Gerard Fletcher
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Rolls Royce makes the most complicated and powerful jet engines in the world. Visiting their biggest factory, which employs over 11,000 people, this programme shows how they do it. These are people who quite literally have our lives in their hands; it's their designs that keep jumbo jets in the sky, their skills that have made flying the safest mode of transport and their innovations that will allow aeroplanes to be bigger cleaner, greener and quieter...
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What does it take to build a vehicle that wins the Grand Prix? Can Formula One technology, which allows cars to hit 160 kph in under four seconds and reach speeds as high as 350 kph, be applied to everyday automobiles? This program goes behind the scenes at one of the world's most secretive companies, McLaren Racing Limited, which produces some of the fastest wheeled vehicles driven today. The film depicts engineering occurring on a microscopic level--a...