Chris Barrie's Massive Engines is a Technology programme.

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Chris Barrie's Massive Engines: Airships

Series 1, episode 9

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Hugh Whitworth

The presenter explores the history of airships, from the early hot-air balloons of the Montgolfier Brothers, to the ill-fated transatlantic passenger liners of the 1930s. He also visits the historic hangars at Cardington, Bedfordshire, where he takes a ride on a sky hopper. Plus, a look at the Zeppelin company, examining its early bombers and new prototype cargo carrier

Cast (unconfirmed)

Chris Barrie
Mark Strickson
Hugh Whitworth