William Hootkins
Narrator
Extreme Machines (1997)
Season 1
This series features some of the world's biggest and meanest machines and examines their complex mechanics.
Released April 26, 1997
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Pioneer Productions
Network: Discovery
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Diving Deep
All About Submersibles
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E2 - Choppers
All About Helicopters. Featuring the AH-64 Apache.
S1E3 - Hovercrafts
All About Hovercraft
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E4 - Image Impossible
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E5 - Fatest Man on Earth
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E6 - Race Cars
All About Race Cars
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E7 - Rockets
Featuring Rocket Tech: Space Shuttle, Energia/Buran, Long March 3B, Ariane 5, V-2 Rocket, R-16/SS-7 Saddler, R-7 Semyorka/SS-6 Sapwood, Vostok, Mercury, Saturn V, DC-XA
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E8 - Roller Coasters
All About Roller Coasters
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E9 - Space Planes
Featuring: Space Shuttle, DC-XA, VentureStar, Energia/Buran, HOPE-X, Hermes
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E10 - Speed Freaks
Going Fast...
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E11 - Wheels of Steel
This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era -- at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today -- in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disasters across time and take the audience on a time-lapse trip from London to Paris. Finally, we look at plans for the future with NASA's Maglifter concept -- a launch lift for tomorrow's space train.
April 26, 1997, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 3727 min.
Released: April 26, 1997
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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