Dr. Bob Arnot Travels to World's Most Dangerous and Exciting Places in Dr. Danger, New Hi-Def TV Series on MOJO on INHD; One Hour Premiere Episode Gives Viewers a Rare Glimpse into Daily Life of Civil War-Torn Somalia.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Dr. Bob Arnot, longtime NBC news NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. correspondent, adventurer, thrill-seeker, humanitarian and the ultimate world traveler, shares his passion for the allure of exotic locations, hair-raising adventure and the intoxication intoxication, condition of body tissue affected by a poisonous substance. Poisonous materials, or toxins, are to be found in heavy metals such as lead and mercury, in drugs, in chemicals such as alcohol and carbon tetrachloride, in gases such as carbon monoxide, and of danger in Dr. Danger, a new all hi-def series on MOJO on INHD. The series, produced by Essex Television Group, premieres nationally on INHD Sunday, Sept. 17 at 9PM ET/PT*. The first season of the Dr. Danger adventure series comprises seven episodes in which Dr. Bob Arnot travels to Africa to explore Somalia, Kenya, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Botswana and the Sudan. The premiere episode is one-hour. All others run 1/2 hour. Dr. Bob's intimate knowledge of and sensitivity to the people, issues, culture and politics of Africa brings a unique vantage point to the Dr. Danger series. His facility with local languages and influential leaders gain him - and the MOJO audience - a rare window on this often misunderstood continent. There is a fine line between adventure and danger, and Dr. Bob is on a mission to find that line and even cross it. Dr. Bob guides us through the dichotomy that is Africa, to experience speed, guns, politics, natural beauty, luxury, historic sites and intimate visits with families. From the political and humanitarian crisis A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large group of people, usually over a wide area. in Somalia to BMW's off road motorcycling academy in South Africa; from an elephant-back safari in Botswana to a refugee camp in Darfur to the city streets of Khartoum; from SCUBA diving at a battleship battleship, large, armored warship equipped with the heaviest naval guns. The evolution of the battleship, from the ironclad warship of the mid-19th cent., received great impetus from the Civil War. wreck in the Red Sea to a hike in the bush and a lesson on danger as a masculine rite of passage rite of passage n. A ritual or ceremony signifying an event in a person's life indicative of a transition from one stage to another, as from adolescence to adulthood. with the Maasai Tribesman in Kenya; from a hot-air balloon ride in Kenya to the rarely-visited Nubian Pyramids and temples in the Royal City of Meroe in Sudan. The premiere episode will be an intense, commercial-free, full hour special expose of life in Somalia - one of the most dangerous and difficult countries in the world for a western journalist to enter. This special is followed by a short, intimate discussion with Dr. Bob about the filming. The entire episode can also be seen online at www.mojohd.com/drdanger. Note to editors: Interviews, extraordinary still photos and review tapes are available. New episodes can be seen Sundays at 9P ET/PT and repeated Wednesdays at 10P ET/PT starting Sept. 17 during MOJO prime time block. MOJO block repeats Sundays at Midnight ET and Weds 1AM ET. The series will continue through Fall 2006. It is produced by Essex Television Group, Old Lyme, Connecticut Old Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,406 at the 2000 census. It is a popular summer resort and artists' colony. Old Lyme and its neighboring town Lyme are the namesake for Lyme disease. (www.essextelevision.com). Producers are Jim Astrausky, Dan Carey and Hannah Lintner. Executive Producers for iN DEMAND are Emilio Nunez and Mark Boccardi. The distinctive, new MOJO programming, which launched in June on INHD, is a new genre especially geared to the multi-faceted lives of the affluent and discerning "MOJO Man" who comprises most of the upscale hi-def audience. About INHD (www.inhd.com) INHD and its partner network INHD2 are the most widely distributed suite of HD networks on cable. INHD and INHD2 are available as part of the hi-definition offerings from such cable operators as Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Comcast, Cox Communications, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Mediacom, Adelphia Communications and Patriot. INHD and INHD2 are owned by iN DEMAND Networks, whose shareholders are Comcast iN DEMAND Holdings, Inc., Cox Communications Holdings, Inc., and Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership. |
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