Neil Thomas Great Pacific Television
Director
Highway Thru Hell (2012)
Season 8
Follow the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck, a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia focusing on the hardships of operating along the highways of the BC Interior, especially the Coquihalla Highway, which is notorious for rapidly changing weather.
Released Sept. 4, 2012
Episode 43 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.towtruck, imdb.hell, imdb.docuseries-documentary
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Great Pacific Media
Network: Discovery
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S8E1 - Winter Strikes
On B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway, an early snowfall catches truckers off guard and puts Jamie Davis face to face with a heavy fuel tanker; sparks fly when James Luke and The Black Sheep try to rescue a semi in deep snow.
Oct. 7, 2019, midnight
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S8E2 - Battle in the Gravel
Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker against a rock crusher in a gravel pit; Mitch and James scramble to save a truck and camper on an icy cliff; Colin finally gets a crack at Mighty Mo's push bumper.
Oct. 14, 2019, midnight
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S8E3 - Chain Saw
When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and Sons become heavy rescue lumberjacks; with the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green overcame environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees.
Oct. 21, 2019, midnight
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S8E4 - Oil And Water
In Hope, Jamie, Colin and Cam battle heavy rains to recover a rolled semi blocking the highway through town; with traffic to The Coq cut off and a trailer full of cooking oil starting to rip, Jamies crew must get the road open.
Oct. 28, 2019, midnight
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S8E5 - Return to Sender
Near Merritt, a parcel delivery truck is torn open, scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq; facing high winds, high speed traffic and the threat of falling rocks, Reliable Towing overcomes numerous obstacles to clear the wreck.
Nov. 4, 2019, midnight
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S8E6 - Thin Ice
A cliffside recovery on the banks of Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice; Colin makes a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm; Al and Gord race to move a house off a busy highway.
Nov. 11, 2019, midnight
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S8E7 - Heavy Hearts
Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towings 50-ton rotator to open the road after a collision in Fraser Valley; Jamie takes a classic wrecker on a 2,000-kilometre journey north; news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.
Nov. 18, 2019, midnight
S8E8 - Road to Recovery
A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the load; after years of relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis brings home a surprise for the team.
Nov. 25, 2019, midnight
S8E9 - Door to Door
James Luke and "Black Sheep" rush to clear a tractor trailer on its side loaded with heavy doors. An 18-wheeler filled with firewood tests Cam and Colin. And Gord and Al must perform a delicate manoeuvre to move a shipping container full of garbage off the Trans Canada Highway.
Dec. 2, 2019, midnight
S8E10 - Sub Zero
A polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on The Coq; Colin fights to recover a frozen rig; Cam finds himself in a dilemma with one of Jamies classic wreckers.
Dec. 9, 2019, midnight
S8E11 - Lives On the Line
A terrifying crash involving one of their own shocks Team Reliable; Dylan and Merv pair up to lift a heavy load of steel pilings off a highway; Cam races to rescue a fellow tow operator stuck on a blind corner.
Dec. 16, 2019, midnight
S8E12 - Double Crossed
Mitch discovers a massive wreck involving two semis; Reliable and Aggressive Towing join forces to recover a pair of entangled 18-wheelers; a tippy trailer abandoned on a soft shoulder tests Jamie; Gord finds himself in deep in a peat bog.
Dec. 23, 2019, midnight
S8E13 - Off Road
Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest backroad adventures on HIGHWAY THRU HELL; Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.
Dec. 30, 2019, midnight
S8E14 - Rock and a Hard Place
Brandon and Cam team up to rescue a lumber truck tangled in a rock face on Highway 3; Al digs out a buried semi on a notorious corner on The Coq; a tractor fire puts James in the hot seat.
Jan. 6, 2020, midnight
S8E15 - Fried Chicken
Near Hope, B.C., a burning truck hauling frozen chicken has Cam and Jamie in a race to move the smoky hazard off the highway; a flipped logging truck near Merritt turns into a tussle for Mitch and James.
Jan. 13, 2020, midnight
S8E16 - The Warrior
A lost load of lumber pulls Jamie and Colin Mclean into a battle on the banks of B.C.s Skagit River; Al takes a chance with "Big Green" to rescue a sinking excavator; James and Rooster wrestle a twisted wreck near Merritt.
Jan. 20, 2020, midnight
S8E17 - Fire Mountain
After surviving a near-fatal heart attack, Ken leads the Mission crew on its most daunting recovery in years; lodged in the trees, 200 feet below a mountain road, the damaged dump truck pushes Kens team to the edge of disaster.
Jan. 27, 2020, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 43 min.
Season Runtime: 8420 min.
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
Last Air Date: April 1, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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