Alison James
Director
Outback Truckers (2012)
Season 8
Jump in the cab with some of the men and women behind the wheel of monster road trains and reveals what life is really like on the wide-open road. Highly dramatic, often humorous, Outback Truckers reveals the true blue heart and soul of Aussie trucking.
Released Oct. 18, 2012
Episode 44 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Prospero Productions
Network: 7mate
S8E1 - Episode 1
Mick King fights off deadly bushfires to deliver to a fire ravaged community, an oversized load drives Athol Martin over the edge. Sludge hauls 3 high value vintage racers to a burn up in the desert.
May 5, 2020, midnight
S8E2 - Episode 2
Brian Andersson and Athol Martin dodge high tech solar cars and battle heavy haulage blow outs, Steve Grahame tackles the bush and all its fury. Sludge races to get an ancient load to the start line
May 12, 2020, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 3
Wide loads & narrow bridges push Brian Andersson to the edge, Sharon Collins risks a croc infested river & Robbie Mackay's team of outback house movers bend steel trying to exit the yard.
May 19, 2020, midnight
S8E4 - Episode 4
As Scott Conohan begins his shift, the long arm of the law strikes. Outback house mover, Robbie McKay, gets rocking and rolling, and Mark Pett faces oncoming traffic.
May 26, 2020, midnight
S8E5 - Episode 5
Steve Grahame has tasked Outback Trucker Slick with one last battle with the desert, all before Christmas. Also, Chaz Butt's drought-busting mercy mission springs a leak.
June 2, 2020, midnight
S8E6 - Episode 6
Anthony and Danyelle Haigh enlist a new team member, Slick's race home for Christmas is slipping out of reach and cattle trucker Kylie Hornick has her first crack at driving a triple road train.
June 9, 2020, midnight
S8E7 - Episode 7
Anthony and Danyelle Haigh, tackle a dangerous river crossing, Slick risks a mammoth desert run as he races home for Christmas and rookie trucker, Kylie Hornick, faces a life or death decision.
June 16, 2020, midnight
S8E8 - Episode 8
A truck killing river crossing traps the water drillers, cattle truckers David and Kylie Hornick battle a blown engine and vintage tractor trucker Mike Partridge makes a crucial wrong turn.
June 23, 2020, midnight
S8E9 - Episode 9
Sludge races to beat a cyclone. After Australia's worst bushfires on record Army trucker Matt is on a mercy mission and for Mike Partridge getting 8 vintage tractors 4000 kilometres is a nightmare.
June 30, 2020, midnight
S8E10 - Episode 10
Justin Harrison is going downhill fast when his gearbox fails, cows play chicken with Sonny Forrest's monster road train and for Mike Partridge's load of vintage tractors a roadblock on a blind bend.
July 7, 2020, midnight
S8E11 - Episode 11
Steve Grahame is racing to beat a border shutdown, Ricki Sutcliffe's timber delivery deadline grinds to a halt and Jacob Marshall dices with bush fires to deliver hay to desperate farmers
July 14, 2020, midnight
S8E12 - Episode 12
Steve Grahame confronts pandemic checkpoints. Sludge in his fuel run across Western Australia encounters a ghost town and car salvage truckers, Michael and Bozza, race to find outback treasures.
July 21, 2020, midnight
S8E13 - Episode 13
In the face of a global pandemic Steve Grahame takes on the deserted roads of Northern Territory. Glenn's giant load gets squeezed by tight bridges, Mike hunts for wrecked gold in Western Australia.
July 28, 2020, midnight
Network: 7mate
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 5940 min.
Released: Oct. 18, 2012
Last Air Date: Nov. 17, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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