinetiQ reveal a handful of their secretive projects, including robots to defuse roadside bombs.
If you need to build a top-secret piece of equipment in the UK, there's one place many people choose to go: defence contractor QinetiQ.
We follow workers at this leading British company on a global journey, as they reveal a handful of their secretive projects. We meet the scientists and engineers building robots to defuse Afghanistan's deadly roadside bombs and learn how they're adapting them to help in dangerous civilian situations in the UK. We find out how British experts are using stealth technology to make wind turbines less visible to radar and, with unprecedented access, we follow the engineers racing to get Chinook helicopters ready for frontline service, including Afghanistan.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Gerard Fletcher |
| Producer | Jon Eastman |
| Executive Producer | Tina Fletcher |
| Series Producer | Steve Crabtree |
Broadcasts
- Sun 11 Jul 201021:05BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 11 Jul 201022:00BBC Two Scotland
- Mon 12 Jul 201023:20BBC Two except Northern Ireland
- Tue 13 Jul 201000:00BBC Two Northern Ireland
- Mon 16 Aug 201002:05
- Tue 6 Mar 201221:00
- Wed 7 Mar 201201:55
- Fri 9 Mar 201202:20
- Mon 19 Dec 201602:45
- Sun 3 Jun 201820:00
- Mon 4 Jun 201801:30
- Tue 30 Apr 201902:00
- Thu 12 Sep 201915:15



