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Explore (TV Series)
{{more citations needed, date=May 2019 Explore was a 1980s PBS TV show based upon the film footage filmed by explorer Douchan Gersi over the previous 20 years. The show was hosted by popular actor James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBi .... Series Episodes *Once Upon A Time In Afghanistan (Afghanistan) *In The Foot Steps Of Genghis Khan (Afghanistan) *Land of the Living Gods *Kingdom Beneath The Sky *Lost Road To Nubia (Ethiopia) *Bodies of Art, Bodies of Pandora *Sanctuaries of Stone (Ethiopia) *Land of Sheba (Ethiopia) *Orphans of the Sun *Magic Healing, Magic Death *Wolves of Freedom *Puppets of God *And The Gods Moved to Taiwan *Between Gods & Men *Journal from India *In The Wheels Of Karma *the Last Empire of Sailing *Festival of Tears *Dancers of Evil (Sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programming to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as '' Frontline'', '' Nova'', ''PBS NewsHour'', '' Sesame Street'', and '' This Old House''. PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, pledge drives, and donations from both private foundations and individual citizens. All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source. PBS has over 350 member television stations, many owned by educational institutions, nonprofit groups both independent or affiliated with one particular local public school district or collegiate educational institution, or entities owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douchan Gersi
Douchan Gersi (1947–2015) was a Slovak-born, Belgium-raised, Bali-based adventurer, documentary filmmaker, author and actor, producer/star with actor James Coburn of '' Explore'', a PBS mini-series. He is the author of numerous books including ''Faces in the Smoke: An Eyewitness Experience of Voodoo, Shamanism, Psychic Healing, and Other Amazing Human Powers'' and ''Explorer''. Personal life Gersi was born in Europe, and spent part of his life there. He then grew up in Africa. At the age of 15, his 44-year-old father died of cancer. Before that, he had given Douchan a lecture on life, which would inspire him to "live to the fullest." Douchan eventually had children and grandchildren who would live with him in the Indian city of Madras from 2001 – 2003. Career In 1973, Gersi went to Tahiti. The year after, he went to central Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo) and Bali on an expedition. The expedition was sponsored by Leopold III of Belgium. In Bali, he stayed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBiography Coburn was a capable, rough-hewn leading man, whose toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in Westerns and action films, such as ''The Magnificent Seven'', '' Hell Is for Heroes''; '' The Great Escape''; '' Charade'', '' Our Man Flint'', ''In Like Flint'', '' The President's Analyst'', ''Hard Times'', '' Duck, You Sucker!'', '' Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'', and '' Cross of Iron''. In 1998, Coburn won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in '' Affliction''. In 2002, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries nomination for producing ''The Mists of Avalon''. During the New Hollywood era, he cultivated an image synonymous wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
