Man vs Wild

Bear Grylls has made another spectacular entrance on Sydney Harbour, this time jumping from a speedboat. 

Earlier this year, when the adventurer was in town to promote his television show Man vs Wild, he jumped from a helicopter at The Rocks

Grylls, who is in Sydney ahead of a national stage tour, jumped from a speeding boat to a ramp at McMahons Point.

Grylls said he enjoys being back in Australia, whether it’s for work or to visit friends.

‘I love coming to Australia,’ he said.

‘It’s great to film in. We’ve filmed three episodes of Man vs Wild here now. There’s some of the great wildernesses in the world here. For me it’s a total privilege to work here but also it’s fun to come and hang out here as well.’

While Grylls may be used to taking on the wilderness, on Wednesday he will take on 10 Australian competition winners in challenges of their choosing.

The challenges include a lemon eating contest, table tennis, hand stand walking, frisbee throwing and paint ball.

‘I’m quite nervous because these guys have all had their challenges and they’ve all been practicing and I haven’t, so I think I’m going to get my backside whipped,’ he says.

Bear will be live on stage:
Sydney Convention Centre, Sept 2, Oct 16 Melbourne Convention Centre, Sept 3 Perth Challenge Stadium, Sept 4 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Oct 14 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Oct 15

Man vs Wild airs on Discovery and SBS

The 7pm Project, Ten, 7.30pm
It’s the 500th episode of this infotainment show that started out slow and has built to a strong following. Tonight watch the hosts Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore and Dave Hughes celebrate the milestone of a show they said would never make it.

Man vs Wild, SBS, 8.30pm
In part one of Bear Gryll’s Ultimate Survival Guide – Bear offers a survival guide to some very dangerous places, from falling into the Siberian ice to battling sharks, escaping from a deserted Indonesian island and skinning and eating snakes while in Panama’s mangroves.

Australian Story, ABC, 8.01pm
If you know you could die at any moment, how do you live your life? Would you attempt to have children? Alisa Latto’s extraordinary journey to motherhood.

America’s Next Top Model, Fox8, 7.30pm
Before next week’s Season 15 winner is announced catch up on a recap of the last eleven episodes and previously unseen footage.

Friends, Gem, 11.30pm
The One With Ross’ s Library Book – Ross’ doctoral dissertation can be found at the library but when he goes to see it he finds out that the Palaentology section of the library is only used when students make out together. Therefore Ross decides to defend the area. Guest starring Australia’s Next Top Model Host – Sarah Murdoch.

Cameron Diaz to film Man vs Wild episode

Following the news Jake Gyllenhaal had filmed an episode of Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls, it’s been announced that Cameron Diaz will film an episode also. Grylls confirmed in a recent interview: “She’s agreed to it, which is great. So we’re going to do it in due course.”

Guest stars confirmed for new Gervais comedy

Sting, Steve Carell and Johnny Depp have all been officially confirmed to appear in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s new comedy series Life’s Too Short. The trio will appear in cameo roles on the sitcom that centres on the life of dwarf actor Warwick Davis.

Project Runway guest judges announced

Kim Kardashian, Christina Ricci, Zoe Saldana and Malin Akerman have all been confirmed to make guest judging appearances on the new season of Project Runway. 

Smallville actor jailed

A former Smallville and ER actor has been sentenced to one year in prison for his role in a drug ring. Sam Jones III pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell large quantities of the painkiller Oxycodone.

Jackass’s Ryan Dunn dies in car crash

Jackass star Ryan Dunn has been killed in a car accident overnight in Pennsylvania. Dunn and an unidentified person died when the Porsche he was driving left the road and burst into flames. A post on the official MTV Twitter page read: “We’re deeply saddened by the passing of a member of the MTV family, Ryan Dunn. Our hearts and thoughts are with his friends and family.”

The G4 network in the US has pulled the Ryan Dunn-hosted reality series Proving Ground following news of his death.

Hobbit role confirmed for Sherlock actor

Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been revealed as the voice of Smaug the dragon in Peter Jackson’s forthcoming Hobbit prequels. Evangeline Lilly from Lost and Aussie comic Barry Humphries have also been confirmed for the series.

