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The
Discovery Channel has announced that the 2002-03 season
will include the launch of Discovery Channel Quest, a new
initiative designed to inspire and fund the next generation
of scientific achievement.
An official release informs that over the past two decades,
the Discovery Channel has provided the resources for research
that resulted in groundbreaking finds including the recovery
of the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule, identification of two
new dinosaur species.
Discovery
Channel Quest seeks to expand this legacy by funding projects,
scientists and explorers who are at the vanguard of their
fields. These research activities will be chronicled via
online and televised despatches from sites around the world,
lecture series, and landmark television specials that capture
the toil, genius, setbacks and exhilaration that are the
lifeblood of the search for knowledge the release states.
Executive
VP and GM Discovery Channel Clark Bunting said: "At a time
when many programmers are looking to retrench and conserve,
the Discovery Channel is aggressively investing in the highest
quality original programming, specials and initiatives like
Discovery Channel Quest.
This
is the key to expanding our already strong position in an
increasingly cluttered television world, and we are looking
forward to delivering programming that continue to engage
and surprise viewers as well as enabling science and exploration
that may change our view of the world."
In
addition. the channel announced that the 2002-03 schedule
will see six new original series. They include Hi-Tech
History which blends past and future by using 21st century
technology and techniques to answer the lingering questions
of histories' greatest mysteries. People Watch combines
real life video footage with expert scientific, anthropological
and psychological perspectives to analyse everyday behaviors
that most of us take for granted.
James
Cameron's Expedition Bismarck will be the first programme
emanating from the Discovery Channel Quest initiative. The
director of Titanic searches for the German battleship
DKM Bismarck. The program chronicles his personal quest
for the submerged wreck and seeks new information and answers
to how this seemingly invincible ship was destroyed on its
maiden voyage.
The
Discovery Channel and BBC will reunite in 2002-03 for a
wide range of high profile specials. The coming year features
the next installment in the Walking With... franchise. Cavemen
will be featured. This all-new special will use the latest
research and computer generated images (CGI) to shed new
light on what life was like for our human ancestors. The
new series also pioneers deep time-lapse, a visual
technique that allows viewers to witness incredible scenes
of climate change, geological uplift and environmental turmoil
spanning millions of years - all in just a few moments.
The Great Pyramid recreates a "builder's eye view"
of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Other
specials coming in 2002-03 include Joined For Life,
a program that looks at the daily life of the conjoined
11-year-old Hensel twins. The Hensel family chose Discovery
to exclusively document a year in the life of the 11-year-old
twins, from March 2001 to March 2002.
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