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Monster Moves

{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Monster Moves logo.png

| alt = Monster Moves logo

| caption =

| alt_name = Mega Moves
Huge Moves
Impossible Moves

| genre = Documentary

| creator =

| developer =

| writer =

| director =

| creative_director =

| voices =

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer = Daniel Pemberton

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer =

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_seasons = 6

| num_episodes = 31

| list_episodes = List of Monster Moves episodes

| executive_producer =

| producer =

| editor =

| location =

| cinematography =

| camera =

| runtime = 1 hour (inc. commercials)

| company = Windfall Films

| channel =

| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|07|25|df=yes}}

| last_aired = present

| related = Big, Bigger, Biggest

}}

Monster Moves is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2005. A total 31 episodes have been produced across 6 seasons so far.[http://www.windfallfilms.com/show/1753/Monster-Moves-Season-5.aspx Monster Moves - Season 5 - Windfall Films]

Format

Each episode follows the high risk jobs of moving teams on their journeys to relocate houses, ships, trains and even whole towns across land and sea. Before the starting credits a short summary of the task to be accomplished is shown. Following these credits, the move team leader is introduced and they explain the various possibilities for moving the structure. Computer generated imagery showcases the possibility of things to go wrong with each of the possible scenarios. The rest of the episode follows the move team as they move the structure by their chosen method of transportation. Each episode also includes a song with original lyrics describing the move(s) being followed.[http://www.danielpemberton.com/monstermoves.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119060411/http://www.danielpemberton.com/monstermoves.html |date=19 November 2010 }}

Episodes

=Summary=

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colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:50px;" |Season

! rowspan="2" style="width:50px;" |Episodes

! colspan="2" style="width:400px;"|Originally aired

style="width:200px;" | Season premiere

! style="width:200px;" | Season finale

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| 1

| 3

| {{Start date|df=yes|2005|7|25}}

| {{End date|df=yes|2005|8|8}}

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| 2

| 4

| {{Start date|2006}}

| {{End date|2007}}

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| 3

| 6

| {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|4}}

| {{End date|df=yes|2008|5|7}}

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| 4

| 6

| {{Start date|df=yes|2009|6|23}}

| {{End date|df=yes|2009|7|28}}

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| 5

| 6

| {{Start date|df=yes|2011|4|5}}

| {{End date|df=yes|2011|5|11}}

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| 6

| 6

| {{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|29}}

| {{End date|df=yes|2014|1|6}}

=Season 1 (2005)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Mammoth Mansions

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2005|7|25}}

| AltDate=14 August 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-08-14/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=14 August 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A Victorian villa is moved {{Convert|220|km}} in Canada to Vancouver Island.

| LineColor=8197B6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Tall Towers

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2005|8|1}}

| AltDate=7 August 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-08-07/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=7 August 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A new air traffic control tower is moved into position at Heathrow Airport after being constructed off-site. Five {{Convert|43|m|adj=on}} grain elevators are also moved over an icy and snowy landscape in Manitoba, Canada.

| LineColor=8197B6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Long Loads

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2005|8|8}}

| AltDate=21 August 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-08-21/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=21 August 2010}}

| ShortSummary=Two of America's longest trains are moved to the top of a hill and a railway station is moved {{Convert|2|mi}} in two pieces.

| LineColor=8197B6

}}

=Season 2 (2006–2007)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Historic Homes

| OriginalAirDate=Unknown

| AltDate=5 June 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-06-05/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=5 June 2010}}

| ShortSummary=Two large historic houses are transported to new locations in one piece.

| LineColor=A9C3C7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Colossal Churches

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|df=yes}}

| AltDate=22 May 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-05-22/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=22 May 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A church with a steeple {{Convert|100|ft}} tall is moved in one piece while a second church is dismantled before its relocation.

| LineColor=A9C3C7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Massive Machines

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|df=yes}}

| AltDate=12 June 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-06-12/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=12 June 2010}}

| ShortSummary=After a five-month redevelopment, the London Underground requires the return of their trains on the Waterloo & City line. A plane at the bottom of a lake for 75 years in Canada needs returning to the surface.

| LineColor=A9C3C7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=Total Towns

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|df=yes}}

| AltDate=19 June 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-06-19/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=19 June 2010}}

| ShortSummary=The world's first ever house factory produced entire streets while several luxury mansions are moved to their new location at a marina village.

| LineColor=A9C3C7

}}

=Season 3 (2008)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Rescuing Ramesses

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|4}}

| AltDate=6 March 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-03-6/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=6 March 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A recreation of part of the massive move required to relocate the Abu Simbel temples which were originally moved over 40 years ago.

