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- If you've ever lost your wallet, you'll know the sickening feeling that hits you when you realize it's gone. Behavior change expert Daniel Pink "loses" 30 wallets to test a mind trick he hopes will make people more likely to hand them in. He also helps a fire fighter's charity collect more money, a family business sell more beef jerky and a building cut their energy bills by turning the lobby into a games area.
- We all know we should recycle as much as possible, drive the speed limit and not abandon our grocery carts in the parking lot, but we still do it anyway. Behavior change expert Daniel Pink makes doing the right thing fun by building a singing road that plays America the Beautiful if you drive at the speed limit, tricking out shopping carts that plead to be returned and recruits a flash mob to reward people who recycle their trash.
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink experiments with a new kind of diet - one that the dieter doesn't even know they are on. Will his simple mind tricks affect how much drivers at a truck stop eat and set them on the road to a healthier lifestyle? And can he stop cell phone addicts from ruining everybody else's night out at a restaurant?
- Host Daniel Pink devises ingenious experiments to prevent us from tearing our hair out whenever we have to visit places like the DMV.
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink tries to turn us into good citizens with exciting experiments that make obeying the law more fun than breaking it.
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink devises experiments to stop those dirty little habits we think we can get away with. In his sights are sweaty gym users who don't wipe their machines after use, men whose aim is off target in public restrooms, people who don't wash their hands and those pariahs of modern life - double dippers. Can he succeed in getting us to clean up our acts without us even realizing?
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink takes on a very modern problem - people walking and texting on their smart phones when they should be paying attention to where they're going. When many of them don't even notice a cappuccino drinking gorilla it's time for some drastic action in the form of a no cell phone pedestrian lane. And when a historic monument is being damaged by thousands of feet, he's got a way to tackle that too.
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink is determined to put the fun back into travel by making the inflight safety briefing something you really want to listen to, sorting out baggage reclaim and solving the frustration of trying to find your car in the airport garage. His methods involve a talking robo-dog, the smell of the Wild West, Christmas lights and a $19 million flight simulator.
- When behavior change expert Daniel Pink reveals the shocking truth of how sun worshipers will look when they're older, they all immediately reach for the sunscreen. After a vision of the future, he turns back time to convince the residents of a senior center they're younger than they think; makes time fly in a restaurant line and tries to save seconds in an emergency evacuation drill - by blocking the exit!
- For six months, behavior change expert Daniel Pink has traveled America carrying out more than 40 experiments on unsuspecting members of the public to see if he can make us behave better. In front of an audience, including many of the people featured in his stunts, he reveals the tricks of his trade.
- Other people can be so annoying but behavior change expert Daniel Pink has plans to turn us into model citizens without us even realizing it. Noisy movie goers are startled by a voice only they can hear; a father with four teenage daughters gets help to speed up their morning showers; people who let the door slam in your face at the mall are taught a lesson in manners.
- Behavior change expert Daniel Pink tackles the nation's laziest habits with ingenious experiments that trick us into doing what we don't want to do.
- Ever wonder why so many people seek fame? Our desire to be popular comes from an instinctive need to be liked. In this episode, find out why primates and humans both need to be part of social groups.
- Adventurer Ed Stafford attempts his biggest adventure yet, surviving on an uninhabited Fijian island for 60 days. Washed up naked and alone, will he make it?
- Adventurer Ed Stafford attempts his biggest adventure yet, surviving on an uninhabited Fijian island for 60 days. Washed up naked and alone, will he make it?
- Ed Stafford attempts to survive alone for 10 days in Botswana's Okavango Delta in Southern Africa. The rainy season wreaks havoc on his camp and he faces the threat of dangerous predators including a rouge hippo that takes him by surprise.
- Ed is marooned on the unforgiving coast of Western Australia. He's completely on his own with nothing - no food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope for 10 days?
- Ed is stranded in the Carpathian Mountains. He's completely on his own with nothing - no food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope in this environment for 10 days?
- Ed Stafford attempts to survive alone in Rwanda. He's stranded with nothing - no food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope for 10 days?
- Ed Stafford takes on the jungles of Borneo. He's completely on his own with nothing - no food, no water, not even a knife.How will he cope in this environment for 10 days?
- Ed Stafford guides us through his top ten tips for surviving 10 days at a time, in eight of the world's harshest environments, totally alone.
