Mythbusters is the amazing popular culture series taking the world by storm! An offbeat series investigating the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions, this series doesn’t just retell the stories… it puts
them to the test!
Did Lucille Ball bust a Japanese spy ring by picking up morse-code in her teeth fillings? Is it possible to get sucked into an airplane vacuum toilet? Can you explode at the gas station if you use your mobile phone? Hosts and experimenters extraordinaire, Jamie and Adam are two Hollywood special effects experts who investigate three myths each episode to find out whether they are fact or urban legend material!
Awards
Selection - Beijing International Scientific Film Festival 2004
Details
Running Time : 16 x 1 hour
Produced By : Beyond Productions
Mythbusters is the amazing popular culture series taking the world by storm! An offbeat series investigating the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions, this series doesn’t just retell the stories… it puts
them to the test!
Among the many myths tested in this series are: If your elevator falls, can you save yourself by jumping up right at the bottom of the shaft? Can you blow up your home by using too many bug bombs? Can you really be sucked down by quicksand? And how long does it actually take to find a needle in a haystack?
Details
Running Time : 26 x 1 hour
Produced By : Beyond Productions
In this third instalment in the hugely popular Mythbusters series, Adam and Jamie, two Hollywood special effects experts, return to use science, special effects, and where ever possible, explosions, to put urban legends, past and present, to the test.
Some myths tested in this series include some sure fire methods for starting fire (without matches). Could Archimedes really have created a death ray? Did the Confederates create the first missile? Can shoving your fingers into a gun barrel really save your life? And the Mythbusters team try to find an infallible cure for seasickness.
Details
Running time: 30 x 60 minute episodes
Year of Production: 2006
Produced by: Beyond Productions
In this fourth instalment of the hugely popular Mythbusters series, Adam and Jamie, two Hollywood special effects experts, return to use science, special effects, and wherever possible, explosions, to put urban legends, past and present, to the test. Some myths tested in this series include roasting a Christmas turkey (without using an oven); is it possible to save yourself from a watery grave having driven your vehicle into a lake?; can a defibrillator start more than your heart?; can speed cameras be beaten by driving faster than they click?; and the Mythbusters team try to solve the Hindenburg mystery. We all know that the cause of the inferno was the hydrogen - agreed? Well maybe not... Can they solve this myth once and for all?
Details
Running time: 28 x 60 minute episodes +
1 x 60 minute special and 1 x 120 minute special
Mythbusters is the amazing popular culture series that took the world by storm! This offbeat series investigates the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions and it doesn't just re-tell the stories; it puts them to the test! Over the previous series, the team have tested 532 myths, destroyed 60 cars and detonated more than 6 tonnes of explosives. This new series will test the Moon Landing Hoax theory, if you can drive blind and if you can tenderise steak with explosives. Hosts and experimenters extraordinaire, Jamie and Adam, are two Hollywood special effects experts who investigate myths and go to extreme lengths each episode to find out whether they are fact or urban legend material!
Details
SERIES 5: 30 X 60 minute series
TOTAL: 129 x 60min + 9 x 60min Special + 1 x 120min Special
