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Really Big Things

Season 1 2007
TV-G

  • 2007-01-10T01:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 45m
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
As personal technology seems to be shrinking (e.g. laptops, phones) some technology is getting bigger. This show examines the huge devices and inventions that aid humans in our modern world.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2007-01-10T01:00:00Z

1x01 Paper Maker

Series Premiere

1x01 Paper Maker

  • 2007-01-10T01:00:00Z1h

Matt Rogers explores the Concrete Mat Sinking Unit that helps prevent bank erosion along the Mississippi. He heads to the Sweden to use the Rammer Hammer to break ore in the Aritc Circle. Matt also learns to make paper at the world's largest paper mill.

2007-01-17T01:00:00Z

1x02 Wind Mill Factory

1x02 Wind Mill Factory

  • 2007-01-17T01:00:00Z1h

Matt Rogers catches a pass on the one-of-a kind retractable football field at the Arizona Cardinals Stadium. He rides aboard the largest dump truck in the world. Matt also helps to assemble one of world's the largest windmill turbines.

2007-01-24T01:00:00Z

1x03 Largest Telescope

1x03 Largest Telescope

  • 2007-01-24T01:00:00Z1h

Matt visits a vertical motion simulator, a blast hole drill, and the Largest Binocular Telescope.

2007-01-31T01:00:00Z

1x04 Giant Tree Spade

1x04 Giant Tree Spade

  • 2007-01-31T01:00:00Z1h

Included: tire recycling in North Carolina; the largest concrete structure ever made in Washington State; a 93,500-pound giant tree spader.

2007-02-07T01:00:00Z

1x05 Swing Bridge

1x05 Swing Bridge

  • 2007-02-07T01:00:00Z1h

Host Matt Rogers checks out the Evolution locomotive in Erie, Pa.; a dredger on the Mississippi River; and the Spokane Street swing bridge in Seattle.

Season Finale

2007-02-14T01:00:00Z

1x06 Really, Really Big Show

Season Finale

1x06 Really, Really Big Show

  • 2007-02-14T01:00:00Z1h

The Goodyear Blimp; a trash compactor in California; Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.

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