- Aron Ralston is arguably the most famous survivor in the world. His ordeal in a Utah canyon, where he had to cut off his own arm after getting trapped, was made into the Oscar nominated film '127 Hours'. Now, he's spending another 127 hours as a castaway on a desert island. The story of his struggle to survive in the canyon merges with his desert island experience, as he starts to suffer debilitating dehydration, and tells how in the canyon he had to drink his own urine. In an emotional fireside climax on his fifth night, he remembers how the vision of his yet unborn son gave him the strength to amputate his arm, and how then, as now, thoughts of his family sustained him through bleak moments.
- England Cricket hero Freddie Flintoff spends eight days completely alone in a remote corner of Botswana's Okavango Delta. Armed with a camera to film his adventure Freddie is constantly on guard against the dangerous wild animals that live in the African bush - out here, he's on the menu. He has to hunt and gather to supplement the emergency survival rations he has with him or he will go hungry, and he has to collect, boil and filter every last drop of the drinking water he needs to survive. After trouble setting camp and getting a fire going he realises that he needs to be more focussed and begins to find his feet. Freddie is entranced by a spectacular and alarmingly close encounter with a herd of elephants and decides that he would rather go hungry than hunt for food. Nearing the end of his time in the bush, lions make a terrifying night time visit to Freddie's camp. After 7 nights and 8 days in the Okavango Delta Freddie strikes camp and heads for a rendezvous with the support team. It's been an extraordinary experience and one that he hopes to have again - next time with company.
- Dancer, choreographer and Dancing on Ice Judge Jason Gardiner steps way out of his metropolitan comfort zone for 6 days and nights on a desert island. The sights and smells of the tropics propel him back to his childhood in Australia, and the bullying that built up the resilience that ultimately helped him to the peaks of his profession. At first, faced with the chaos of a raw, untouched wilderness, his Obsessive Compulsive Disorders threaten to engulf him, as do a series of tropical storms that grind him down. But inspired by a rainbow, his mood and fortunes improve dramatically by the end he is vowing to swap his ordered home life for more wilderness adventures.
- Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams and World Champion Free-diver Tanya Streeter spend eight days fending for themselves in a remote corner of Botswana's Okavango Delta. They have to hunt and gather to supplement their emergency survival rations or they will go hungry, and they have to collect, boil and filter every last drop of the drinking water they needs to survive. Armed with a camera to film their adventure they are constantly on guard against attack from wild animals. Only minutes after they set off into the bush on their own they disturb a cheetah on a fresh kill. Terrified they don't take any meat from the kill and move swiftly on to their first campsite which is only a few hundred metres away. They have to collect, boil and filter every last drop of the drinking water they need to survive from thick muddy water holes, but working under the relentless African sun soon takes its toll on Amy who is violently sick. They have no luck hunting and the only food they gather is so bitter they can't eat it. Despite running low on energy they decide to spend three days in separate camps to experience what it's like to survive completely alone in the African bush. Eventually, the lack of food get to them both and the medical team send in a message ordering them to tuck into their emergency rations. Refuelled, they reunite for their last night in the wild and they finally catch some food - a catfish - and in the pandemonium that ensues, Amy gets a fishing hook stuck deep in her forefinger. The next day, after one final encounter with the African wildlife, they strike camp and head for a rendezvous with the support team.
- SAS legend Chris Ryan and undercover reported Donal MacIntyre take on the vast and impenetrable rainforest of Guyana. They'll have to hunt and forage their own food or they'll go hungry. They spend just 24 hours together, during which Chris helps Donal set up camp. By the heaviest rains in living memory make everything difficult; any firewood is sodden, flooded rivers make fishing impossible and prey animals head for the high ground. On day two, Chris leaves Donal and sets up his own camp deeper in the jungle. Without food or company, Donal's mental and physical condition deteriorate. Chris's new location is even harsher than the first - there aren't even palm trees from which to gather palm heart and maggots. Instead Chris resolves to get a fire going and keep it burning through four days and nights of torrential rain. But gathering wood from further and further away takes its toll and by day five Chris is forced to eat some of his emergency rations. Aware that his motivation is waning, Donal forces himself to focus and after days of foraging manages to get some palm heart. The small calorie intake boosts him and gets him back on track to battle the jungle. But deadly treefall on the final night brings the most terrifying moments of Donal's jungle journey.
