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World's Toughest Fixes

Season 1 2008 - 2009

  • 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z on National Geographic
  • 42m
  • 6h 50m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
World's Toughest Fixes is an American reality series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on September 28, 2008. It features Sean Riley participating in various "tough fixes"; repairs and renovations done on equipment that is very large or dangerous. Riley is an expert in heavy duty rigging and load bearing, and works with other specialized engineers to tackle these uniquely difficult jobs. A first season aired 8 episodes beginning on September 26, 2008. A second season aired 8 episodes beginning on June 4, 2009. A third season of 7 episodes aired beginning May 6, 2010. A fourth season aired beginning September 30, 2010. The first season DVD contains 10 episodes, 2 of which aired in season 2. The second season DVD contains 11 episodes, 5 of which aired in season 3.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

1x01 Nuclear Turbine

Series Premiere

1x01 Nuclear Turbine

  • 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z50m

Sean Riley puts on his radiation suit and heads into the radiation zone for his next tough fix, replacing a steam turbine in a nuclear power plant to boost its energy-producing capacity.

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

1x02 Boeing 767

1x02 Boeing 767

  • 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z50m

Sean Riley joins a team of engineers and mechanics as they attempt to fix a damaged Boeing 767 jet. This is a crucial fix—taking a jet apart and putting it back together is a complex, three-week operation, and the smallest mistake could have huge consequences. As the new guy on the project, Riley is given an unpleasant task to prove his mettle—disconnecting a lavatory tube

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

1x03 High-Voltage Power Lines

1x03 High-Voltage Power Lines

  • 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z50m

Sean Riley joins an elite corps of engineers who dangle from a helicopter and work with live power lines carrying a shocking 500,000 volts of electricity.

2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

1x04 Thirty-Eight Ton Engine

1x04 Thirty-Eight Ton Engine

  • 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z50m

Sean Riley helps swap out a 38-ton engine on one of the largest ships in the Gulf of Mexico. The fix must be done in the middle of the gulf—and with swells, wind and rain, things can get complicated.

2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

1x05 Giant Telescope

1x05 Giant Telescope

  • 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z50m

For this tough job, Sean Riley joins a team of engineers to move and clean a 27-foot, 23-ton, $15 million telescope mirror. Here, three telescopes are used together to form the largest combined telescope in the world.

2008-11-27T01:00:00Z

1x06 2,000 Foot Tower

1x06 2,000 Foot Tower

  • 2008-11-27T01:00:00Z55m

Sean Riley works to fix a faulty TV antenna nearly half a mile in the air. This extreme fix takes strength, teamwork and guts.

2008-12-04T01:00:00Z

1x07 Cruise Ship Engine

1x07 Cruise Ship Engine

  • 2008-12-04T01:00:00Z50m

Go on a cruise. They said: In the Bahamas. It'll be a lot of fun, they promised. Mid ocean in the Caribbean, its a race against time. This may be Paradise, but Riley's not on vacation. He's on his way to a titanic fix. An enormous 90,000 ton cruise ship is steaming towards one of the worlds largest dry docks. They need to install a new power plant an enormous diesel generator, but first they have to land this ship. That's when the fun starts Then things get a whole lot tougher Its all hands on deck as a huge crew opens the hull pulls out the piping, makes room for a two story addition and struggles to cram a massive new 320 ton generator inside the ship then puts it all back together And in record time! In just twenty days this liner is taking on its next bunch of customers and if the ship is not ship shape there's likely to be a lot of harsh words spoken on board.

Season Finale

2009-05-26T00:00:00Z

1x08 50-Ton Rudder

Season Finale

1x08 50-Ton Rudder

  • 2009-05-26T00:00:00Z55m

Riley joins a team of industrial divers on the Caribbean island of Curacao to salvage and repair the 50-ton rudder of a ship carrying $3 million worth of iron ore.

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