CharlySkunkWeed

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Lol , its usually when everything is going well , disaster strikes ! I've noticed a few times , say a machine goes faulty , there is a camera on the exact spot like they knew it was happening. Or sometimes the most obvious thing that might go wrong DOESN'T have a camera on it like they just make it up as it wasn't caught on camera.

I was watching "ice road truckers" and they had to drive across a frozen lake but they didn't know how thick the ice was. They should have asked the guy underneath videoing the bloody thing as it drove over !

Some of the behind the scenes shows , you get to see the battle between the production team and the workers , so at least they are honest to let you see they are just making it entertaining.

RA Dunk

Ohh yes, give me almost anything on Discovery/History over Eastbenders, Corry and Xfcuktor and the rest of that dross any day of the week.

JDM_333

There's some good viewing on Sky at the minute, I like Shipping Wars, Storage Hunters, Pawn Stars, Gold Rush and Ice Pilots, used to really like Dangerous Flights but I haven't seen it since the first season (I think there was a fatal crash during season 2/3).

urban

iTrader: (1)

Tis funny

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Absolutely, Discovery and the likes are on way more on my TV than the terrestrial channels which have sunk to new lows in recent years!

Ant

i love shipping wars ! Roys customer etiquette is the best

scubbay

iTrader: (61)

He died of a heart attack quite recently.

RA Dunk

Really? I can't say I'm surprised though he did seem quite highly strung.

scooberuni

I was watching shipping wars last night on channel 4, I can't believe Roy died, he was only about 50 or so years old. He had to deliver a horse sculpture made from old car bumpers and an old Royal Mail red post box.

Ant

I didn't know he died, that'll explain why theres not been any aired in the US as they started a new season not long ago.

jameswrx

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Hardcore pawn is my fav. It's a shame they have to stage stuff though. If you watch the first series they're so much more genuine and sound totally different when they do their piece to camera.

Lizard lick towing is the worst for fakery though. I've seen him get beaten up, blood everywhere then an hour later at the office he's perfect. Saw one where he got shot too and then he was fine. Same with his mate who 'fell asleep at the wheel' and rolled the truck. Another show that'd be quite funny anyway but they have to over stage it.

Shelby the swamp man, that'd also be good if they just followed him but again, show got big and they stage a load of stuff and it just ruins it. The bloke's clearly a nutter but they just have to fake stuff.

Duck dynasty, same as above. All could be good.

RA Dunk

Shelby is brilliant, well he was in Axe Men anyway. Like you say it's obviously staged now which is a shame as they have ruined it a bit.

Alan Jeffery

For a second there I thought you said "Man vs FORD" - In which case, I've done that one..

PaulC72

man vs food...I am waiting for the episode where he has a heart attack, eating all that stuff cannot be healthy.

f1_fan

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He's stopped doing it now and lost over 10kg since the show finished!

billythekid

Roy Garber from Shipping Wars died last month. I was watching an ep the other day and at the end it came up in black with his pic 1965-2014... I was like WTF.. thought it was a joke - but alas no.

The 2 bints on that show are worth a poke too, esp the younger one....

nik52wrx

The first series which followed Nick Popovich seemed more realistic.
The current show, especially when the guy and his meathead side kick are involved is a joke.

Fast and loud is decent entertainment, flipping cars

Nik

jods

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr $100, Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr $200, fair and clear waaaaaarning. SOLD, SOLD YOUR WAY.

DYK

49.

They should replace Jennifer I think.Since she's become pregnant and had a baby,no longer worth w@nking over ....still fit though..

cookstar

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American restoration is always worth a watch for me.

jameswrx

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Is that the one with the guy that refinishes old gas pumps and cola vending machines? I liked that one too but I haven't seen it on for ages?

American Pickers is watchable too.

And I see they're advertising a new series of New Yankee Workshop, something very calming about watching that.

I actually got sky after staying at my parents' last year for a couple of weeks, I watched endless wheeler dealers, car is born, american chopper, american restoration, storage wars/hunters. Since I've had sky I can honestly say I've not watched anything other than the channels between 520-529.

RA Dunk

I'm pretty much the same apart from the F1 when that's on, apart from Top Gear I don't do any of the terrestrial channels now.

Makes me wonder why I still pay a TV license TBH.

DYK

I decided to watch bbc news live on my iPad.It showed a message something about a tv licence ... Yea b0ll0cks and pressed continue to watch...

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

Big fan of Storage Wars and Storage Wars Texas.

Yuuuuuuuurp!

the shreksta

iTrader: (20)

Sons of guns is quality aswell

Ant

its back in march

bustaMOVEs

iTrader: (31)

Lol they make some mad **** on there.
Watched one where they wired about 10 shooters into 1 on a trolley type thing and went out to test it. Mental!

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Yeah, that's the one. As mentioned most of these shows are complete set ups but the ones like American restoration and Counting cars etc you actually get to see some very impressive work.

the shreksta

iTrader: (20)

Cake boss and diners,drive-in's and dives are ok too

DYK

I remember some of the earlier car shows like American hot rod,Boyd coddington.
These programmes have grown since American chopper days,another show I used to watch when it first started,but it just went all **** and silly.

Pimp my ride and the like were just ****....