Episode 1
Glass Houses
1h
Discover plans for a glass transport loop around Victorian London and a 1950s glass city.
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TV series
Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain
20131 season
The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain premiered August 12, 2013. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Making Connections
1h
Two of the most radical civil engineering projects proposed in the last century.
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Episode 3
A Revolution in the City
1hfinale
A look at plans to radically reconstruct 17th-century London and 1940s Glasgow.
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Cast
Olivia Horsfall Turner