Episodes
The documentary series. For the full written forensic analysis behind each documentary, visit Investigations.
All documentary episodes
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 737 MAX: How MCAS, Certification and Organisational Failures Contributed to Two Fatal Crashes
346 lives. Two crashes. One hidden software system. The investigation that started it all.
Queensland Payroll Disaster
The $1.25 Billion Software Failure
IBM failed Australia. 35,000 payroll rules. $1.25 billion to fix a broken system.
NHS IT Disaster
A £12 Billion Transformation Attempt. Limited Delivery. Major Lessons.
A £12 billion attempted transformation. Limited delivery. Major lessons in governance, procurement, and control.
Berlin Ghost Airport
The Airport That Could Not Open
€7 billion. Nine years of ghost trains. The monument to political ego over engineering.
Sydney Opera House
Australia's Most Beautiful Budget Blowout
The iconic building that started as a project everyone wanted to kill. 14 years late. 1,457% over budget.
The $200 Million Baggage Bet That Delayed an Airport
How a $200 Million Automation Bet Delayed Denver Airport by 16 Months
In the early 1990s, Denver built the world's most advanced automated airport. The revolutionary baggage handling system — using laser scanners and autonomous carts…
The $327 Million Math Mistake
NASA's Costliest Typo
In 1999, NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter — a $327 million spacecraft — disintegrated in the Martian atmosphere. The spacecraft's builders used imperial units…
London Crossrail's £19 Billion Delay
The Greatest Software Disaster in Transport
Crossrail was Europe's largest infrastructure project. The physical tunnels were practically finished. The failure was invisible — the signalling software from three…
The $6 Billion Excel Error
How JPMorgan Lost $6 Billion to a Copy-and-Paste
In 2012, JPMorgan Chase — the largest bank in the United States — lost over $6 billion because of a spreadsheet typo. An employee had copied and pasted the wrong data…
Japan Built an Airport on the Sea. Now It's Sinking.
The Sinking Island
Watch the documentary 'Japan Built an Airport on the Sea. Now It's Sinking.' — the filmed companion to our Kansai International Airport investigation. The written…
How Singapore Plans to Build the World's Most Advanced Airport: Changi T5
In Delivery, Not Delivered: What Changi's Governance Record — T1 to Jewel — Tells Us to Watch as Terminal 5 Builds Towards the Mid-2030s
This episode accompanies our governance-pattern analysis of Changi Terminal 5 — a programme still in delivery, not a completed success story, and the film claims nothing…
Systemic Failure: The Pattern Hiding in Plain Sight
Series Pilot
The Project Insider Asia series pilot. Why do megaprojects fail when the warning signs are visible? This episode introduces the recurring pattern behind the collapses…
JPMorgan London Whale
How JPMorgan Lost $6 Billion to a Copy-and-Paste
In 2012, JPMorgan Chase — the largest bank in the United States — lost over $6 billion because of a spreadsheet typo. An employee had copied and pasted the wrong data…
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