Really Big Things is an American documentary television series produced by Pilgrim Films and Television for the Discovery Channel about large man-made marvels like big machines, giant telescopes, skyscrapers and other massive structures.
The series premiered in the USA on the Discovery Channel on 9 January, 2007. There are 11 hour-long episodes in two seasons to date.
The first season of Really Big Things aired in South Africa on DStv's Discovery Channel from 31 July to 4 September, 2007, on Tuesdays at 21h00. There are six episodes in the first season.
Season 2 premiered on Discovery on Tuesday 1 July 2008, at 21h00. There are five episodes in the second season.
Season 2 Repeats
Saturdays: 13h45
Sundays: 01h55, 10h05
Synopsis
We live in a world where some things continue to get smaller and smaller, while others that once only existed in science fiction have come to life in mammoth proportions.
Really Big Things profiles the inner workings of massive man-made wonders that keep our world moving.
Host Matt Rogers brings the audience up close with big machines, giant telescopes, massive structures and other really big things that are changing the way we live.
Taking viewers across the globe, Really Big Things explores massive machinery of all kinds - from the world's largest windmill turbine in Germany to the largest telescope in Arizona, USA.
Matt Rogers gets into the thick of things as he gets his hands on the Rammer Hammer to break ore in the Arctic Circle and visits the Ames Research Center in San Jose, California, where NASA has built one of the largest three-dimensional motion simulators in the world.