Lost Places

A great idea for a documentary series. However, the producer seems scared that it might be too intellectual or serious and so doesn't show scenes that need to be looked at for longer than a couple of seconds. In the new series (seen in Australia, November 2022) there is now an annoying way old photos are split up. The commentary of Rob Bell and others is often inane, not adding anything to an understanding of the engineering. The chosen subjects and places are great, from all around the world and over the last couple of centuries. SO, keep up on a good basis, including interesting local experts and tour-guides.

It's a bit lighter on facts and figures than I'd prefer and definitely too heavy on the dramatisation, but otherwise excellent. I can't help but look up all the locations on Google maps of these amazing structures and then go digging in further on Wikipedia for more detail. Hugely entertaining and educational. I recommend this show to anyone with a passing interest in modern archaeology, architecture or recent history.

Some really interesting locations and curious relics. However the overly dramatic pseudo mysterious dialogue is highly irritating. There is no mystery, just fairly typical historic stories. Cut out the nonsense drama and the program would be much more watchable. That's assuming you can get past the grating 'expert' monologues!! Overall an interesting topic and visuals ruined by the assumption that theatrical presentation is required to sustain viewer interest!

I'm not sure. But as a fan of both Mysteries of the Abandoned and Abandoned Engineering it just feels that when i have watched an episode of Mystieries of the Abandoned, 3 days later Abandoned Engineering will air..

And i have watched it? Same narrative, same points. Only difference is the talking heads being swapped out..

So who is copying who? And why?

Don't get me wrong, i do enjoy the production quality.

But it just feels rehashed.

As in being done for lazy watching.

Is it because of different networks?

It is the same material after all.

How was this even produced?

Would be nice if they could be separated somehow.

This is a very interesting show, however, it has one extremely annoying aspect. During the introduction to each piece of abandoned engineering to be viewed and discussed. It has these amateur dramatics where the experts put forward ridiculous scenarios as to what has occurred. It also dumbs down the discussion and treats the viewers as idiots. Otherwise it shows some very interesting subjects