Extreme Machines

Infobox Television
show_name = Extreme Machines
genre = Documentary
runtime = 60 Min
developer =
producer = Alice Harper
executive_producer = Louise Salkow
Mark Molesworth
starring =
narrated = William Hootkins
theme_music_composer = Monc (Studio)
Greg Molesworth
Roy Farnan
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language = English
network = Discovery Channel
first_aired = 1997
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website = http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/machines_and_engineering/index.shtml

"Extreme Engineering" is a television series aired on Discovery Channel.

Premise

The program feature some of the largest created man-made machines on earth. Like a container ship, [ [http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/machines_and_engineering/vehicles/container_ships/index.shtml General Information related container ships] discoverychannel.co.uk Machine And Engineering] Excavators, [ [http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/machines_and_engineering/vehicles/excavators2/index.shtml General information related excavators on discoverychannels.co.uk] Discovery Channel.co.uk Machine And Engineering] and Cranes. [ [http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/machines_and_engineering/vehicles/index.shtml General information related to cranes on discoverychannel.co.uk] Discovery Channel.co.uk Machine And Engineering]

As taken from the official Canadian webpage for Discovery Channel: [ [http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/showdetails.aspx?sid=2337 Extreme Machines About] Discovery Channel CA]

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;Submarines:See how today's nuclear submarines play an integral role in U.S. national defense.;Oil Rigs:See the final stages of the construction of a 50,000-ton oil rig in Nova Scotia.;Military Planes:See profiles of jet fighters including the F-15 Eagle and the X35-B, both technologically advanced aircraft.;Flight Power:Experience the exciting and flamboyant world of aviation; unusual aircraft and man's most extreme methods of flying; a home-built plane powered with a lawnmower engine; NASAs solar powered planes; the infamous Harrier Jump Jet.;Carriers:Hop aboard the U.S. Navys 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.;Mega Trucks:Explore the serious business of transportation to the thrills and spills of truck racing; a look at the New York fire brigade in action whose trucks are so long they need an extra driver at the back; a truck which doubles up as a TV studio.;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.;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.

Episodes

ee also

*Discovery Channel
*List of programs broadcast by Discovery Channel

References

External links

* [http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/machines_and_engineering/index.shtml Official Webpage] At Discovery Channel
(Feature also Extreme Engineering)
* [http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/showdetails.aspx?sid=2337 Official Webpage] At Discovery Channel CA
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326674/ Extreme Machines] At Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.discoveryondemand.co.uk/broadband/broadband.jsp?site=uk&template=episode&genre=3&series_id=70&episode_id=87 Extreme Machines] At Discovery On Demand