# Extreme Machines

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.

## Episodes

| Seasons | Episodes |
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 |
| Specials | 7 |

### Season 1 (1997)

| No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
| 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 | Honda HRH V8t (Tasman Motorsports - 1996) McLaren F1 GTR (Gulf McLaren - 1996) | Hugh Whiteworth |
| 7 | Rockets | Space 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-XA | Rod Parker |
| 8 | Roller Coasters | | |
| 9 | Spaceplanes | Space Shuttle DC-XA VentureStar Energia/Buran HOPE-X Hermes | Rod Parker |
| 10 | Speed Freaks | | |
| 11 | Wheels of Steel | TGV 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 Maglev | Yavar Abbas |

### Season 2 (1998)

| No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology Shown | Episode Directed by |
| 1 | Tanks | M1 Abrams | |
| 2 | Motorcycle Mania | | |
| 3 | Earth Breakers | | |
| 4 | Car Crazy | Lotus Elise Jim Router's F-117 Car Amphicar Dutton Mariner Volkswagen Beetle General Motors EV1 Drag Racing Cars Moller Skycar | |
| 5 | Smart Weapons | BGM-109 Tomahawk Fat Man and Little Boy | |
| 6 | Flight Power | BAE Harrier II Hawker Siddeley Harrier AV-8B Harrier II | Hugh Whiteworth |
| 7 | Supersonic Landspeed | | |
| 8 | Power Boats | | |
| 9 | Mega Trucks | Komatsu 930E Shockwave Volvo ECT | |
| 10 | Four Wheel Force | | |
| 11 | Supersight | | |
| 12 | Carriers | USS 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 Harrier | Hugh Whiteworth |

### Season 3 (1999)

| No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
| 1 | Emergency Vehicles | | |
| 2 | Submarines | USS Nebraska SSBN-739 (Ohio Class Submarine) Typhoon Class Submarine USS Miami SSN-755 (Improved Los Angless Class Submarine) Akula Class Submarine K-141 Kursk (Oscar II Class Submarine) HMS Conqueror S48 (Churchill Class Submarine) | |
| 3 | Speed Freaks II | X-15 TGV Atlantique X-1 Apollo 10 | |
| 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 Honda E series robots Honda P series robots Surveyor landers Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner | |
| 11 | Metal Monsters | | |
| 12 | Flight of the Future | YF-22/F-22 Raptor YF-23 Su-37 Terminator Sikorsky Cypher NASA Liftingbodys Ekranoplan KM (Caspian Sea Monster) Boeing 747-400 | David Holryod |

### Season 4 (2000)

| No. in Season | Episode Title | Technology shown | Episode Directed by |
| 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 ICE Train (Eschede train disaster) Gaisal train disaster Moorgate crash Ladbroke Grove rail crash | Yavar Abbas |
| 7 | Adrenaline Junkies | | |
| 8 | Extreme Rides | | |
| 9 | Disasters at Sea | | |
| 10 | Airships | | |
| 11 | Mega Machines | | |
| 12 | Jump Jets | AV-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 | |