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World's Toughest Fixes — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Sean Riley
World's Toughest Fixes — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2008-09-28 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 27 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | National Geographic |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.3/10 (3 votes) |
World's Toughest Fixes — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Nuclear Turbine (2008-09-28) — 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 cap
- E2: Boeing 767 (2008-09-28) — 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 compl
- E3: High-Voltage Power Lines (2008-10-01) — 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.
- E4: Thirty-Eight Ton Engine (2008-10-08) — 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 c
- E5: Giant Telescope (2008-10-15) — 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 lar
- E6: 2,000 Foot Tower (2008-11-26) — Sean Riley works to fix a faulty TV antenna nearly half a mile in the air. This extreme fix takes strength, teamwork and guts.
- E7: Cruise Ship Engine (2008-12-03) — 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 vacat
- E8: 50-Ton Rudder (2009-05-25) — 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.
Season 2
- E1: Mississippi River Barge (2009-06-02) — Sean Riley heads to New Orleans to help clear out a massive barge that's become stuck onshore, and get it over to a nearby salvage yard. With a fix that revolves around three hundr
- E2: Satellite Launch (2009-06-04) — Riley heads into the remote jungle to help a team of rocket scientists and engineers launch a new two-ton satellite with a price tag of more than $1 million into orbit.
- E3: Alaska Oil Pipeline (2009-06-11) — Witness a high-stakes repair job as Sean Riley and a crew of 100 highly trained men and women shut down the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline—the only conduit to market for almost 15 perce
- E4: Giant Wind Turbine (2009-06-18) — Riley travels to Portsmouth, R.I., where residents are setting up a 115-ton wind turbine that will provide years of clean energy. The constant blowing wind will fuel the rubine, bu
- E5: Solar Power Plant (2009-07-09) — Riley joins a crew lifting a 50 ton boiler 160 feet up a tower and suspending it above 24,000 mirrors – completing America's first large scale solar power tower.
- E6: Columbia River Dam (2009-07-16)
- E7: Atom Smasher (2009-07-30) — Sean faces one of his most spectacular fixes to date as he repairs a giant magnet at the Large Hadron Collider with success paving the way for scientific breakthrough, while failur
Season 3
- E1: Rocky Mountain Rigging (2010-05-06) — Riley's headed to the Wild West – just outside Yellowstone Park near Cody, Wyo., to rebuild one of the first ski lifts in the country. Riley joins cowboys of the ski lift industry
- E2: Extreme Bridges (2010-05-13) — Riley crosses the pond to scale three iconic bridges in the U.K. The famed Tower Bridge in London is being restored, and the lead paint being stripped must be contained. In Scotlan
- E3: Fixing Vegas (2010-05-20) — Riley travels to Las Vegas to help high-flying Cirque du Soleil solve a real showstopper of a problem – one of the world's largest, most technologically advanced stages is broken.
- E4: Extreme Heights (2010-05-27) — Riley is going to new heights. He'll hang over the edge of Las Vegas' tallest building to fix the X-Scream, a thrill ride on the Stratosphere. One of the critical safety measures n
- E5: Cruise Ship Overhaul (2010-06-03) — An 856-foot-long luxury ship is taking on water, and no one knows exactly why. Riley heads to San Francisco Bay, where a team of specialists have just 15 days to pull this mega-shi
- E6: Philly Mega Transit (2010-06-10) — WTF rides the rails in the City of Brotherly Love. While there, Riley teams up with crews of the nation's fifth largest public transportation system, Philadelphia's SEPTA, to find
- E7: San Francisco Bridge (2010-06-17) — The Bay Bridge joining Oakland and San Francisco made headlines in 2009 when it was shut down for a major renovation. To make the fix, Riley joins the engineering team tasked with
- E8: Interstate Bridge (2010-06-24) — In Utah, Riley joins a crew of more than 300 engineers, contractors and laborers as they gamble on an innovative installation technique: demolishing a crumbling concrete bridge and
- E9: Alaskan Salvage (2010-09-30) — A fishing boat that ran aground in the treacherous Bering Sea is potentially a rusty death trap for the thousands of seals soon to arrive for mating. Sean Riley joins a crack crew
- E10: Sky High Texas Tower (2010-10-07) — How do you safely drop a 25-ton metal structure 40 stories … smack bang right in the middle of a city? Not only must San Antonio's rusty 90-foot-tall TV antenna be precisely cut
- E11: Salt Lake City Sky Bridge (2010-10-14) — Three days, one 300,000-pound bridge, two buildings, and mere inches to spare – there is no room for error on this next-to-impossible fix, as Riley helps lift a bridge between two
- E12: Ultimate Water Ride (2010-10-21) — Building the Wildebeest – the world's longest water roller-coaster – is like assembling an enormous, jigsaw puzzle. The Wildebeest is fitted with special magnetic motors that enabl
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does World's Toughest Fixes have? 3 season(s) with 27 episodes.
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