NEW YORK LANDMARK

The World’s Greatest Bridges, 8pm, Ch5

MORE than a mile long, the Brooklyn Bridge spans New York’s East River, linking the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Opened in 1883, this innovative structure was a marvel of pioneering 19th-century technology, though its construction had been plagued by bad luck. Rob Bell (pictured) tells its incredible story — a ‘classic New York tale featuringturing big moneymoney, corruption, ambition and tragedy’.