William Hootkins
Narrator
Extreme Machines (1997)
Season 2
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
S2E1 - Tanks
Gripping archive footage documents tanks in action from the First World War to Desert Storm; the most advanced tanks in the world today; a glimpse of the claustrophobic world of the tank crew; US Future Combat System.
S2E2 - Motorcycle Mania
S2E3 - Earth Breakers
Journey towards the centre of the earth inside the deepest mine in the U.S.; the fire that broke out in the Channel Tunnel between the U.K. and France; what happens in a mine explosion.
S2E4 - Car Crazy
Cars are the most popular machine on the planet; they are the machines of the 20th century. They thrill, they excite, they generate a loyalty and passion like no other machine. Car Crazy hitches a ride through the world of the automobile. We go drag racing with the world's fastest drag racers reaching speeds of over 515 kilometres per hour in just 366 metres. We drive off road with Baja Bugs, souped-up VWs that take on the worst nature has to offer and win. And we look to the future to see where the car is heading.
S2E5 - Smart Weapons
S2E6 - Flight Power
Experience the exciting and flamboyant world of aviation. This program focuses on unusual aircraft and man's most extreme methods of flying. We take a look at different ways of powering aircraft from a home-built plane powered with a lawn- mower engine to the cutting edge technology of NASA's solar powered planes. We take a close look into the world of VTOL - Vertical Take Off and Landing planes, specifically the infamous Harrier Jump Jet with its unique manoeuvrability and ability to take-off and land from almost anywhere.
S2E7 - Landspeed II
S2E8 - Power Boats
S2E9 - Mega Trucks
Trucks are unquestionably the giants of the road. We cover all the uses of trucks throughout this film from the serious business of transportation almost everything we consume is at some stage transported by a truck to the thrills and spills of truck racing, witnessing the world's fastest truck racing a jet aircraft and truck stunts. We take a look at the New York fire brigade in action. Their trucks are so long that they need an extra driver at the back! We also feature the world's most expensive truck which doubles up as a TV studio. The price? A cool $6 million!
S2E10 - Four Wheel Force
Profiles 4-wheel drive vehicles through a wide variety of terrains from the beautiful and dangerous glaciers of Iceland to the mighty and unforgiving Gobi Desert and beyond. We study their scientific development over the years and watch the amazing feats they can perform both for fun, racing, adventuring and stunts-and for far more serious purposes, the life-saving vehicles able to reach inaccessible and remote locations where no other road vehicle can go.
S2E11 - Supersight
S2E12 - Carriers
Hop aboard the U.S. Navy's huge floating fortress the John C. Stennis; profiling a variety of other carriers from the U.S. Marines to the British Navy; see carriers in a variety of temperatures from the equator to the Arctic.
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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