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Building the Impossible

7.0/ 10202043m

Documentary

Presenter Rob Bell takes us on a voyage around Britain and Ireland to reveal the hidden secrets that make offshore lighthouses such extraordinary feats of engineering.

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Rob Bell

Self - Narrator

Building the Impossible

Behind the frames

Faces behind the story

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