''Extreme Engineering'' is a

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television series that aired on the

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and the

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. The program featured future and ongoing

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projects. After ending of season 3 it airs under the ''Build It Bigger'' name. The series last season aired in July 2011. Danny Forster first hosted the series in season 4 and has been the host since season 6.

Origins of the show

''Engineering the Impossible'' was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the over Freedom Ship. This program won the

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International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery's second-highest weeknight rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned Powderhouse to produce the first season of the 10-part series, ''Extreme Engineering'', whose episodes were written by Alan Lindgren, Ed Fields and several other Powderhouse writer-producers. Like ''

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'', the first season of ''Extreme Engineering'' focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world. GBT MFS Faido EST-OS

Episodes

Series overview

Pilot

Season oneAmazon Prime Masters of Engineering. 11:58 minutes into the episode 4 Icarus' Dream. October 31, 2020. episode 4, Icarus' Dream. Master's of Engineering. Amazon Prime Television.

Season 1: 2003

Season 2: 2004

Season 2 was the first season produced in HDTV for

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Season 3: 2005–06

Season 4: 2006

Powderhouse Productions produced six episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster. After ending of season 3 it airs under the ''Build It Bigger'' name on

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, and

Season 5: 2006

Season 6: 2007

Season 7: 2009

Season 8: 2010

Season 9: 2011

References

External links

Powderhouse Productions homepage

WAGtv homepage

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061022082043/http://shopping.discovery.com/product-41853.html?rel_productId=59639 ''Extreme Engineering'' episode guide at Discovery Channel
''Build It Bigger'' official website at Science Channel
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