MythBusters er et tv-program på Discovery Channel, der afprøver forskellige vandrehistorier. Programmet begyndte i 2003 og ledes af Jamie Hyneman og Adam Savage, som begge er eksperter i special effects. Programmet kommenteres i USA af Robert Lee, i Europa af briten Robin Banks. Mythbusters produceres af det australske firma Beyond Television Productions. Størstedelen af afsnittene bliver optaget i San Francisco.

Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.

En gruppe ambitiøse minearbejdere bor i vildmarken i Yukon og er meget seriøse i deres jagt på guld. Det er ved at være sidste chance for Rick, der har brug for at finde guld – ellers bliver han smidt på gaden. Parker får muligvis sin bedste sæson nogensinde, da han retter blikket mod guldmulighederne på sin hjemegn. Der venter mange udfordringer forude, og holdene må arbejde i døgndrift for at holde hjulene kørende. Deres succes eller fiasko afhænger af de venskaber, som de er i stand til at få i fællesskabet, hvis de overhovedet skal have en chance for at finde guld.

Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. It is the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Now broadcast in over 72 countries, Shark Week is promoted heavily via social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Chuck og Flips snak ved en pokerturnering fører til endnu en udrykning. Monza beder Dave om at være gom i hans sted, men dagen før brylluppet får Daves test politiet på stikkerne.

Meet modern-day treasure hunter Drew Pritchard. With demanding customers, high turnover, and one of the biggest decorative salvage yards in the UK, Drew is constantly on the road, crisscrossing the country in search of derelict gems and forgotten remnants. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, his crack team of restorers is back at the shop giving old and rare finds a new lease on life.

Opfindere af fantastiske robotter dyster mod hinanden i en farefuld, skudsikker arena med ét mål: at deaktivere eller ødelægge deres modstanders maskine.

What happens when you put two complete strangers - sans clothes - in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item each as they attempt to survive on their own.

Liv opstår i ufatteligt store eksplosioner, der kaldes supernovaer, som spreder de elementer, der dannes i hjertet af stjernerne. Hvad kan de lære os om vores egen fortid?

Three hard-core crews of gold prospectors take the gamble of a lifetime and battle to strike it big, deep in the wild west of outback Australia. The soaring highs and the crushing lows of the gold season are revealed as the crews pursue their all-important targets - braving brutal heat, punishing conditions, mechanical breakdowns and constant pressure.

På baggrund af meget få spor og en stadig mere panisk offentlighed søger FBI ny hjælp til at spore den berygtede Unabomber.

Tag til Alaskas vildmark med familien Brown - en familie med syv børn, som er selvforsynende og afhængige af hinanden, hvis de skal overleve i vildmarken.

Følg Bear Grylls, når han lander med faldskærm i Rocky Mountains og tager på en udmattende rejse tilbage til civilisationen, kun med det tøj han har på kroppen.

An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

Think the days of bootleggers, backwoods stills and "white lightning" are over? Not a chance! It's a multi-million dollar industry. But perhaps more importantly to the moonshiners, it's a tradition dating back hundreds of years, passed down to them from their forefathers. It's part of their history and culture. While this practice is surprisingly alive and well, it's not always legal. Moonshiners tells the story of those who brew their shine - often in the woods near their homes using camouflaged equipment - and the local authorities who try to keep them honest. Viewers will witness practices rarely, if ever, seen on television including the sacred rite of passage for a moonshiner - firing up the still for the first time. They will also meet legends, including notorious moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.

Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. manufacture custom chopper-style motorcycles.

Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufman search for forgotten and neglected vintage cars. They need big projects and big profits to keep the doors open at Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, TX.

In the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there’s a gold rush on. But you've never seen gold mining like this before — here, the precious metal isn't found in the ground. It’s sitting in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea. And there are a handful of people willing to risk it all to bring it to the surface.

A group of the best survival experts in the world take on an un-survivable situation: 40 days. 40 nights. No food, water or clothes. To survive they'll need to master the environment, pushing far beyond the breaking point. Will even one be able to finish?