Snake Squad Premiering 15th August 2019 at 9.00 P.M On Animal Planet and Animal Planet HD

Animal Planet shines light on Snake Squad

The expanding cities have intensified human-snake conflict like never before. As cities grow both vertically and horizontally, residential complexes have risen where once there was wilderness and wildlife. Hurt and homeless, snakes are turning up everywhere homes, schools, offices, temples and even refrigerators! Animal Planet’s new 10-part series Snake Squad, which premiers on August 15 at 9:00 pm focuses on unsung heroes of the urban landscapes who are dedicating their lives to mitigating human-snake conflict and saving both people from snakes and snakes from people.

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  • Snake Squad is produced for Animal Planet by Optimum Television and is directed by Upma Bhatnagar, produced by Manoj Narain, written by Siddhvinayak Bhatnagar, edited by Mike Dunne with music by Alex Paton, Harshan Radhakrishnan, Cliff D’souza & Elvis Lobo

Snakes – an integral part of India

No civilization, country or society in the world is as inseparably linked to snakes as India has been. Snakes are friends, foe and God, and loved, feared, hated and worshipped in equal measures. They, in brief, are an integral part of India culturally, economically and mythologically! On the other hand, they are also the cause of the worst man vs wild-animal conflict in the world. Conservative estimates put the human death toll of snakebites at 50,000 every year. Many experts and field workers, however, feel that the real number could be double that. Close to half a million human lives get destroyed through long-term disabilities. The casualties on the snakes’ side is even worse.

Snake Squad

Alex Carpenter Foreigner Snake Catcher

The Snake Squad

Traditional snake charmers have disappeared from modern India. Enter the young Snake Squad, a group of young men and women, often highly qualified and educated, driven by a passion for wildlife. They are dedicating their lives to mitigating this conflict and saving both people from snakes and snakes from people. Every major city in India has its own emerging, young squad. It has turned into a phenomenon. These squads are saving hundreds of thousands lives year after year.

Members of Snake Squad

Alex Carpenter, 27, the Host, Foreigner Snake Catcher, Goa
Aaron Fernandes, 34, The Goan Spirit, Goa
Soham Mukherjee, 34, Crocodile Whisperer, Ahmedabad
Shravan Krishnan, 27, The Real Super Hero, Chennai
Gargi Vijayaraghvan, 25, The Baby-Faced Do-Gooder, Mumbai:
Lynette D’souza, 42, Guts Galore, Mumbai
Nick Casewell, The Venom Expert, United Kingdom:
Jose Louise, 40, The Champion, from Kerala, Delhi

Man VS Wild with Narendra Modi (Honorable pm of india) – 12th August 2019 at 9.00 P.M

Telecast of Man VS Wild with Bear Grylls and Narendra Modi on Discovery

Man VS Wild with Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi steps into the wild with survivalist Bear Grylls on Man Vs Wild

After Barack Obama and Kate Winslet, Special episode of Discovery channel’s Man VS Wild with Narendra Modi ready to telecast on 12th August at 9.00 PM. Show hosted by British TV adventurer Bear Grylls , this time he is coming with the leader of the world’s largest democracy, India. PM Narendra Modi episode will be a different experience to the television viewers. You can check the Promo of Man VS Wild with Bear Grylls and PM Modi from here. Aim of the show is to raise awareness about the environment and wildlife conservation

Promo Video

The special episode will be available on 12 Discovery channels in India with five languages feed, and it’s suppossed to be showcased in more than 180 countries around the world. Will be one of the milestone episode of the show, it’s getting high promotions through social media and other platforms. Great survivalist Bear Grylls this time joins with the powerful prime minister of India, Modi. celebrities appeared in the show are Barack Obama, Kate Winslet, Roger Federer etc. eights season of the show is now going on, show produced by British television production company Diverse Bristol.

Apollo The Forgotten Films – Discovery Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing

50th Anniversary of Moon Landing Celebration on Discovery Channel – Apollo The Forgotten Films

On July 20th, 1969, the world watched Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, but behind these iconic images is an unseen story. Now, 50 years later, Discovery and Science Channel will celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing with a two-hour television event, APOLLO THE FORGOTTEN FILMS (9 PM IST), that will tell the complete story of this most audacious of missions, with footage not seen anywhere else. The archives reveal the incredible lengths an army of engineers, scientists and astronauts went to, to achieve America’s greatest technological feat.

  • Discovery channel is showcasing a special programming ‘Moon 50’ every Saturday and Sunday at 8 PM to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the moon landing. This special stunt features programs on NASA’s missions to the moon like Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow, NASA’s Unexplained Files and Mysteries of Moonlanding.

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APOLLO: THE FORGOTTEN FILMS, premiering July 20 at 9 PM on Discovery, employs footage from a number of different resources including NASA Research Centers, The National Archives, and news reports of the time. Having sifted through thousands of reels of film, this amazing trove is a remarkable behind the scenes look at the exhaustive preparation that went into sending the first humans to our moon.

