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Ultimate Ninja Challenge
Enduring extreme hardships is integral to practicing the ancient Japanese art of the ninja. Nine individuals take part in a 24-day survival challenge to find out who has what it takes to consider themselves a true-blue ninja. The challenge includes eight grueling missions - trekking through a frigid swamp, surviving overnight on an icy glacier, crossing a raging river, escaping imprisonment, and more - created by Jinichi Kawakami, Japan's last ninja grandmaster, which push the wannabe warriors' body, mind and spirit to their breaking points. Those who complete the entire survival challenge receive a final lesson from the master himself in Iga City, Japan, the legendary home of the ninja.
OUT OF THE WILD The Alaska Experiment
Left with only the barest of essentials, nine ordinary Americans will travel sixty of the harshest miles on the planet while battling hunger, fatigue, and an unforgiving winter that will make surviving nearly impossible. These nine strangers must work together to hunt, fish, and trap their own food. Along the way, they will encounter several backcountry shelters that they must utilize in order to protect themselves from Alaska's frigid winter temperatures and whipping winds. This epic test of wills will last almost an entire month and the brutality of life in the wild will tax each member physically as well as psychologically. This is not a contest. There is no million-dollar prize waiting for them at the end of the journey. The group has no idea how long it will take, or how far they must travel, to get Out of the Wild.
Swords: Life on the Line
This series enters the high risk world of New England's long line fishermen who risk all to catch an elusive prey in some of the most dangerous waters on the planet. They are uniformly tough and resilient and they need to be as every day could be their last.
Desert Car Kings
The McClure family is passionately restoring American glory, one classic car at a time. Their family business, Desert Valley Auto Parts, houses over 10,000 rust-free vehicles over 100 sun-baked Arizona acres. Not content with merely providing original parts for thousands of car collectors and restoration junkies each year, the McClures and their rag-tag crew are constantly on the hunt for cars to restore - seeking them out in backyards, barns and even on their own massive lot. Their goal? To restore these classic American cars to their original glory and get them back on the road, while discovering the unique and historically significant qualities of each car - and of course, to make a fair profit at auction.
Doing DaVinci
Leonardo DaVinci, a famous artist and architect, also sketched drawings for highly advanced and intricate military weapons. Each week, a team of four experts will attempt to build the weapons based on DaVinci's drawings.
Arctic Rescue
Frozen rivers used as roads have become death traps for the reckless drivers that try crossing. Ron's, Borealis, and Lucky 7 are called on to rescue drivers on the verge of falling through. One false move and they could plunge through the ice below.
North America
Traveling the continent for more than three years from the sub-zero Canadian tundra to the tropical rainforests of Panama, Discovery's first, independently-produced natural history landmark series reveals that "survival of the fittest" is truly the law here amid threatening terrain and ferocious weather.
It Takes a Thief (2005)
Think your home is well protected? Ex-burglars Matt Johnston and Jon Douglas Rainey will prove you otherwise.
Matt and Jon look for homes which would be targeted by thieves. When they find one, Jon goes off elsewhere while Matt tries to convince the homeowner to allow Jon to try to break in. If they say yes, Matt goes through the house and shows them their security flaws and learns a bit about how they approach security. Then, cameras are installed in every room of the house and the homeowners get a chance to completely lock up their house. They wait in the van and watch on TV as Jon breaks into their house and steals anything and everything he likes. After he leaves (usually in the homeowner's automobile), Matt takes them in to to see the damage. Jon returns to the "scene of the crime" and meets the homeowners. They review everything that was stolen and the cleaning crew puts it all back while a security watches over the
Unsolved History
Unsolved History is history the way it was! Through detailed examination of archaeological and forensic evidence, existing photographs, artifact examination, and carefully selected interviews from eyewitnesses and experts - events are reconstructed and historical questions are finally answered. Unsolved History, where forensic science puts history to the test.
Billy Bob's Gags to Riches
Meet Jonah White, novelty king and owner of Billy Bob World in Hardin, Illinois - a place where redneck inventors can pitch their best ideas in hopes of striking it rich. After building an empire on his own invention - fake hillbilly buck teeth - Jonah has accomplished the America dream, creating a booming business with over 300-products sold throughout the world.
Now, redneck inventors from all over are coming to Billy Bob World to pitch Jonah their own outrageous ideas for a piece of the pie. Find out what it takes to get from pitch to rich on Discovery Channel's Billy Bob's Gags to Riches.
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