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  • National Geographic Channel
  • Sep 28, 2008
  • National Geographic Channel
  • Sep 28, 2008
World's Toughest Fixes

Summary Host Sean Riley meets the men and women who work in various high stake engineering industries. He observes and interacts with the workers as they fix problems with Boeing 757s, high voltage power lines, nuclear power plants and other machinery.

  • National Geographic Channel
  • Sep 28, 2008
  • National Geographic Channel
  • Sep 28, 2008
World's Toughest Fixes
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 28, 2008
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Summary Host Sean Riley meets the men and women who work in various high stake engineering industries. He observes and interacts with the workers as they fix problems with Boeing 757s, high voltage power lines, nuclear power plants and other machinery.

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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 2008 • 46 m
Nuclear Turbine
Suit up and head into the radiation zone to replace a steam turbine in a nuclear power plant.
Episode 2 • Sep 28, 2008 • 46 m
Boeing 767
Join a team of Boeing engineers and mechanics as they attempt to fix a damaged Boeing 767 jet.
Episode 3 • Oct 1, 2008 • 46 m
High Voltage Power Lines
Join an elite corps of engineers who dangle from a helicopter and work with live power lines.
Episode 4 • Oct 8, 2008 • 51 m
Thirty-Eight Ton Engine
Sean Riley helps swap out a 38-ton engine on one of the largest ships in the Gulf of Mexico.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 2008 • 46 m
Giant Telescope
Watch a team of engineers as they move and clean a 27-foot, 23-ton, $15 million telescope mirror.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 2008 • 45 m
2000 Foot Tower
Sean Riley works to fix a faulty TV antenna nearly half a mile in the air.
Episode 7 • Oct 29, 2008 • 44 m
Cruise Ship Engine
Sean Riley races the clock to help add a more than 200-ton engine in a luxury cruise liner.
Episode 8 • May 25, 2009 • 51 m
50-Ton Rudder
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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