TURNING
WOW TO HOW FOR 20 YEARS RUNNING
– A five-day
special airing from May 19 to 23 –
The
month of May marks Discovery Channel’s 20th
year of being in Asia and what better way to celebrate this
monumental milestone and thank our fans for joining us on this
awe-inspiring journey of endless curiosity, learning and exploration
than through DISCOVERY
CHANNEL FIRSTS,
a five-day special that looks back at the first episodes of the
channel’s most iconic and loved series. Relive your fondest
memories of your very first Discovery Channel experience and most
mind-bending moments to date, through a power-packed smorgasbord of
absolute fan favourites that include
MAN VS. WILD,
MYTHBUSTERS,
RIVER
MONSTERS,
DIRTY
JOBS,
GOLD
RUSH,
DUAL SURVIVAL and
AMERICAN
CHOPPER,
amongst others. DISCOVERY
CHANNEL FIRSTS
airs daily from Monday, May 19 to Friday, May 23 from 8:00 p.m. (2000
hrs) to 10:00 p.m. (2200 hrs) SIN/HK. Encores
on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 from 1:00 p.m. (1300 hrs) to
6:00 p.m. (1800 hrs).
DISCOVERY
CHANNEL FIRSTS
is a commemorative throwback and teleports all the way through to
today for a nostalgic retrospection of #20YearsOfDiscovery. Reminisce
the time when you were at the edge of your seat during your first
plunge into the extreme world of survival with adventurer and
survival guru Bear Grylls in MAN
VS. WILD.
How about the very first “eureka!” moment when the curious team
from the Emmy®-nominated
MYTHBUSTERS set
your scientific sparks ablaze and your inner Einstein loose? And that
first time when world renowned extreme angler and biologist Jeremy
Wade got us hooked on some of the most spine-chilling and harrowing
freshwater fish tales of bloodthirsty giant killers – with a taste
for human flesh – in RIVER
MONSTERS?
Gathering
sperm from stallions? Worm dung farmer? Zoo poop pickers? Throwback
Thursday with the international man of grime, Mike Rowe, who
willingly got down and filthy in the Emmy®-nominated
DIRTY
JOBS,
taking on some of the most seemingly unpleasant or unthinkable jobs
and spotlighting the unsung men and women who overcome fear, danger
and sometimes stench and ickiness to get the work done for the
benefit of society. Then, do a Flashback Friday with GOLD
RUSH
whose Midas touch hit pay dirt, kick-starting an ever-growing
fascination and fever for gold across Asia.
Historic
world-changing events, scientific breakthroughs, revolutionary
innovations and technologies that could change the world,
breathtaking natural history, real individuals with true stories and
emotions; DISCOVERY
CHANNEL FIRSTS
is a toast to our viewers – the insatiably curios people who have
spurred this continuous quest to understand and question the big
things and the little ones, turning wow to how for 20 years running.
DISCOVERY
CHANNEL FIRSTS:
Episode Guide
|
Mon,
May 19
|
Tues,
May 20
|
Wed,
May 21
|
Thurs,
May 22
|
Fri,
May 23
|
8:00
p.m.
(2000
hrs)
|
Man
Vs. Wild
|
River
Monsters
|
MythBusters
|
Dirty
Jobs
|
Gold
Rush
|
9:00
p.m.
(2100
hrs)
|
Dual
Survival
|
Deadliest
Catch
|
Future
Weapons
|
American
Chopper
|
Bering
Sea Gold
|
Wednesday,
May 21
MYTHBUSTERS
(premiered
in 2004)
This
Emmy®-nominated
series aims to uncover the truth behind popular myths and legends by
mixing scientific methods with gleeful curiosity and plain
old-fashioned ingenuity to create a signature style of
experimentation. Called "the best science show on television",
MYTHBUSTERS
is hosted by science-crazy Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage along with
co-hosts Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara. In the series
premiere, the team tries to prove if a '67 Chevy can turn into a
350-mile per hour (over 563 kilometres) road warrior and if the Pop
Rocks candy and soda myth is in fact a recipe for disaster.
FUTURE
WEAPONS (premiered
in 2007)
Ex-Navy
SEAL Richard Machowicz goes in search of the latest, cleverest and
most terrifying technology. These are weapons that, almost unaided by
human hand, actually seek out and destroy their targets by
themselves. In the deserts of Arizona, he witnesses Excalibur – a
smart 155 cannon fired projectile that can correct its own trajectory
in flight. It can hit its target from 25 miles away, to within 5
yards! Thor is a new missile system that beats the 10 second attack
window – when an attack helicopter prepares to strike a ground
target it can take it out within seconds. The stakes are raised when
Richard goes on a midnight exercise with the Apache Longbow that can
take out targets that are way out of sight.
Thursday,
May 22
DIRTY
JOBS (premiered
in 2007)
Mike
Rowe has had more jobs than most. The fearless Mike gets his hands
deep in grime and some other not-so-nice substances taking on some of
the most unthinkable vocations, shining the spotlight on the
dedicated men and women who make a living doing inconceivable and
very often, undesired jobs. Mike’s prepared to do all it takes to
uncover and understand what it takes to tackle some of the toughest
jobs out there. In the series premiere, Mike visits a cave where bat
guano (also known as poop) is collected for some of the world’s
best fertiliser, discovers the dirty secret behind major league
baseball and takes an up-close look at seafood at a fish factory.
AMERICAN
CHOPPER (premiered
in 2005)
Paul
Teutul Senior, owner and designer of Orange County Choppers (OCC) and
his team have been producing custom-made motorcycles for over three
decades. In the series premiere, the team is involved in a massive
project of transforming a heap of scrap into a world class motorbike
in time for the Laconia Bike show in central New Hampshire, United
States. Relive the effort, pain, frustrations, problems, solutions,
long days and nights and triumphs as Paul and his team work
tirelessly through eight weeks to get it done.
Friday,
May 23
GOLD
RUSH (premiered
in 2011)
When
the going gets tough, the tough seek new frontiers. Six recession-hit
patriots from Oregon become greenhorn old miners and risk everything.
Heading north to Alaska to dig for gold they hope to strike big and
save themselves from financial ruin. The team of mining greenhorns
begs, borrows and builds all the equipment they need to mine for
gold. Loaded with supplies, they leave their loved ones behind and
drive from Oregon to Alaska in a Klondike convoy. They have just five
months to set up a gold mine and strike gold before winter closes
them down. They face, bear attacks, flooding, constant breakdowns,
infighting, fatal illness and many more adventures as they struggle
to get down to the gold and save their families.
BERING
SEA GOLD (premiered
in 2012)
In
the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there is a gold rush taking over.
For two million years, glaciers have been melting into the Bering Sea
and depositing sediments rich with gold into its waters. As the ice
melts in summer, this isolated town booms with enthusiasm as pioneer
dredgers rush out to the sea for gold mining unlike any other! Here,
the precious metal is not found in the ground, its sitting at the
bottom of the frigid and erratic Bering Sea. The series premiere
documents the kick start of the dredging season and follows four gold
dredgers that range wildly in size and sophistication, but all have
one thing in common: they are run by ambitious people whose very
livelihoods depend on finding that one big payoff.
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