Ripley's Believe It or Not! | |
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Based on | Ripley's Believe It or Not! |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Production companies | Ripley Entertainment United Media Texas Crew Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Travel Channel |
Release | 2019 – 2019 |
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Philippine TV program) |
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a television series hosted and executive produced by Bruce Campbell [1] and based on the franchise of the same name. It was produced by Texas Crew Productions and aired for one season on the Travel Channel from June 9 to August 4, 2019. [2] [3]
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Natural Born Thrillers" | June 9, 2019 |
Bruce Campbell shines a spotlight on individuals with uncanny abilities. Rick Smith tosses playing cards at 92 miles per hour; Dai Andrews swallows curved swords; and Tyler Scheur is capable of balancing objects on his chin. | ||
2 | "Invisible Worlds" | June 16, 2019 |
Bruce showcases unseen places and spaces where the scary blends with the surprising. A New York photographer and urban explorer climbs skyscrapers to walk in the clouds; a family of stuntmen create an illusion using explosives. | ||
3 | "Showstoppers" | June 23, 2019 |
Bruce showcases people who produced incredible spectacles through daring skill and years of practice, such as three Brits who channel electricity through Tesla coils, and a domino master with the difficult challenge of lining 39,000 dominoes that must all fall perfectly to succeed. | ||
4 | "Forces of Nature" | June 30, 2019 |
Bruce showcases people who disrupted the natural order of the world when they unleashed their strange quirks and unbelievable truths such as John "Hammerhead" Ferraro, whose head doubles as a hammer, and Luis Slayton, who connects with honeybees and tends to his hives without even wearing a suit. | ||
5 | "Beyond Driven" | July 7, 2019 |
Bruce spotlights people who push themselves beyond the limit, such as Norwegian Eskil Rønningsbakken, who performs balancing acts at the tops of lethal drops such as canyons and cliffs. | ||
6 | "Building the Impossible" | July 14, 2019 |
Bruce showcases people with cool, impractical and seemingly ideas and then bring them to life. Examples include the folks at Lego, who set out to build a groundbreaking creation using only Lego parts. | ||
7 | "The Curious Case of..." | July 21, 2019 |
Bruce showcases people who embrace their oddities. Joseph Herscher builds comical chain-reaction machines in the style of Rube Goldberg; Christian Stoinev grows up in the circus and becomes an acrobat. | ||
8 | "Great Obsessions" | July 28, 2019 |
Bruce showcases five awesome people and one dog who strive daily for new highs and new records. Included is the story of Michael Uy and his rescue dog Abbie, who learns how to surf. | ||
9 | "Surviving the Odds" | August 4, 2019 |
Bruce showcases people who overcame life's obstacles to transform themselves into the unbelievable. | ||
10 | "The Defiant Ones" | August 4, 2019 |
Bruce showcases extraordinary people who disregard all expectations as they test the limits of human endurance and defy the laws of physics. |
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