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}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Risky Rescues

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|11}}

| AltDate=30 January 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-01-30/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=30 January 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A {{Convert|150|ft|adj=on}} lighthouse needs to be moved from a crumbling cliff-top and 17 homes need to be moved before the earth swallows the buildings up.

| LineColor=284449

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Long Locomotive

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|18}}

| AltDate=20 February 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-02-20/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=20 February 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A {{Convert|7000|mi}} journey is required to move a {{Convert|100|t|adj=on}} steam locomotive from Bloemfontein, South Africa to Glasgow, Scotland.

| LineColor=284449

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=Wooden Wonders

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|4|16}}

| AltDate=6 February 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-02-6/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=6 February 2010}}

| ShortSummary=An {{Convert|8000|sqft|adj=on}} tavern is moved over a mountain and a large barn is moved across the countryside.

| LineColor=284449

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=5

| Title=Historic Hulks

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|4|30}}

| AltDate=13 February 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-02-13/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=13 February 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A {{Convert|700|t|adj=on}} hall is moved through the middle of a city and a Lockheed Lodestar plane is moved {{Convert|40|mi}}.

| LineColor=284449

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=6

| Title=Huge Homes

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2008|5|7}}

| AltDate=27 February 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-02-27/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=27 February 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A house is moved intact across a mountain range and a frozen lake to its new destination.

| LineColor=284449

}}

=Season 4 (2009)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Supersize Submarine

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|6|23}}

| AltDate=26 June 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-06-26/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=26 June 2010}}

| ShortSummary=The {{Convert|1400|t|adj=on}} HMCS Onondaga is moved across over {{Convert|1100|km}} of land and sea to reach its new destination.

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}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Titanic Towns

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|6|30}}

| AltDate=3 July 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-07-03/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=3 July 2010}}

| ShortSummary=170 homes in Malartic, Quebec, Canada, are relocated after it was discovered they were sitting on top of Can$8 billion worth of gold. Also, 100-year-old, {{Convert|200|t|adj=on}} mansions are moved to prevent them from being demolished.

| LineColor=649DB6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Millionaire's Mega Yachts

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|7|7}}

| AltDate=10 July 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-07-10/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=10 July 2010}}

| ShortSummary=22 yachts are transported across the Atlantic Ocean in the Yacht Express.

| LineColor=649DB6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=Million-Dollar Mansions

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|7|14}}

| AltDate=17 July 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-07-17/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=17 July 2010}}

| ShortSummary=Two expensive mansions are relocated up to {{Convert|800|km}} away from their original locations.

| LineColor=649DB6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=5

| Title=Colossal Courthouse

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|7|21}}

| AltDate=24 July 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-07-24/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=24 July 2010}}

| ShortSummary=A {{Convert|1200|t|adj=on}} church is relocated to a new site {{Convert|90|m}} away where it will become a courthouse.

| LineColor=649DB6

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=6

| Title=Supersize Steamship

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2009|7|28}}

| AltDate=31 July 2010{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2010-07-31/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=10 October 2010|date=31 July 2010}}

| ShortSummary=The SS President is moved across land and sea requiring disassembly for part of the journey.

| LineColor=649DB6

}}

=Season 5 (2011)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Ship Sink

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|4|5}}

| AltDate=21 May 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-05-21/SBS%20Brisbane#evening|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 May 2011|date=21 May 2011}}

| ShortSummary=The decommissioned USS Kittiwake is moved from the Norfolk, Virginia to Grand Cayman and sunk as an artificial reef.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Spectacular Spitfire