Apollo The Forgotten Films

50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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“The approach to this commemorative special is to celebrate and honor everyone who made this most incredible of missions possible,” said Howard Swartz, Senior Vice President of Production and Development, Discovery. “With only the use of archival footage from the time, this will be is an immersive experience for the viewer, transporting them back to a time of hope, fear, and ultimately, triumph.”

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America’s race to the moon was no simple mission. The 400,000 scientists and engineers who devoted their lives to realize the dream of a nation faced one obstacle after another. They overcame enormous challenges to build a rocket powerful enough to break free of earth’s gravity with a fearless group of astronauts, who risked their lives to fly a spaceship that would land on a precise spot on the moon, 250,000 miles away.

Apollo The Forgotten Films is produced for Discovery and Science Channel by Arrow Media. Executive Producers for Arrow are Tom Brisley and Sam Starbuck. Howard Swartz serves as Executive Producer for Discovery and Science Channel.

This article is based on press release via @webershandwick.com

Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival – Premiering 22nd April at 10 P.M on Discovery channel

Discovery HD World, Discovery Science and Discovery Tamil Channel Air Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival

Discovery channel follows path to the moon of Israeli team in a one-hour exclusive Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival Premiering Monday April 22 at 10.00 PM.Since the dawn of the Space Age only three countries have landed a craft on the moon, the U.S., Soviet Union and China. Now, in 2019, for the first time, a private technology company attempted to join that list. In a one-hour Discovery Exclusive special, Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival, premiering Monday, April 22 at 10 PM IST, Discovery will follow the men and women of SpaceIL on its mission to land the first privately funded spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

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The show will also be simulcast on Discovery HD World, Discovery Science and Discovery Tamil channel.SpaceIL was founded by three young Israeli engineers, Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari, and Yonatan Winetraub, and is one of the organizations that participated in the international Google Lunar XPRIZE, which challenged scientists to build, launch, and land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon. In 2017, SpaceIL, the lone representative from Israel, became one of the five finalists, but in 2018, Google closed the contest without naming a winner. Undeterred, SpaceIL soldiered on with help of public and private funding.

Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival on Discovery

Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival on Discovery

About the Show

Their attempted lunar landing was the culmination of eight years of intensive collaboration between SpaceIL and Israeli Aerospace Industries. The craft, which could have been the smallest to ever land on the moon, launched as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a two-month journey.Return to the Moon Seconds to Arrival is produced by Discovery Studios for Discovery and Science Channel. Sandy Jaro Jarrell, Cindy Kain and Michael Hacker are executive producers for Discovery Studios. Howard Swartz and Bill Howard are executive producers for Discovery and Science Channel.

Watch the inspiring story of SPACEIL titled RETURN TO THE MOON: SECONDS TO ARRIVAL premiering Monday, April 22 at 10 PM IST will be simulcast on Discovery, Discovery HD World, Discovery Science and Discovery Tamil Channel.

Little Singham Squad Roars Aloud – Discovery Kids School Contact Program

Discovery Kids Little Singham Squad

Little Singham Squad

Discovery Kids School Contact Program

Discovery Kids, India’s fastest growing channel in the kid’ss genre, created a sensation through its school contact program Little Singham Squad . Supported by marquee advertisers such as Dabur Red Paste, Cipla, Unicharm and Dettol, the Little Singham Squad successfully sensitized the importance of self-defense to over 3.15 lakh students from more than 600 schools in 11 cities across India. The school contact program was executed in 11 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar.

A never seen before self-defense animation and interactive activities were exclusively conceptualized and designed for school children to prepare them for any unexpected situations and to boost their spirits and make them physically and mentally fit. The response from on-ground “ schools, children and our sponsors has been overwhelming. Little Singham is an inspiration to young children “ he is brave, intelligent, responsible, patriotic, honest and has once again proved that he is an agent of change, said, Vikram Tanna, Vice President, Head of Advertising Sales and Business Head of Regional Clusters, Discovery Communications India.

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We have made a good start with the Discovery Kids School Contact program in 2018; now the aim is to take Little Singham Squad to a new high with a much bigger and grander school contact program in 2019.

Reliance Animation & Rohit Shetty Picturez’ss Little Singham, launched in collaboration with Discovery Kids, has become one of the favorite characters in a very short span of time. Little Singham is creating history across dimensions. The IP has helped in propelling ratings of Discovery Kids making it the fastest growing channel in the kids’s genre in the year 2018. Little Singham Mobile Game (Android version) added to the IP’ss success hitting the top of the charts in the Arcade section by garnering more than 5 million downloads. The IOS version of Little Singham Mobile Game is being launched on January 26, 2019.

First Man – Discovery Channel to premiere epic Docu-Drama

Discovery Channel Presents First Man

Journey Back 25 Million Years to Explore Latest Science that Shows Man’s Primal Ancestors Laughed, Loved, Lobbied & Walked Upright Sooner Than Once Thought. First Man takes us back 25 million years, bringing the stages of evolution to life through the story of a tribe of great apes. Which of our ancestors took that first step toward becoming the First Man?

