The Detonators

Season 1
Thousands of tonnes of explosives are manufactured and used in Europe each year. This series takes the lid off the explosives industry, and the lives of the men and women who blow things up for a living. High-octane viewing guaranteed!
IMDb 7.520017 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Rochdale Tower

    April 10, 2001
    31min
    7+
    At just 18 years old, Holly Benett of Controlled Demolition is the firstwoman explosives engineer in the UK.
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  2. S1 E2 - Orkney

    April 10, 2001
    6sec
    7+
    Engineer John Parkes is an old hand at the Demolition game, and hisexpertise is called upon when the biggest wind turbine in Europe needs to bebrought down without damaging the fragile local environment of The Orkneys.
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  3. S1 E3 - Bomb Squad (MOD)

    April 10, 2001
    5sec
    7+
    Simon Wilkinson is the man who deals with those unattended packages and bags that have become a part of our daily lives.
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  4. S1 E4 - Viaduct

    April 10, 2001
    6sec
    7+
    Phil Lowe is a demolition engineer who is brought in by Railtrack to blow upa disused and unsafe viaduct in Leicestershire.
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  5. S1 E5 - Rocketeers

    April 10, 2001
    2sec
    7+
    Ben Jarvis is only 22 years old, but he is one of the most experienced andrespected amateur rocketeers in the UK.
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  6. S1 E6 - Special Effects (Prague)

    April 10, 2001
    26min
    7+
    Nick Allder is a veteran SFX technician who's been working in feature filmsfor over 40 years. Amongst his achievements are an OSCAR (for the legendarychest bursting alien in Alien) and a BAFTA for the Fifth Element.
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  7. S1 E7 - Airshow

    April 10, 2001
    12sec
    7+
    In Denver, Colorado, Robert Heckendorff and his 69th Air Battalion SpecialOperations Group are a group of ex-USAF veterans dedicated to keeping alivethe memory of the Interservice Combat Search and Rescue teams.
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