The Smithsonian Channel has acquired engineering-focused documentary series Impossible Repairs for its fall slate.

Produced by Montreal-based prodco Attraction Images, the 6 x 60-minute series is hosted by filmmaker, adventurer and survivalist Mike Davidson (pictured), and looks at the world’s most innovative machines and highlights the workers who keep them going.

Viewers will follow Davidson as he embeds with crews for various adventures, including going more than 75 metres below the streets of Toronto to witness the construction of a new wastewater treatment tunnel as it’s being built under one of the world’s largest lakes; swimming in shark-infested Caribbean waters for a closer look at SeaStation fish pens; and flying an Air Crane helicopter to harvest timber from British Columbia’s forests.

Impossible Repairs was first announced by Blue Ant Media as part of its 2020/21 Canadian originals slate. It will debut on Smithsonian Channel in the U.K. on Sept. 13, in the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 19, in Latin America on Oct. 3 and in Brazil on Oct. 17.

The series is produced in association with Smithsonian Channel, Blue Ant Media and Beyond Distribution. Davidson serves as series producer and director, as well as the on-screen expert in the field. Executive producers are Joey Case, Nicole Hamilton, and Richard Speer for Attraction, and John Cavanagh for Smithsonian Channel. Overseeing the show for Smithsonian Channel in Canada is Samantha Linton, head of original content for Blue Ant Media’s Canadian channels.

A version of this story, written by Justin Anderson, originally appeared in Realscreen