World's Toughest Fixes
World's Toughest Fixes

World's Toughest Fixes

2008 3 Seasons 27 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Nuclear Turbine

Sean Riley puts on his radiation suit and heads into the radiation zone for his next tough fix, replacing a steam turbin

EP 2

Boeing 767

Sean Riley joins a team of engineers and mechanics as they attempt to fix a damaged Boeing 767 jet. This is a crucial fi

EP 3

High-Voltage Power Lines

Sean Riley joins an elite corps of engineers who dangle from a helicopter and work with live power lines carrying a shoc

EP 4

Thirty-Eight Ton Engine

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

EP 5

Giant Telescope

For this tough job, Sean Riley joins a team of engineers to move and clean a 27-foot, 23-ton, $15 million telescope mirr

EP 6

2,000 Foot Tower

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

EP 7

Cruise Ship Engine

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

EP 8

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

EP 1

Mississippi River Barge

Sean Riley heads to New Orleans to help clear out a massive barge that's become stuck onshore, and get it over to a near

EP 2

Satellite Launch

Riley heads into the remote jungle to help a team of rocket scientists and engineers launch a new two-ton satellite with

EP 3

Alaska Oil Pipeline

Witness a high-stakes repair job as Sean Riley and a crew of 100 highly trained men and women shut down the Trans-Alaska

EP 4

Giant Wind Turbine

Riley travels to Portsmouth, R.I., where residents are setting up a 115-ton wind turbine that will provide years of clea

EP 5

Solar Power Plant

Riley joins a crew lifting a 50 ton boiler 160 feet up a tower and suspending it above 24,000 mirrors - completing Ameri

EP 6

Columbia River Dam

EP 7

Atom Smasher

Sean faces one of his most spectacular fixes to date as he repairs a giant magnet at the Large Hadron Collider with succ

EP 1

Rocky Mountain Rigging

Riley's headed to the Wild West - just outside Yellowstone Park near Cody, Wyo., to rebuild one of the first ski lifts i

EP 2

Extreme Bridges

Riley crosses the pond to scale three iconic bridges in the U.K. The famed Tower Bridge in London is being restored, and

EP 3

Fixing Vegas

Riley travels to Las Vegas to help high-flying Cirque du Soleil solve a real showstopper of a problem - one of the world

EP 4

Extreme Heights

Riley is going to new heights. He'll hang over the edge of Las Vegas' tallest building to fix the X-Scream, a thrill rid

EP 5

Cruise Ship Overhaul

An 856-foot-long luxury ship is taking on water, and no one knows exactly why. Riley heads to San Francisco Bay, where a

EP 6

Philly Mega Transit

WTF rides the rails in the City of Brotherly Love. While there, Riley teams up with crews of the nation's fifth largest

EP 7

San Francisco Bridge

The Bay Bridge joining Oakland and San Francisco made headlines in 2009 when it was shut down for a major renovation. To

EP 8

Interstate Bridge

In Utah, Riley joins a crew of more than 300 engineers, contractors and laborers as they gamble on an innovative install

EP 9

Alaskan Salvage

A fishing boat that ran aground in the treacherous Bering Sea is potentially a rusty death trap for the thousands of sea

EP 10

Sky High Texas Tower

How do you safely drop a 25-ton metal structure 40 stories ... smack bang right in the middle of a city? Not only must S

EP 11

Salt Lake City Sky Bridge

Three days, one 300,000-pound bridge, two buildings, and mere inches to spare - there is no room for error on this next-

EP 12

Ultimate Water Ride

Building the Wildebeest - the world's longest water roller-coaster - is like assembling an enormous, jigsaw puzzle. The

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