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Who are we? Where did we come from? What makes us human? The two hour special First Man, premiering on Discovery Channel on January 15 at 9:00 pm, takes viewers on a journey back 25 million years to explore the ancestral roots of man at the time of the great apes. Featuring stunning cinematography and incredibly realistic and accurate portrayals, First Man follows the story of one primate tribe with exceptional skills, highlighting the social, cultural and biological constructs that shaped their evolution into modern man.

Drawing on some of the most recent, spectacular scientific discoveries, First Man provides a new perspective on humanity’s common history. Among the startling new revelations: most of the great apes began walking on two legs in the trees, much earlier than previous theories had indicated; laughter is a primal characteristic, with the great apes guffawing long before modern man; and that familial and social structure were important, with evidence indicating the great apes valued relationships and were the first politicians of sorts.

The captivating film is directed by Frédéric Fougea and Jérome Guiot, with scientific direction from Pascal Picq, the renowned paleoanthropologist at France’s elite Collége de France. It features strikingly realistic characters brought to life through prosthetics and makeup based on authentic fossilized skulls and teeth and performed by the special effects makeup team who worked on 2015’s The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

First Man is produced by France’s Nilaya Productions, led by Patricia Boutinard Rouelle. The 90-minute film is a follow-up to the Odyssey of the Species, Homo Sapiens and Rise of Man trilogy, which Rouelle conceived for French public television and went on to attract top audience ratings in 40 countries.

Kerala Floods – The Human Story – a documentary celebrating Kerala’s Spirit of Survival 12 November at 9 PM On Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel Airing Kerala Floods – The Human Story

The one-hour special documentary Kerala Floods – The Human Story on Discovery Channel is a poignant take on the indomitable spirit of Kerala who instead of losing hope, are steadily working towards rebuilding their beloved state. The documentary is a celebration of the spirit of survival in the face of disaster; viewers will get to witness incredible stories of people coming together to help those in need – from fishermen turned rescue operators to the defence forces who provided aid, from actors who worked alongside NGO workers to get supplies to those in need to young entrepreneurs who devised ways to connect people at a time when the apocalyptic rain fury just refused to die.

Kerala Floods Documentary On Discovery Channel

Kerala Floods Documentary On Discovery Channel

Featuring

The documentary also features the story of Sajitha Jabil who was just three days away from her due date, her labour pains had intensified, and water levels were still rising. She was airlifted in one of the most dramatic rescues of Indian Navy’s Operation Madad. By the afternoon, baby Subhan was in her arms unaware of the many storms his mother braved to bring him into this world. This one-hour special documentary will be broadcast on Monday, November 12, 2018 at 9 PM, only on Discovery Channel.

Telecast Timing

It all began on Independence Day this year, when Kerala started experiencing an extremely heavy downpour. Little did the inhabitants of the state know that soon they were going to witness the worst deluge Kerala had seen in almost a century. In over eleven straight days of intense rainfall nearly 25 trillion litres of water fell on Kerala,  a state with one of the highest density of population, 44 rivers and 61 dams.

Water is a lifeline, defining not just Kerala’s geography but its history and economics as well. The watery abundance gives it life and sustenance. The biggest flood in almost a century devastated most of the state. God’s own country will need to rebuild 218 bridges, nearly 35,000 kilometres of local roads, an estimated 174,000 houses. Agriculture crops in over 46,000 hectares was destroyed. The loss because of the floods has been estimated at INR 40,000 crores.

Kerala Floods, which will be showcased on Discovery Channel on Monday 12th November 2018 at 9:00 pm will take viewers through inspiring stories of people of Kerala who refuse to lose hope and are working tirelessly to piece back everything that was lost.

Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal on Discovery Kids – June 02 at 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM

Discovery Kids Premiers Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal

Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal

Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal

Discovery Kids, which has emerged as a leading channel in the kids genre riding on the success of Little Singham, is aiming to increase the entertainment quotient even further this summer holidays with the biggest movie premiere of the season – ‘Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal’ on June 02 at 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Discovery Kids in collaboration with Rohit Shetty Picturez and Reliance Animation, launched Little Singham at a never-before scale, and the show made immediate connect with children across the country. Such is the traction for Little Singham that the trailer of its debut film has garnered 3 million organic views on YouTube over the last 2 weeks.

Little Singham aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal is directed by Prakash Satam; Series director is Vikram Veturi; Script and the story has been written by Nidhi Anand while the music has been composed by Prakishit Lalwani and Raju Singh.

Storyline of the movie – Formidable demon Kaal Rakshas has been released from his magical prison by Shambhala to unleash his Orc army on Mirchi Nagar. Little Singham in order to protect his city and people from destruction, must travel to three locations (Kerala, Rajasthan and Gujarat) to acquire three trinity stones that hold the power to imprison Kaal Rakshas back in Netherworld prison. Discovery Kids invites you to race against time, against all odds, edge of your seat experience!

Watch World Television premiere of ‘Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal’ this Saturday 2nd June at 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM only on Discovery Kids.