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 DISCOVERY WEEK 

ANCHOR SCRIPT EP 11 

(Scripted by MANASI KAMDAR HUKKU) 

Cold Intro 

From the planet’s most obscure facts to the world’s biggest marvels… from unearthing nature’s unexploited quarters to revealing the most complex man-made machinery… Discovery Channel brings you all… through a variety of ingenious shows, each week! 

Segment 1 

Rahul: Folks, welcome to Discovery Week. I’m Rahul Khanna. 

Discovery Week is your exclusive steer into the finest shows on Discovery Channel each week. Coming up in the week ahead… 

Packaging Menu 

Find out the terrifying mystery behind building the world’s tallest skyscrapers…get close to extraordinary creatures from the eerie world of the strange…and explore the terrain of Lions… 

Rahul: But first, we have an incredible insight into man’s adventure-packed journey through the future’s high-speed technology! 

With Flights that can travel 10 times the speed of sound; or lightweight high-speed trains that can go faster than 200 miles an hour or a sky car that is capable of covering 900 miles at over 300 miles per hour, man’s future definitely seems promising! If you don’t want to miss travelling in these prospective supersonic conveyances, then watch out for this show! 

From sky to space, and cybernetic transportation to Quantum Teleportation, DESTINATION FUTURE – HIGH TECH TRANSPORT, reveals how science would be only a hop, skip and leap away from being able to transport people from one place to another in seconds! 

AV: DESTINATION FUTURE - HIGH TECH TRANSPORT 

Rahul: Watch the future age show on… 

It’s Technology there, technology here and Technology everywhere! 

Catch a ride on DELHI METRO, a boon of India’s transport development! Discovery Week met up with Dr E. Shreedharan, Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, to know his annotations… in the evolving of the Metro…in the Indian context. 

Rahul: And coming up next… is a tête-à-tête with the deadly Skywalkers…the people, who build our cities, but also destroy their lives for being in the most-risky profession! 

Option without VT: Watch the future age show on… 

It’s Technology there, technology here and Technology everywhere! And coming up next… is a tête-à-tête with the deadly Skywalkers…the people, who build our cities, but also destroy their lives for being in the most-risky profession! 

BREAK 1 

SEGMENT 2 

Rahul: Welcome back. In the coming week, Discovery brings you an army of iron-willed men responsible for constructing the world’s famous skylines. They are the hands behind New York’s 

Empire State Building, Hong Kong’s International Finance Centre, and Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers! 

In a riveting dialogue with some of the best ironworkers, we find out whether these men are wired differently from the rest of us; and what makes them love their fatal professions? 

AV: INTO THE DEATH ZONE – HIGHEST MOST DANGEROUS JOBS “SKYWALKERS” 

Rahul: Only gallantry spirit can let these men survive near-death experiences each day! So, don’t fail to see INTO THE DEATH ZONE on… 

Rendering hazardous explosive devices to safety is a greatly challenging task! Discovery week delves deeper into the role of India’s indigenous Bomb Disposal squad, in order to find out the risk, precaution and proficiency that is a requisite to execute such high peril operations. 

VT: BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD 

Option without VT: Only gallantry spirit can let these men survive near-death experiences each day! So, don’t fail to see INTO THE DEATH ZONE on… 

Rahul: Coming up right after this break… myriad secrets of the richest river… 

 

BREAK 2 

SEGMENT 3 

Rahul: Amazon is one of the world’s greatest treasures. Stretching more than 3,000 miles from the Andes to the Atlantic, today its dense rainforest and murky waters are providing science with an unprecedented input of new animal species. Despite logging, oil drilling, and other ecological damage in the region, scientists are finding more and more new creatures! Discovery channel along with a team of British and Brazilian scientists went on an expedition to Amazon to discover the uncanny world of bizarre creatures. 

AV: AMAZON ABYSS 

Rahul: So, mark your calendar on… 

Amazon Abyss has been shot under high-tech lighting and with the aid of high definition cameras! For more information on this and our other shows, you can log on to discoverychannel.co.in. 

OPTION: 

So, mark your calendar on… 

Amazon Abyss has been shot under high-tech lighting and with the aid of high definition cameras! Sign up for email alerts on your favourite shows at discoverychannel.co.in and we’ll make sure you never miss Discovery! 

 

BREAK 3 

 

SEGMENT 4 

Rahul: Welcome back to Discovery week. Our next show goes into the amazing world of lions, for which the stretches between Kenya and Tanzania are their cosseted abode: Serengeti National Park. If you think that relationships matter only to us humans, then you must take a look at this spectacular documentary on how lions survive, how they raise their cubs and who heirs the lion battlefield! Shot with special surveillance cameras and researched through Geo-positioning system, this film features prime lion territory in the jungles of Africa and nature’s best-kept secrets that reveal the last thing we could have expected of them! 

AV: LION WEEK STACK (3 AV’S) 

Rahul: Don’t miss the LION WEEK STACK on…. 

RECAP: 

And to make sure that you have an interesting week ahead here’s a quick recap of some of Discovery Channel’s best shows in the coming week: 

Watch: 

1. DESTINATION FUTURE – HIGH TECH TRANSPORT on… 

2. INTO THE DEATH ZONE – HIGHEST MOST DANGEROUS JOBS on… 

3. AMAZON ABYSS on… 

4. LION WEEK STACK on… 

 

Rahul: But right now, a quick glance at my other favourite shows coming up in the week ahead… 

Other Favourites: 

Rahul: Dying to be Apart is a touching tale of conjoined twins, physically stuck to each other for 30 years of their lives! Their dream to see each other face to face sent them on a quest to find a surgeon willing to perform a potentially fatal operation! Wait to find out, what happens to their life-long dream in DYING TO BE APART on… 

Rahul: My other favourite show is Secrets to Survival – Skydiver 

Rahul: With exciting shows ensuing in the following week, you can look forward to another captivating week on Discovery Channel! And don’t forget to tune in to Discovery Week, your one-stop guide for Discovery’s elite and most recent shows! We’d love to hear from you, so do write to us at feedback underscore india@discovery.com. I’ll see you next week…until then make every week a discovery week. Goodbye. 

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