Lighthouses: Building the Impossible

Lighthouses: Building the Impossible

Episode 1 (1x1)


Air date: Sep 17, 2021

Rob heads nine miles out into the English Channel to see why building the world's first rock lighthouse was such a monumental achievement. At Eddystone Reef, Rob witnesses the awesome power of rough seas and jagged rocks for himself, before a vivid demonstration of why building a tower on a wave-lashed rock was regarded as an impossible dream.

  • Premiered: Sep 2021
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • Channel 5 (UK)
  • Friday at 9