Brunel Bridge [11min @16:40]

The civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was undoubtedly a brilliant designer and fearless entrepreneur. He won the commission in 1831 to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge in Bristol. Critics doubted it would ever be built, but the result was a triumph. Now the Clifton Crossing Competition is being re-staged to celebrate Brunel's bicentenary. Host Quentin Cooper is joined this week by Professor Colin Taylor from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, and Anthony Oliver, Editor of New Civil Engineer magazine, to discuss the competition for today's engineering minds.