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Season 1

  • S01E02 Antonov, Behemoth, Sea Monster

    A crane that can rise 90 metres from the sea to lift loads of 3,500 tonnes

  • S01E03 Blade, Mammoth, Slashbuster

    A look at the world's highest-flying lift helicopter, massive mobile cranes and a 50 ton machine capable of reducing entire forests to pulp

  • S01E04 Firestorm, Iceking, Gnasher

    A stricken passenger ferry is saved by the Canadian super-machine Iceking, which is capable of cutting through ice two metres thick

  • S01E06 Beluga, Icehammer, Goliath

    Examining one of the world's largest excavators, how mobile ice hammers are used to save a town from flooding, plus a look at the hazardous journey of an air transporter as its crews battle extreme conditions to deliver its cargo

  • S01E07 Thunder, Wheels, Nemo

    A look at Thunder, the world's biggest helicopter, and million-dollar submarine Nemo, which can dive to a depth of 914 metres and help detect upcoming tsumamis

  • S01E08 Sea Hawk, Atlsa, Colossus

    A multi-million-dollar helicopter is used to rescues marines trapped deep within enemy territory, and a six-legged barge is used to install an offshore wind farm

  • S01E09 Gemini, Black Marlin, Viper

    The crew of a large helicopter tries to save the residents of a small town in Switzerland, plus a submersible cargo ship that can lift an oil rig

  • S01E10 Episode 1

    • January 1, 2009
    • Discovery Channel (UK)

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • January 1, 2013
    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    Profiles of three machines, including the world's heaviest road-going vehicle as it transports a 400-ton electrical transformer across a mountain range

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    Exploring the world's largest mining machine as it is used in Germany to dig for low-grade coal lignite, which is in greater demand as the country tries to phase out nuclear power

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    An exploration of the world's most powerful backhoe dredger in New York City, and a mobile factory capable of building a train while on the move

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    A profile of the D'Artagnan dredger, which must deepen the Panama Canal to avoid a massive traffic jam, and an exploration of a Sea King helicopter updated for contemporary warfare

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    The Colussus crew braves oxygen starvation to deliver a 100-ton radio telescope to a mountain-top observatory, and the Jumbo-heavy life ship transports a formidable cargo

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    How the crane vessel Hercules constructs an oil rig in the middle of the world's busiest harbour, and footage of the Roadheader tunnelling between Croatia and Italy

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    How the Shoreway suction dredger helps to protect the Netherlands from North Sea storms, and the way a cantilever lift is being used to unite two nations

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • Discovery Channel (UK)

    The role played by a super-tug in protecting the Alaskan wilderness, and a look at the construction of a 122m-high heavy lift crane