TV ONE - New
New to TV ONE in 2010
BILLY CONNOLLY: JOURNEY TO THE
EDGE OF THE WORLD
Comedian Billy Connolly takes the adventurous journey of a lifetime, travelling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the new series Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World .
Starting in Nova Scotia, heading north above the Arctic Circle, then working east to west by way of the legendary North-West Passage, then overland across the Canadian North West, before finally ending up at Vancouver on the Pacific seaboard, he'll make his way from ocean to ocean by one of the world's most spectacular yet little seen routes.
It's a journey straight out of a boy's own imagination. A journey by sea-plane, by ice-breaker, on precipitous narrow-gauge railways, on dirt-track roads, on a Harley, in helicopters and on-foot through the remote wilderness. A journey along a coastline jewelled by icebergs, and across wild landscapes which represent the final Northern frontier of the inhabited world, for both man and beast.
Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World comes to TV ONE in the new season.
THE PACIFIC
From the creative team that brought us Band Of Brothers, comes the epic television event series The Pacific .
Emmy Award-winning team Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman are the force behind this epic drama that will follow the intertwined odysseys of three US Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. The story will focus on the personal experiences of the Marines from their first action at Guadalcanal, through Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the war's end in the late summer of 1945.
The Pacific is the highest-budget television drama series ever made at a cost of over $15m per episode.
MASTERCHEF NEW
ZEALAND
The international television sensation MasterChef is coming to New Zealand!
A select few of New Zealand's amateur chefs are about to feel the heat of the professional kitchen. They all want to have their own restaurant. They all dream of being the next Jamie Oliver or even the next Marco Pierre-White. But can they stand the inferno of MasterChef New Zealand?
The show will give budding chefs the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop their cooking skills, be mentored by the best, and ultimately make a change in their lives.
Initial rounds will see a large number of hopeful contestants from across New Zealand audition to gain a place as a semi-finalist before judges, Ray McVinnie, Ross Burden and Simon Gault,.
The lucky semi-finalists will be required to compete in several challenges that test their food knowledge and preparation skills, to become a finalist. Those skilled enough to make it to the finalist stage will be whittled down through a number of cooking challenges and eliminations, until a winning MasterChef is crowned for the first time.
MY HOLIDAY HOSTAGE
HELL
Travelling on holiday is meant to be the best time of your life, but what happens when that all goes drastically wrong?
This series tells the dramatic stories of the innocent Brits who were violently snatched and taken hostage whilst abroad.
Each episode of My Holiday Hostage Hell hears one absorbing story from those people who managed to escape their captors alive. The person who was held captive retells the story of their nightmare.
LEIGH HART'S MYSTERIOUS
PLANET
Explorer, archaeologist and crypto zoologist Leigh Hart leaves NZ and embarks on an epic journey in a bid to finally solve the world's greatest mysteries. Armed only with his questionable expertise, a healthy dose of scepticism and a credit card, That Guy undertakes a quest that takes him far from home, to some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations in the world.
Leigh brings a fresh, unorthodox approach to his travels and searches for the truth, whether that means trekking through South America in search of El Dorado:The Lost City of Gold, or joining expeditions to fi Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster.
With a healthy dose of scepticism and ignorance he will meet and challenge many of the 'acclaimed experts' on matters as diverse as the pyramids, the Bermuda triangle and UFOs. Leigh dares to dig deeper than previous documentaries, and brings a 'Lets wrap this up once and for all' sort of approach to all his investigations.
MAKING OVER AMERICA WITH TRINNY
AND SUSANNAH
After 15 years of styling thousands of women around the world, Trinny and Susannah are ready to makeover America!
Travelling from state to state, these British gurus of style get a healthy dose of Americana while meeting the women who make this country great. Armed with their no holds barred opinions, a healthy dose of tough love and a special box of tricks, they'll stop at nothing to help American women look and feel great about their bodies.
REAL LIFE: ARE YOU MY
TRIBE?
Mikey Havoc is a proud North Shore boy who loves his country. But something's been bugging him. He's not happy with the fact that while he lives alongside Maori his actual knowledge of Maori is pretty limited.
Mikey sets out to put that right, getting up close and personal with three iwi - the wealthy, business astute South island tribe Ngai Tahu, the first language speaking Ngai Tuhoe from the central North Island and the largest tribe, the former ferocious war mongers from Northland, Nga Puhi.
Mikey wants to find out what makes each one unique but also find his place in the country and learn where he fits in as a white New Zealander in New Zealand.
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