Fugitive Strike Force is a 2006 television series resembling Fox Broadcasting Company's Cops. The series shows footage of criminals being arrested by three different corps, the U.S. Marshals, the SWAT and Bounty Hunters.
One Way Out is an American reality television series that was produced by NorthSouth Productions for the Discovery Channel. The program stars escape artist Jonathan Goodwin, who performs difficult escape stunts. A pilot episode aired on April 14, 2008, and the series began a ten-part first season on January 26, 2009.
Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth is a Discovery Channel reality television series about the 2008 Iditarod race from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska.
The show follows and documents selected racers and their dogs during the 1,161 mile trek through Alaska's wilderness. Iditarod entrants pay $3,000 to enter the race and must have completed certain qualifying races beforehand. Expenses for the race can exceed $20,000 and mushers often seek sponsors to aide in paying for the race. Most mushers hold outside jobs in addition to racing.
During the course of the show it is shown how the logistics of running an Iditarod are handled. Supplies are gathered and then flown into each of the checkpoints usually just hours before the mushers arrive. Each musher is required to sign into each checkpoint and then decides if they are going to continue on or rest for several hours. Some mushers elect to take short stops, briefly feeding their dogs before continuing on the trail. Veterinarians perform constant examinations on the dogs
Buggin' with Ruud is a television show of 13 x 60min episodes that follow the adventures of Dutch-New Zealander Ruud Kleinpaste, an entomologist. The series was made by a small team in New Zealand at NHNZ Ltd and is broadcast in the United States on Animal Planet.
Award-winning travel journalist Jonathan Thompson searches for adventures and reveals the wonderful cultures, allures and attractions of the world's most fascinating urban centers.
Lonely Planet Six Degrees is Lonely Planet's flagship travel show, hosted by Asha Gill and Toby Amies. The show is centered on unique people living within locations, rather than simply famous tourist attractions, with one of the hosts meeting with one contact in a specific country, who in turn leads them to another contact, and so on, following the idea of six degrees of separation. In the first season Asha travelled to Mumbai, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Auckland, Cape Town, London, and Singapore; while Toby travelled to Sydney, New York, Havana, Hong Kong, Berlin, San Francisco, Mexico City, and Paris.
The series ran for 3 consecutive seasons and showed on Discovery Networks and dozens other international channels.
If the internet crashes and power fails, modern technology could be rendered useless. Knowing this, these survivalists and preppers are on the hunt for bygone technology that will work in any worst-case scenario.
Auto Trader was a British television series, first shown on the Discovery Channel. It was presented by Mike Brewer and Edd China, who have worked together on other TV series, including Wheeler Dealers.
Each episode was 30 minutes long.
The programme was set in the fictitious garage called Mike's Motors.
The format for each episode remains the same:
⁕Mike introduces a buyer who is interested in purchasing a certain type of car e.g.: small hatchback, luxury car etc. He has three or more cars on offer, and the buyer decides which ones he or she is most interested in, taking usually two for a test drive. Mike gives details of any potential problems with the cars. At the end of the episode, the buyer decides which car he has chosen to buy.
⁕Edd meets a seller who has been trying to sell their car for a number of weeks. There is usually a reason why the car hasn't sold and he works with the seller to repair and clean the vehicle, usually increasing the value of the car.
⁕Mike shows the viewer how
We live in a world where we are being constantly watched and monitored. What would it take to wipe the slate clean and live a life free of big brother? Security expert Aton Edwards takes the viewer on an amazing journey off the grid and under the radar.
World's Toughest Trucker is a show Produced by Dragonfly Productions and GroupM Entertainment and is broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and Discovery Channel in the US. The show was Originally commissioned by Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, the format is a co-production between Dragonfly and Group M Entertainment and pits eight truck drivers against each other in a series of challenges. The winner receives US$150,000 and the title “world’s toughest trucker.
It had its world premiere on 6 January 2012 on Channel 5. The show follows the success of Channel 5's other trucking programing such as Ice Road Truckers and Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers. It is Broadcast on Friday at 8pm and regularly repeated. The show is filmed and broadcast in HD. Channel 5 describes the show as "The world's most fearless truck drivers face off in some of the world's most feared locations." "In an exciting new series commencing on Channel 5 this week, eight of the world’s most experienced truck drivers go hea
Wild Discovery was a television series that aired on the Discovery Channel between 1995 and 2002. It was an educational program in a documentary format showcasing animals as the main theme. The show featured a wide range of animals, in locations from around the world, including Brazil and the Serengeti.
Wreck Chasers is an American reality television show on TLC about tow truckers competing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to claim wrecks and collect cash.
The Big Question is a five-part science documentary television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on the Five channel, beginning January 2004 and continuing into 2005. In the North American market, it has been re-released on the Discovery Science network. Each half-hour episode is hosted by a renowned authority, and examines the following provocative questions:
⁕Part 1 - "How Did the Universe Begin?" presented by Stephen Hawking
⁕Part 2 - "How Did Life Begin?" presented by Harry Kroto
⁕Part 3 - "Why Are We Here?" presented by Richard Dawkins
⁕Part 4 - "Why Am I Me?" presented by Susan Greenfield
⁕Part 5 - "How Will It All End?" presented by Ian Stewart
The series attracted controversy and criticism from creationists, as well as praise from other reviewers.
Moon Machines in the US and UK is a Science Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting the engineering challenges of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon. It covers everything from the iconic Saturn V to the Command Module, the Lunar Module, the Space Suits, the Guidance and Control Computer, and the Lunar Rover. It was created by the team who made In the Shadow of the Moon in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired in June 2008 and was released on DVD a year later in June 2009.
In the Battlebots arena, armor is shredded, sparks fly, and the robots are torn to pieces. When the smoke clears, the teams are left with the carnage that remains. Each episode, we follow their race to repair these mechanical gladiators in time for the next fight.