Another British Jersey Shore spin-off planned

The Brits are planning another Jersey Shore spin-off, this time based in Liverpool. MTV launched the Newcastle-based Geordie Shore last month in the UK to record-breaking ratings for the network.

Gyllenhaal joins Grylls on survival mission

Bear Grylls of Man vs Wild says he took actor Jake Gyllenhaal on a survival mission in Iceland last month to prepare him for an upcoming role. Grylls said: “We had crazy conditions sleeping in snow caves, huge river crossings and these torrential storms. I was a little bit nervous as I promised Jake’s management team I would keep him alive, but he was brilliant.”

Bear Grylls of Man vs. Wild is heading to Australia in September for a handful of live shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

The survival expert will share his experiences with Aussie audiences from his many adventures in some of the wildest parts of the world.

Grylls will be joined on stage by one of his greatest fans – broadcaster Merrick Watts.

Australian tour dates:

2 September: Sydney Convention Centre 

with special guest host Merrick Rosso 

3 September: Melbourne Convention Centre

with special guest host Merrick Rosso

4 September: Perth Challenge Stadium

with special guest host Adrian Barich

Source: Herald Sun

Taking On Tyson, 9.30pm Animal Planet

In this unusual choice, we see “Iron Mike” Tyson race homing-pigeons. We see Mike go back to his hard upbringing and how the pigeons led to his destiny as one of the best boxers of all time. To see his compassion and such love and kindness to these birds versus our mental images of that infamous ear bite on Evander Holyfeild is touching, sad and yet beautiful.

Good News Week, 8.30pm TEN

Tonight on this popular panel show, we have the unique comedian Russell Brand and the teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson on the show. Brand, the star of the current movie “Arthur” sits down with Paul McDermott for a chat and the tweens and teens will be begging to watch “Twilight” star Pattinson, who’s in the country at the moment. Excludes SA and VIC.

Brothers and Sisters, 9.30 SEVEN

Fans tonight get to meet Brody, Nora’s old high school fling. Brody is played by the wonderful Beau Bridges and his character turns up at Nora’s without warning, with a still burning flame. Expect to see him again before the season ends.

Man vs. Wild, 8.30 SBS ONE

Bear Grylls goes down an active volcano in Guatemala and traverses an underground waterfall in a cave while encountering ancient ruins. Grylls also tries to create a safe and comfy place to sleep, but encounters an unwanted bed mate.

Mysteries Of Survival, 6.30pm ONE

Why do some people survive exposure, animal attacks, starvation, trauma and many near death experiences? While others succumb why do these people survive? Watch three people give their experiences and details of survival.

No idea what to watch on TV tonight? Here’s some ideas.

Four Corners. ABC1, 8.30pm.

It’s set to change the way we do business, the way we source entertainment and will help make high quality remote video conferencing a way of life. The National Broadband network is the largest infrastructure project in Australia’s history, and, will be rolled out across the country over the next 5-10 years. At an estimated cost of around $45 billion, is the National Broadband Network a grand vision or a grand folly? Four Corner’s Stephen Long investigates.

The Biggest Loser: Best Transformations. Ten, 7.30pm.

This special looks at the Biggest Loser contestants over the past 6 years and asks who has had the best transformation. Not only do many of these contestants halve their weight throughout the series, but their make overs reinforce their changes, giving them new found confidence, and a new outlook on life. Having just seen Joe in the current series of The Biggest Loser Families look almost unrecognisable and ten years younger after his transformation, who else has completely changed looks after their make overs? Note: this special is not actually part of the current series, it is a stand alone special.

CSI: Miami. Nine, 9.35pm.

Finally a new episode of CSI: Miami, after months of being moved around the schedule and dropping in and out. This episodes, called “Wheels up” is set around the world of Roller Derby, where a female roller derby competitor is murdered during a match when she visits the locker room after becoming sick on the track. The investigation reveals she may have been abused prior to joining the team and that it could have contributed to her death.

South Park. SBS ONE, 10.30pm.

It’s easy for new shows that air on SBS to pass under the radar. Wonder how many South Park fans are aware there is a new series currently playing on SBS ONE? This episode is called “You Have 0 Friends”.

