The work Jamie Davis, the show's focal character, does is amazing, but Highway Thru Hell is, of course, a construction. So while the vehicle recovery in such deadly conditions deserves the limelight it gets, the actual filming of these rescues is a massive enterprise.
Naturally, the crew has to be with the drivers to film them. Not only does this require them to work in teams of twelve hour shifts. It also means that they have to keep up with the rescuers. In an interview with Calibre, Gord Boyd, one of Davis's competitors in the vehicular recuse business, explains that while the film crew are generally organized, there was an occasion in which he had to abandon a cameraman twice in one night: "The customers are my priority. I'll make allowances for the film crew but when I'm ready to move I'm gone."
In addition to the hours and conditions, the editing process also presents a mammoth task. In this behind the scenes Discovery Canada uploaded to YouTube, Jason Keel shows the walls of post-it notes needed to edit the thousands of hours of footage into television-ready narratives.
The biggest hurdle, however, has been for Davis's business. In a feature with trucknews.com, he explains since the show has convinced people to drive more safely on the Coq, meaning he has less work. Though he'll survive, it seems Davis's profits are the Coq's latest victim.
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