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. The series was largely narrated by William Hootkins. The show made also made use of scale miniatures in many episodes, managed by David Barlow.Extreme Machines, Super Trains - Pioneer Productions
Episodes +SeasonsEpisodes111212312412510Specials7
Season 1 (1997) +No. in SeasonEpisode TitleTechnology shownEpisode Directed by1Diving Deep Submersibles2ChoppersAH-64 ApacheHugh Whiteworth3HovercraftsHovercraft4Image Impossible5Fastest Man on Earth6Race CarsHonda HRH V8t (Tasman Motorsports - 1996 U.S. 500) McLaren F1 GTR (Gulf McLaren - 1996)Hugh Whiteworth7RocketsSpace 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-XARod Parker8Roller Coasters9SpaceplanesSpace Shuttle DC-XA
VentureStar
Energia/Buran
HOPE-X
HermesRod Parker10Speed Freaks11Wheels of SteelTGV Shinkansen
Mallard
Southern Pacific Daylight
California Zephyr (Pre Amtrak)
Union Pacific Big Boy
Union Pacific Challenger
Acela Express (Concept)
Peru Andes Railline
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Indian Pacific
Channel Tunnel, Eurostar
London Underground
Transrapid MaglevYavar AbbasExtreme Machines, Wheels of Steel (1997) - The Learning Channel
Season 2 (1998) +No. in SeasonEpisode TitleTechnology ShownEpisode Directed by1TanksM1 Abrams2Motorcycle Mania3Earth Breakers4Car CrazyLotus Elise Jim Router's F-117 Car
Amphicar
Dutton Mariner
Volkswagen Beetle
General Motors EV1
Drag Racing Cars
Moller Skycar5Smart WeaponsBGM-109 Tomahawk Fat Man and Little Boy6Flight PowerBAE Harrier II Hawker Siddeley Harrier
AV-8B Harrier IIHugh Whiteworth7Supersonic Landspeed8Power Boats9Mega TrucksKomatsu 930E
Shockwave
Volvo ECT10Four Wheel Force11Supersight12CarriersUSS John C. Stennis CVN-74 (Nimitz Class Carrier) F-14B Tomcat
F/A-18C Hornet
EA-6B Prowler
E-2C Hawkeye
S-3B Viking/ES-3A Shadow
SH-60 Seahawk
USS Forrestal CV-59 (Forrestal Class Carrier)
USS Peleliu LHA-5 (Tawara Class Amphibious Carrier)
AV-8B Harrier II
HMS Invincible (R05)
FRS.1/2 Sea HarrierHugh WhiteworthExtreme Machines, Carriers (1998) - Discovery Channel
Season 3 (1999) No. in SeasonEpisode TitleTechnology shownEpisode Directed by1Emergency Vehicles2SubmarinesUSS Nebraska SSBN-739 (Ohio Class Submarine) Typhoon Class Submarine
USS Miami SSN-755 (Improved Los Angless Class Submarine)
Akula Class Submarine
HMS Conqueror S48 (Churchill Class Submarine)3Speed Freaks IIX-15 TGV Atlantique
X-1
Apollo 104Ultimate Space Machines5Ice Master6The Ultimate Speed machines7Balloons8Super Cars9The Landspeed Record10Incredible RobotsMIT Leg Laboratory Honda E series robots
Honda P series robots
Surveyor landers
Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner11Metal MonstersChesapeake & Ohio 61412Flight of the FutureYF-22/F-22 Raptor YF-23
Su-37 Terminator
Sikorsky Cypher
NASA Liftingbodys
Ekranoplan KM (Caspian Sea Monster)
Boeing 747-400David Holryod
Season 4 (2000) No. in SeasonEpisode TitleTechnology shownEpisode Directed by1Pedal Power2Rocketeers3Car Crash4Aviators5Raiders of the Deep6Super Trains/Super Trains UltimateP-40DC Genesis (Amtrak Sunset Limited) Superliner Railcar (Amtrak Sunset Limited)
Acela Express
Shinkansen
TGV
ICE Train (Eschede train disaster)
Gaisal train disaster
Moorgate crash
Ladbroke Grove rail crashYavar Abbas7Adrenaline Junkies8Extreme Rides9Disasters at Sea10Airships11Mega Machines12Jump JetsAV-8B Harrier II XV-4 Hummingbird
Balzac V
GR.1 Harrier
FRS.1 Sea Harrier
BAE Harrier II
X-35 JSF
X-32 JSF
XV-15/V-22 Osprey
Season 5 (2001) No. in SeasonEpisode TitleTechnology shownEpisode Directed by1Bridges2World's Greatest Ships: Power & Glory3World's Greatest Ships: Dangerous Seas4Incredible Motorcycle Jumpers5Ultimate Underwater Machines I (Submarines)K-141 Kursk (Oscar II Class Submarine)6Ultimate Underwater Machines II7Fear of Flying I (Crash Landing)Boeing 747-100 (United Airlines Flight 811) Boeing 747-400 (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)
Aérospatiale/BAE Concorde (Air France Flight 4590)
Boeing 737-200 (Aloha Airlines Flight 243)
Boeing 707, Vickers VC-10, Douglas DC-8 (Dawson's Field hijackings)
Boeing 767-200ER (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961)
Boeing 737-300, Fairchild Metroliner (1991 Los Angeles runway collision)Yavar Abbas8Fear of Flying II9World's Tallest Buildings: Fear of Heights10World's Tallest Buildings: Reach for the SkyWorld Trade Center (note: this episode aired a month before (August 8, 2001) and mentioned severals subjects similar to the September 11 attacks) Empire State Building (1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash)Mike Beckham Luke Campbell
References