''World's Toughest Fixes'' is an American

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

series that premiered on the

National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Enter ...

on September 28, 2008. It featured 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.

Season 1 episodes

* "Nuclear Turbine" -

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station is a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Susquehanna is capable of generating enough power to provide more than two million homes with electricity. Susquehanna also supplies energy to an adjacent data cente ...

* "

Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified ...

" - An

Air Seychelles Air Seychelles is the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles. Its head office is located at Seychelles International Airport on the island of Mahé and it operates inter-island and international flights and charter flights. History ...

Boeing 767-300ER has a pressure dome replaced at

Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport, is the primary international airport serving Paris, the capital city of France. The airport opened in 1974 and is located in Roissy-en-France, northeast of Paris. It is named for ...

. * "High Voltage Power Lines" * "Thirty-Eight Ton Engine" -

DCV Balder DCV ''Balder'' is a deepwater construction vessel (DCV) operated by Heerema Marine Contractors. History The ''Balder'' was constructed in 1978 as semi-submersible crane vessel by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ''Balder'' and sister ...

thruster * "Giant Telescope" -

Very Large Telescope The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is an astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the European Southern Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It consists of four individual telescopes, each equipped with ...

* "2000-Foot Tower" - KDLT Tower, a TV antenna in South Dakota * "Cruise Ship Engine" - Fixing Radiance of the Seas power generator in

Grand Bahama Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly in area and approximately long west to east and at it ...

Island * "Interstate Bridge" - Replacing a bridge in Utah (DVD "Bridge Quick Fix")

Season 2 episodes

* " Satellite Launch" -

Guiana Space Centre The Guiana Space Centre (; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approxim ...

* " Alaska Oil Pipeline" (DVD S1) * "Giant Wind Turbine" - Rhode Island * "50-Ton Rudder" - Curaçao * "Mississippi River Barge" (DVD S1) * "

Solar Power Plant A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building ...

" - construction of the

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Sierra SunTower Sierra SunTower was a 5 MW commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plant built and operated by eSolar. The plant is located in Lancaster, California. As of mid-September, 2022, the two towers that were the center of the facility are no longer ...

5 MW solar energy plant in

Lancaster, CA Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, making Lancaster the 158th-most populo ...

* " Columbia River Dam" * "Atom Smasher" -

Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists, ...

Season 3 episodes

* "Rocky Mountain Rigging" (DVD S2) - Ski lift in

Cody, Wyoming Cody is a city in and the county seat of Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after Buffalo Bill Cody for his part in the founding of Cody in 1896. The population was 10,028 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, making Cod ...

* "Extreme Bridges" - UK/London (Tower Bridge) and Scotland (Forth bridges) * "Fixing Vegas" (DVD S2) * "Extreme Heights" (DVD S2) * " Cruise Ship Overhaul" (DVD S2) * "Philly Mega Transit" -

SEPTA SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people througho ...

operations and repair * "San Francisco Bridge" (DVD S2) - about the

Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern or Easterns may refer to: Transportation Airlines *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 192 ...

Season 4 episodes

* "Ultimate Water Ride" - Water coaster at

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, formerly named Santa Claus Land, is a theme park and water park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The theme park opened in 1946 and features rides, live entertainment, and games that are divided i ...

* "Sky High Texas Tower" - Remove an old analog TV antenna in

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

, Texas * "Salt Lake City Sky Bridge" - The

City Creek Center City Creek Center (CCC), commonly shortened to City Creek, is a mixed-use development containing an upscale open-air shopping mall, grocery store, and office and residential buildings near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United ...

Sky Bridge spanning Main Street in

downtown Salt Lake City Downtown (also called City Center) is the oldest district in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The grid plan, grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt Lake Temple. Location Downtown S ...

. * "Alaskan Salvage" - Sea cowboys removes an old rusty fishing ship (Ocean Clipper) at

Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Saint Paul Island can refer to: * Île Saint-Paul, a small island in the French Southern Territories * Saint Paul Island (Alaska), United States * St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia), Canada * Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago In Christian b ...

* "Deep Space Antenna" - Overhauling of the bearings of the DSS 14 Antenna in

Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California. Operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), its ...

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