Extreme Machines | |
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Narrated by | William Hootkins |
Music by | Roger Bolton (Season 1) Justin Nicholls (Season 1-3) Guy Dagul (Season 4-5) |
Country of origin | United States of America |
No. of seasons | 5 |
Production | |
Production company | Pioneer Productions |
Release | |
Original network | The Learning Channel Discovery Channel |
Original release | 1997 – 2002 |
Extreme Machines was a documentary series created by Pioneer Productions for The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The series focused mainly on machines although in some episodes of Season 4 and Season 5, it also looked at disasters involving them. [1] The series was largely narrated by William Hootkins. The show made also made use of scale miniatures in many episodes, managed by David Barlow. [2] [3]
Seasons | Episodes |
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1 | 11 |
2 | 12 |
3 | 12 |
4 | 12 |
5 | 10 |
Specials | 7 |
No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
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1 | Diving Deep | Submersibles | |
2 | Choppers | AH-64 Apache | Hugh Whiteworth |
3 | Hovercrafts | Hovercraft | |
4 | Image Impossible | ||
5 | Fastest Man on Earth | ||
6 | Race Cars | ||
7 | Rockets | Space Shuttle | Rod Parker [4] |
8 | Roller Coasters | ||
9 | Spaceplanes | Space Shuttle DC-XA Energia/Buran | Rod Parker [5] |
10 | Speed Freaks | ||
11 | Wheels of Steel | TGV | Yavar Abbas [6] |
No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology Shown | Episode Directed by |
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1 | Tanks | M1 Abrams | |
2 | Motorcycle Mania | ||
3 | Earth Breakers | ||
4 | Car Crazy | Lotus Elise Jim Router's F-117 Car | |
5 | Smart Weapons | BGM-109 Tomahawk Fat Man and Little Boy | |
6 | Flight Power | BAE Harrier II | Hugh Whiteworth [7] |
7 | Supersonic Landspeed | ||
8 | Power Boats | ||
9 | Mega Trucks | Volvo ECT | |
10 | Four Wheel Force | ||
11 | Supersight | ||
12 | Carriers | USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 (Nimitz Class Carrier) USS Forrestal CV-59 (Forrestal Class Carrier) USS Peleliu LHA-5 (Tawara Class Amphibious Carrier) AV-8B Harrier II | Hugh Whiteworth [8] |
No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
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1 | Emergency Vehicles | ||
2 | Submarines | USS Nebraska SSBN-739 (Ohio Class Submarine) USS Miami SSN-755 (Improved Los Angless Class Submarine) | |
3 | Speed Freaks II | X-15 | |
4 | Ultimate Space Machines | ||
5 | Ice Master | ||
6 | The Ultimate Speed machines | ||
7 | Balloons | ||
8 | Super Cars | ||
9 | The Landspeed Record | ||
10 | Incredible Robots | MIT Leg Laboratory | |
11 | Metal Monsters | ||
12 | Flight of the Future | YF-22/F-22 Raptor | David Holryod [9] |
No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
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1 | Pedal Power | ||
2 | Rocketeers | ||
3 | Car Crash | ||
4 | Aviators | ||
5 | Raiders of the Deep | ||
6 | Super Trains/Super Trains Ultimate | P-40DC Genesis (Amtrak Sunset Limited) Superliner Railcar (Amtrak Sunset Limited) Acela Express Shinkansen TGV | Yavar Abbas [3] |
7 | Adrenaline Junkies | ||
8 | Extreme Rides | ||
9 | Disasters at Sea | ||
10 | Airships | ||
11 | Mega Machines | ||
12 | Jump Jets | AV-8B Harrier II GR.1 Harrier FRS.1 Sea Harrier BAE Harrier II |
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