Gold Rush is a reality competition created by Mark Burnett and AOL and hosted by Mark Steines. The format is of an internet scavenger hunt that is offering chances to win $US50,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000.
Gold Rush consists of 13 rounds of game play. In order to qualify for a chance to win, participants will have to correctly complete a series of tasks on AOL.com’s Gold Rush hub in order to stockpile virtual gold bars. Many of these tasks will consist of pop culture trivia challenges. Clues to help solve each of the challenges will be found in CBS Television programs and commercials, magazines, radio, song lyrics, and on AOL.
In each round, the first three players who complete the challenges and collect 12 virtual gold bars will be taken to a location somewhere in the United States where they will compete on-camera in a head-to-head, reality-style competition for a chance to win $100,000 in gold. In the Finale Round of Gold Rush, the 12 previous $100,000 winners return, joined by 6 new contestants, to vie
Greg Johnson, Chris Chittick, and Ricky Forbes are the Tornado Hunters and they’re going to find the biggest, baddest tornadoes in North America, and head straight for them. If they can keep four wheels on the ground, they’ll capture the world’s best, most extreme storm imagery, and turn their passion for storm chasing into one hell of a way to make a living.
Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.
Join Betsy The Bear Car and her incredible family and friends of animal cars as they embark on one exciting adventure after another. They may make mistakes along the way, but together, they always find the solution to their problems at the end of the day. Young children will be fascinated by the imaginative world and characters in this series, and learn through its fun-filled and educational stories.
Booze Britain was a fly-on-the-wall documentary television series produced by Granada that aired on British satellite TV channel Bravo in half-hour episodes which documented the binge drinking culture of various towns and cities in the United Kingdom. Typically, the series followed a group of friends as they indulge in an evening drinking heavily in various establishments usually in their own town or city, police officers fining and arresting people for various alcohol-related incidents and also paramedics who are called out to handle the consequences of drunkenness. The narration by Mark Womack provided alcohol-related statistics and comments on medical issues raised by the scenes depicted.
In its second series, subtitled Binge Nation, they went to numerous places in the country.
Notably, in one episode, it showed how the effects of alcohol can have someone's behaviour. The most watched episode, in Newquay depicted the events of a night out involving "The Tanks". It got out of hand when Sam drank a pint of urine
The Good and Bad Ladies of Wrestling duke it out in savage scraps, tumultuous tag team battles, and frenzied free-for-alls, all vying to gain control of the coveted championship crown.
This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the time.
Documents real-life journeys of motorsport professionals living at the edge of the world's fastest growing sports culture. Stories illuminate lives of drivers, extreme athletes, entrepreneurs, umbrella girls and promoters competing to win.
The Lick with Trevor Nelson is a British chat show presented by Trevor Nelson on MTV UK. It is an informative music show designed to inform the general public about the world of Hip hop and R&B. It is shown every Sunday at 7.30 pm.