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|4|12}}

| AltDate=7 May 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-05-07/SBS%20Brisbane#evening|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 May 2011|date=7 May 2011}}

< | ShortSummary=A restored RAF Spitfire must be carefully dismantled for transport from Britain to the United States for a collector.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Titanic Trains

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|4|19}}

| AltDate=28 May 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-05-28/SBS%20Brisbane#evening|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 May 2011|date=28 May 2011}}

<| ShortSummary=2 TCDD 45151 Class (LMS 8F Class) locomotive's numbers 45166 & 45170, need moving 850 miles across Turkey, before being shipped back to the UK. Unable to run under their own steam, the locomotives need to be moved over torturous terrain by rail from Sivas to the port of Izmir.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=Mammoth Machines

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|4|26}}

| AltDate=4 June 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-06-04/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 June 2011|date=4 June 2011}}

<| ShortSummary=Two teams of movers race against the clock to relocate a submarine-attack aircraft from Canada to the US inside the world's biggest cargo plane and a huge snowplough locomotive up a mountain.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=5

| Title=Ocean Odyssey

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|5|3}}

| AltDate=11 June 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-06-11/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 June 2011|date=11 June 2011}}

<| ShortSummary=A collection of high-spec racing yachts that have competed in the gruelling Route du Rhum race have to be transported from the Caribbean to France – without their hulls getting wet or damaged.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=6

| Title=Mountain Mission

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2011|5|10}}

| AltDate=18 June 2011{{cite web|title=SBS Schedule|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-06-18/SBS%20Brisbane|publisher=SBS|accessdate=11 June 2011|date=18 June 2011}}

<| ShortSummary=A team of engineers race against the clock to move a colossal telescope, weighing over 100 tons, up to a height of 5000-metres on a mountain plateaux in Chile.

| LineColor=66A0B7

}}

=Season 6 (2013)=

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title=Titanic Train Trek

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|29}}

| AltDate=11 January 2014

| ShortSummary=2 LNER A4 Pacific's numbers 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower & 60010 Dominion of Canada need moving from their museums in Canada and America to the National Railway Museum in York to take part in the 75th Anniversary celebrations of sister engine Mallard's speed record of 126mph which was set back in 1938.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Big Bomber

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2013|9|20}}

| AltDate=18 January 2014

| ShortSummary=A team of British engineers attempts to move a historic Canberra jet bomber over 400 km (250 miles) from Coventry to Newquay, Cornwall, for a private collector. The vintage aircraft is in no condition to fly and consequently must travel by truck. Too large to be moved in one piece, the Canberra must be dismantled and reassembled at its destination.

| LineColor=43A1FF

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title=Gigantic Gun

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2013|9|27}}

| AltDate=25 January 2014

| ShortSummary=An expert team of heavy haulers attempts to transport a massive First World War 18-inch railway gun 400 miles from the Royal Artillery in Wiltshire to the Railway Museum in Utrecht, Holland.

| LineColor=43A1FF

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=Huge Helicopter

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2013|10|4}}

| AltDate=1 February 2014

| ShortSummary=Two new Sikorsky S-92 helicopters, the ultimate search and rescue machines, have been ordered for a search and rescue team in Scotland. Each aircraft costs £20 million and is built at the Sikorsky factory in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. But, now they need delivering: it is more than 3,300 miles from Coatesville to Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands.

| LineColor=43A1FF

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=5

| Title=Floating Town

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2013|12|6}}

| AltDate=8 February 2014

| ShortSummary=Wim Jelsma and Carin Koning want to build and move their dream home - one of seven floating mansions that will become a new waterborne community in the Netherlands.

| LineColor=43A1FF

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber=6

| Title=Huge Hovercraft

| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2014|1|6}}

| AltDate=15 February 2014

| ShortSummary=A team of engineers attempt to haul a brand new, massive search-and-rescue hovercraft 5,000 miles from Southampton to Vancouver in Canada.

| LineColor=43A1FF

}}

See also

References

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Category:Channel 5 (British TV channel) documentary series

Category:National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming

Category:2005 British television series debuts