Impossible Repairs
Impossible Repairs

Impossible Repairs

2021 4 Seasons 32 Episodes ⭐ 9.0

Host Mike Davidson is on a globetrotting mission to get an up-close look at some of the most incredible machines on Earth and to meet the hard-hat heroes that keep them running. This six-part series will take us from the forests of the Pacific Northwest for a heli-logging expedition, to the jungles of the Panama Canal for some big track repairs, to the Alps of Switzerland aboard one of Europe's busiest haulers, and detail how each team overcomes violent storms, mechanical failures, arctic conditions, and more to keep their machines operating.

Host Mike Davidson is on a globetrotting mission to get an up-close look at some of the most incredible machines on Earth and to meet the hard-hat heroes that keep them running. This six-part series will take us from the forests of the Pacific Northwest for a heli-logging expedition, to the jungles of the Panama Canal for some big track repairs, to the Alps of Switzerland aboard one of Europe's busiest haulers, and detail how each team overcomes violent storms, mechanical failures, arctic conditions, and more to keep their machines operating.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Heli-Logging

Flying on one of the biggest helicopters on Earth, on a quest to pull valuable timber from the forest. Unfortunately for

EP 2

The Potash Express

Go on an incredible journey across Lithuania on big trains packed to the brim. On the coast a fleet of gaints ships eage

EP 3

Euro Train Heroes

Ride the rails of Europe on a mission to haul hefty cargo north from Switzerland to the Netherlands. A journey which spa

EP 4

Panama Canal Railway

Going behind the scenes at the Panama Canal Railway. Big track repairs, massive machines, and unrelenting deadlines make

EP 5

Deep Sea Fish Delivery

Offshore fish farming is big business, with big profits, big machines, and very big risks. In this episode, host Mike Da

EP 6

Big City Tunnel Boring

Going under one of the world's largest lakes for a multi-million dollar tunnel boring project in one of the fastest grow

EP 1

Powerships

In Brazil, lowered reservoirs plus an increase in population have stretched the nation's power supply thin. The solution

EP 2

Deep Space Telescope

Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama desert in Chile and to one of the most incredible and complex observatorie

EP 3

Aquarius Reef Base

The worldwide pandemic ceased operations on the world's only underwater habitat. Mike Davidson joins a crack repair crew

EP 4

Super Stallion Helicopter

Mike travels to San Diego to learn how U.S. Marines operate, maintain and repair the CH-53E Super Stallion, a heavy-lift

EP 5

Abandoned Oil Wells

A cross-country mission to cap the US’s estimated two million toxic, abandoned oil and gas wells.

EP 6

Snowbird Ski Resort

Snowbird Ski battles to reduce the risk resulting from high snow levels and deadly avalanches.

EP 7

UPS Worldport

Mike Davidson goes to the biggest automated package sorting facility in the world - UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentuck

EP 8

Philadelphia Transit

In Philadelphia, Mike Davidson is on streets, in tunnels, on tracks and in trolley restoration garages - working shoulde

EP 1

US Coast Guard: Safeguarding The Seas

The teams at the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) stations and bases along the Northeastern seaboard battle daily to fix and main

EP 2

Savannah: Mega Cranes & Mega Moves

Mike Davidson works with the teams at the enormous Port of Savannah to fix the machines that keep this place running. Bo

EP 3

Cirque Du Soleil: High-Flying Fixes

At Cirque Du Soileil in Las Vegas, Mike embeds with the talented teams that maintain the amazing machines behind Cirque

EP 4

Water Bombers: Fixing Aerial Firefighters

With wildfire season ahead, Mike works with an aerial firefighting company as they fix and convert aircraft into firefig

EP 5

Fixing For A Fight: U.S. Army Mega Repair Base

Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility The MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, a

EP 6

Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines

Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside

EP 7

US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehi

EP 8

Extreme Heights: Rope Access Repairs

Mike pushes himself to the limit to work with an elite team of high ropes techs on fixes hundreds of feet in the air. St

EP 1

Monster Jam

At Monster Jam, custom-built monster trucks roll, flip, and fly through the air. With the metal-bending beating these tr

EP 2

Volcano Power

Mike is in Iceland, where teams harness the power of volcanoes to keep the geothermal energy flowing; they battle harsh

EP 3

Water Work

In Florida, Mike tackles one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet - commercial diving. He helps a specialized team k

EP 4

Sky Rides

In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola lin

EP 5

Reef Rescue

Mike in north eastern Australia, going on and under the water, into labs and onto construction projects working with spe

EP 6

Tunnel Vision

Mike joins crews as they build the world's longest railway tunnel in the Alps, fixing gridlock through the infamous Bren

EP 7

Scream Machines

Mike works with repair and construction teams at Dreamworld, Australia's largest theme park, after a cyclone caused $4M

EP 8

For-Everglades

Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida

EP 9

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EP 10

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