Even though Stan and Kyle have been friends for years, it doesn’t mean anything if Stan won’t ‘friend’ him on Facebook. Kyle friended the wrong person so now all his other friends are deserting him left and right. With his problem getting worse by the minute, Kyle turns to the one person who’s always been there for him.

Man Vs Wild – The Inside Story. 8.30pm, SBS ONE

In this special, find out what it is like for the production crew, who accompany Bear Grylls on his travels across the globe, telling how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal how they make the series.

Channel Nine are feeling the heat after airing a promo for Rescue Special Ops which bears a striking resemblance to one created by Discovery Channel.

Nine’s teaser for their show is remarkably similar to Discovery’s promo which features survivalist star of Man Vs Wild Bear Grylls scaling a giant letter form which spells out Discovery. Nine’s version features the Rescue cast dealing with word Rescue in much the same way.

Several shots are identical in style to the original Discovery promo.

A spokeswoman for nine has said the Bear Grylls ad was used as “inspiration, but w featured our cast, of course. The Style suited the show.”

Source: News.com.au

British survival expert Bear Grylls is in town shooting an Aussie episode of Man Vs Wild.

Grylls is currently out on Murray Island in the Torres Strait islands filming the episode of his hit Discovery network show.

Horn Island tour guide Liberty Seekee told the Cairns Post, “He’s going to jump out of a helicopter, swim for a couple of miles and climb a rockface on the side of a hill — that sort of stuff.

“He’s going to be out at Murray Island, and he’s got a dozen crew with him.

“They follow him around and leave him there overnight.”

The Murray Island episode is the first of two Grylls is set to shoot down under, with the other location unknown at this stage.

The Brit has been in Australia previously for the show, shooting an episode on survival in the outback.

Man Vs Wild screens here on SBS.

Source: TV Tonight

Bear Grylls in Australia

British survival expert Bear Grylls is currently shooting a new episode of Man Vs Wild on Murray Island off the coast of Australia. The episode is one of two to be filmed down under with no word yet as to where the other location will be. Grylls will be swimming in crocodile-infested waters and scaling rock-faces during his time on Murray Island.

Lie To Me renewed

Lie To Me’s American network has renewed the drama series for another season. The series, which stars Tim Roth as genius psychologist Dr. Cal Lightman, will continue for a third season despite losing its showrunner Shawn Ryan earlier in the week.

John Grisham novel heading to TV

John Grisham’s novel The Firm is being developed into a TV series. The series has been pitched to US networks NBC, FOX, FX, A&E and TNT and is expected to get picked up. It will be only the third Grisham novel to make it to TV while seven have been turned into movies.

Coro in HD

Long-running English soap Coronation Street is finally entering the High Definition era with its British broadcaster ITV confirming the series will be shot in HD. The news comes ahead of the soap’s 50th birthday this coming December.

Sarah Silverman canned

Comedy Central has canned comedian Sarah Silverman’s s show The Sarah Silverman Program. The show barely managed to gain a third season last year and although a spirited Twitter campaign backed another season this year, the network has decided to end its run for good. Silverman will now concentrate on promoting her autobiography The Bedwetter.

Sam Neill’s series pulled

Kiwi Sam Neill’s new American TV show has been pulled by ABC following only two episodes. Neill stars in the show entitled Happy Town which centres on a small Minnesota town where several kidnappings have taken place. Word is the network will run the show during the American summer when there are less viewers.

Trinny and Susannah’s new web series

Style gurus Trinny and Susannah are launching their own online reality show. The show is said to be along the line of Curb Your Enthusiasm and will be both entertaining and revealing, according to the pair.  The show, which is partially funded by shopping mall empire Westfield, will screen on the website iVillage and will comprise of 16-minute episodes.

8 nominations for Ellen

TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres has received 8 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Awards announced earlier today. Her show is up for the major Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment award but not Best Talk Show Host as the host decided not to submit herself for that, joking her “steroid use gives [her] an unfair advantage.”

Charlie Sheen

The only thing larger than the worldwide audience for American sitcom Two and a Half Men is the size of Charlie Sheen’s pay cheque for the show. TMZ is reporting that the actor stands to earn between $60-100m for the next two years should he continue work on the sitcom. Comparatively, co-star Jon Cryer will earn a meagre $20m.