Discovery Channel (DStv 121) is working on a landmark new global TV event which will look back over millenia of human history. At the same time the channel is working on new shows and getting ready to roll out some brand-new series of the course of the next year.
History of the World promises to be a compelling, breathtaking and global television event which Discovery will show within the next year, taking a visual journey through time and revisiting all of the major turning points of 20 000 of modern human history - from the ancient Chinese and Aztec empires, from African tribes and European wars to the religious and industrial revolution upheavals to today's turbulent social, digital and environmental changes.
Amelia Earhart is an exclusive expedition to finally find out what happened to the famed aviator.
Top Engineer is a brand-new reality competition series looking for America's brightest, boldest, out-of-the-box thinkers who have to dream up insane inventions.
One Car Too Far sees a former British Special Forces operative and an American car junkie dropped into incredible landscapes and forced to work together to survive and ultimately escape to safety. The twist – they will have to take a small red car with them.
Mark Burnett's Alaska is a new documentary series exploring America's amazing northernmost state.
Discovery also renewed several series which will all see further seasons.
There is Gold Rush (miners in the Klondike), Bering Sea Gold (the Nome gold fleet looking for treasure on the Bering Sea sea floor), Deadliest Catch (Alaska crab-wranglers fight on the seas in the most dangerous working conditions), Flying Wild Alaska (the Tweto family operates Alaska's largest regional airline, Era Alaska) and Amercan Chopper (Paul Senior and his custom bikes at Orange County Choppers versus his son Paul Junior who operates his competing shop, Paul Jr. Designs).
Also back for further seasons will be Alaska: The Final Frontier (the Kilcher family and their isolated community outside Homer, Alaska), Dirty Jobs (Mike Rowe immerses himself in vital, but disgusting jobs), Moonshiners (illegal alcohol producers) and Mythbusters with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage on their scientific quest to discover the truth behind popular myths and urban legends.
Curiosity gets a second season, Dual Survival's is back and Auction Kings (Atlanta auction house owner Paul Brown and his team hunt for and sell some of the most unusual items in America) will have another season.