- Comedian Joe Pasquale attempts to survive alone in Guyana's vast rainforest. It's the wet season and torrential rains make survival difficult as Joe struggles to make fire and find food. In 90 percent humidity and crushing heat Joe builds a shelter and chops down two massive palm trees in a bid to get to the edible palm hearts at very top. But when the palms get trapped high up in the jungle canopy, Joe is reduced to eating maggots. After days of starvation rations, and losing his way in the jungle, Joe finally finds food. After surviving 6 days alone, Joe tears down camp and prepares to head back to civilization. He reflects that the experience is the most difficult thing he's ever done but acknowledges that to survive alone in the wild mental determination is even more important than physical endurance.
- Experienced adventurous explorer Ed Wardle sets out on what he calls his hardest experience ever, a season completely alone in the Yukon wild. He rather enjoys the freedom, especially skinny-diving despite the cold. But with it comes the burden of making choices, which keeps him doubting and wondering around.
- Cameraman Ed Wardle continues his adventure in the Canadian wide wild. He documents both the progressing cycle of wildlife seasons and his own experiences, trying to survive cut off from civilization.
- Relentless rain is making foraging impossible for Joe, who is trying to survive in Guyana's rainforest; will maggots be enough to sustain him?
- Adventurer Ed Stafford struggles to survive on a remote Fijian Island. Arriving with nothing, he has to quickly sort out his priorities so he can make it through the next 60 days.
- National Geographic carries out a series of social experiments designed to bring out the inner ape in unsuspecting humans and compare their interactions with that of primates.
- A recent string of shark attacks at New Smyrna Beach in Florida has left beachgoers fearing for their lives. Join local scientists in the search for clues to what's causing the attacks. And in Wyoming, death comes in overwhelming numbers as hundreds of elk become suddenly sick, leaving wildlife officials with the tough choice to put them down in order to end their suffering. Rangers and veterinarians search for a cause to this urgent and heartbreaking problem.
- Ed Stafford attempts to survive alone in Venezuela's Grand Sabana grassland. Intense rainfall threatens to flood out his camp, but the floodwaters throw him a lifeline when he stumbles across a drowned rodent which provides a substantial jungle feast.
- Ed Stafford attempts to survive alone in northern Thailand. He's stranded with nothing - no food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope for 10 days?
- Under the searing summer sun, Ed takes on Arizona's Sonoran Desert.
- Ed Stafford pushes his survival limits as he tries to survive in some of the worlds' toughest environments without even essential equipment and only a camera by his side.
- Documentary about the relationship between singer Michael Jackson and his chimpanzee Bubbles. This revealing documentary talks to those who witnessed the relationship first hand, including Michael's sister La Toya, and explores the complex psychology behind Jackson's devotion to his chimp and other animals. It also highlights the path Bubbles' life took once he hit adolescence and Michael could no longer care for him, to where he is now more than 20 years later. The documentary also reunites La Toya Jackson with Bubbles after more than 20 years apart.
- Nigel enters the Pantanal via the Transpantaneira Highway - the only way to reach the heart of the Monster Swamp. It's the end of the dry season, and animals are gathering in the shrinking pools next to the road. Nigel hopes that Jaguars will follow the abundant prey...
- The jaguars have so far proved elusive. Now Nigel takes a boat to the location of several recent jaguar sightings. He sets up camp on the banks of the Rio Cuiaba, and deploys a crack team of trackers and camera crew to find the big cats.
- Nigel's fast becoming a jaguar junkie - and he needs a new fix. He wants to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to learn as much as he can about these outrageously beautiful and little understood animals.
- Nigel's adventures continue as he encounters more of the Pantanal's astonishing animals - including a giant anteater with a baby on its back, a troop of super-intelligent monkeys, and a colony of over 80 vividly coloured macaws.
- It's Nigel's last chance to track down and radio-collar a jaguar. This is gruelling and dangerous work in the swamp's thorny forest - and the jaguar is the Houdini of the natural world.
- It's the final episode and, seeking a solution, Nigel tracks down a team of conservationists using a jaguar hunter's techniques to help save "The King of the Pantanal". This offers a way forward for big cats and cowboys - and gives Nigel a unique chance of meeting a jaguar in its jungle home... on foot.
- Jeff Corwin kicks off the series travelling through the Florida Everglades, by helicopter and boat, in search of a gigantic male gator.
- In Alaska, on the remote Kodiak Island, Jeff is determined to go fishing with the world's biggest carnivore, the gigantic Kodiak Bear.
- Jeff heads into the Simpson Desert with a camel as his travelling companion. He meets many creatures who have adapted to the harsh environment.
- This week sees a pure hit of 100% adrenaline as Jeff bungee jumps with a Peregrine Falcon at 180 mph.