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X-Machines

All Episodes 2009 - 2013

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  • 2009-01-01T20:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 1h 28m (2 episodes)
  • Sweden
  • Swedish
Features the most amazing machines on the planet taking on the most incredible engineering challenges.

16 episodes

A crane that can rise 90 metres from the sea to lift loads of 3,500 tonnes

A look at the world's highest-flying lift helicopter, massive mobile cranes and a 50 ton machine capable of reducing entire forests to pulp

A stricken passenger ferry is saved by the Canadian super-machine Iceking, which is capable of cutting through ice two metres thick

Examining one of the world's largest excavators, how mobile ice hammers are used to save a town from flooding, plus a look at the hazardous journey of an air transporter as its crews battle extreme conditions to deliver its cargo

A look at Thunder, the world's biggest helicopter, and million-dollar submarine Nemo, which can dive to a depth of 914 metres and help detect upcoming tsumamis

A multi-million-dollar helicopter is used to rescues marines trapped deep within enemy territory, and a six-legged barge is used to install an offshore wind farm

The crew of a large helicopter tries to save the residents of a small town in Switzerland, plus a submersible cargo ship that can lift an oil rig

2009-01-01T20:00:00Z

1x10 Episode 1

1x10 Episode 1

  • 2009-01-01T20:00:00Z45m

Season Premiere

2013-01-01T20:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 2013-01-01T20:00:00Z43m

Profiles of three machines, including the world's heaviest road-going vehicle as it transports a 400-ton electrical transformer across a mountain range

2x02 Episode 2

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Exploring the world's largest mining machine as it is used in Germany to dig for low-grade coal lignite, which is in greater demand as the country tries to phase out nuclear power

2x03 Episode 3

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An exploration of the world's most powerful backhoe dredger in New York City, and a mobile factory capable of building a train while on the move

2x04 Episode 4

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A profile of the D'Artagnan dredger, which must deepen the Panama Canal to avoid a massive traffic jam, and an exploration of a Sea King helicopter updated for contemporary warfare

2x05 Episode 5

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The Colussus crew braves oxygen starvation to deliver a 100-ton radio telescope to a mountain-top observatory, and the Jumbo-heavy life ship transports a formidable cargo

2x06 Episode 6

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How the crane vessel Hercules constructs an oil rig in the middle of the world's busiest harbour, and footage of the Roadheader tunnelling between Croatia and Italy

2x07 Episode 7

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How the Shoreway suction dredger helps to protect the Netherlands from North Sea storms, and the way a cantilever lift is being used to unite two nations

2x08 Episode 8

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The role played by a super-tug in protecting the Alaskan wilderness, and a look at the construction of a 122m-high heavy lift crane

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