MUMBAI: Animal Planet has embarked on a month-long programming special on India?s national animal titled ?Where Tigers Rule?, which will aim to bring to the fore engaging and varied stories on this animal from India and around the world.

Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra and leading Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Bipasha Basu have joined hands with Animal Planet to show their support ?Save Tiger? movement. They will augment the channel?s efforts to generate nationwide interest on tigers and the threats affecting their survival.

Premiering every night at 9 pm in April only on Animal Planet, ?Where Tigers Rule? will present viewers with engaging programmes on the tiger?s behaviour, predatory skills, legends and issues related to its survival.
 
Filmed in breathtaking landscapes in India?s magnificent forests, grasslands and protect reserves, ?Where Tigers Rule? will provide an intimate look into the mysterious world of the tiger.

Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP and GM - South Asia Rahul Johri said, "Animal Planet?s nationwide popularity will help create support for the national cause of tiger conservation. Tigers would rule television screens for an entire month. Viewers can follow the footsteps of these fascinating big cats and explore the intricacies of their role as predator and protector."

MUMBAI: Non-fiction broadcaster Discovery Networks International (DNI) has announced a new original series that guides viewers down the insider?s road of the used car trade on an international scale.

?Wheeler Dealers Trading Up?, a new six episode one hour series from X2 Productions, follows Mike Brewer, the ultimate used car trader, as he hits the road on an automobile adventure. The show will air in April on Discovery in 217 countries across the Asia-Pacific Europe, Middle-East, Africa, and Latin America.

In the show, Mike begins with just $3,000 with ambitions to buy, bargain, and blaze his way towards a $30,000 goal to purchase a super car at an auction. Big profits means an even bigger market, so Mike must hit the highway to track down motor gold. From Kolkata to the UK, from Mexico to the Middle East, Mike must buy and sell his way towards automotive success in his most ambitious attempts ever, pushing his abilities to new limits. Viewers will travel with Mike on his epic journey as he moves from one deal to the next, spots motor bargains, fixes up cars for sale, and trades up across the globe.

DNI VP production, development for factual programming Elizabeth McIntyre said, "Wheeler Dealers Trading Up? displays a keen sense of skill that literally translates across countries within a highly specialised industry. Mike?s knowledge and passion are electric and dispel preconceived stereotypes about the used car trade. This program provides a vivid look at the potential and finesse of navigating an industry that spans globally."

X2 Productions series producer Michael Wood said, "Mike Brewer takes on the car trading journey of a lifetime, and I think he might just about pull it off. He knows every car dealing trick there is, and he?ll need them all to buy and sell his way to a supercar."

MUMBAI: Infotainment broadcaster Discovery Networks International (DNI) has announced a new series that invites viewers into the inner workings of some of the world?s most notorious gangs.

?Inside The Gangsters? Code? is a five episode one hour series from production company Nerd TV. It follows ex-mafia street boss Lou Ferrante as he delves into previously impenetrable communities of gangsters and seeks out their hidden leaders.

The show will air on Discovery Channel in 217 countries across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Latin America from end of February 2013.

Through the show Ferrante, once a street boss for the New York mob, uses his insider smarts to shed new light on very different gang cultures, characters and modes of operation in El Salvador, the Philippines, New Mexico, Italy, and Poland. Incredibly, these gangs frequently have codes of practice that dictate life both inside and outside the prison walls; they run their activities, grow and prosper behind bars, yet continue to terrorise and control communities living outside.

Ferrante will set out to explain gang origins, history, developing networks of power, motivations and political sway in graphic detail, and with an insider?s insight and passion never before applied to the subject. In order to explore each gang, Ferrante will immerse himself in their respective cultures, both inside and outside of prisons. He will live alongside prisoners, talk to guards, get under the skin of gang members, and meet top tier ?soldiers,? following the trail of gang power from prison to the outside world, meeting key figures and family to provide an insider?s perspective on a notoriously clandestine world.

DNI VP production, development, factual programming Elizabeth McIntyre said, ? ?Inside The Gangsters? Code? offers exclusive insight into empires that operate both within and beneath the apparent culture. The knowledge and passion, risks and challenges undertaken by Lou give a completely new perception to organized crime. We have seen in the past scripted dramas about mob life, but by exploring the operation beyond mere stereotypes, the audience gains a real and vivid understanding that spans globally.?

Nerd TV executive producer Jago Lee said, ?In this series, Lou is able to combine his long experience as a New York mobster with a wit, intelligence, and appetite for truth-seeking that is all his own. Lou is a remarkable new talent, and his unique approach compellingly reinvents the story of gangs and gangster life on television.?

MUMBAI: Jewellery makes a comeback on lifestyle channel TLC with the new season of the local show ‘Oh My Gold!.

The show will have a new host in former Miss India Nikita Anand. A guide to Indian jewellery, the four-part series airs every Monday at 9 pm from today 22 October.

The new season will showcase the diversity and wealth of Indian jewellery‘s cultural heritage and our age-old love affair with personal ornamentation. There are also wonderful instances of how gold and jewels have transcended materialism and become an integral part of spiritual and religious custom, sanctified over the centuries. Along with the old and glorious, the spotlight is on what‘s new and exciting in the world of jewellery - contemporary trends in gold, diamonds, pearls and gems.

The second season explores the wealth of jewellery in the City of Joy - Kolkata, the Golden Paradise - Chennai, the city of Gods and gold - Thiruvananthapuram and Pune, the land of the Marathas.

Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific senior VP, GM South Asia Rahul Johri said, "TLC is excited to present the second season of its highly successful series Oh My Gold!. We are equally enthused to present another refreshing new face on Indian television - Nitika Anand. We are confident that the second season of this exquisite series would be just as successful and will attract wide attention in India and around the world."

Anand said, "This is a dream come true for any woman - hosting a show on your first love - jewellery. It‘s been the most fascinating and enriching journey for me and I am sure the viewers will enjoy this glittering second season of Oh My Gold."

NEW DELHI: TLC, the lifestyle channel, has roped in Adhuna Akhtar and her brother Osh Bhabani to groom women particular about their hair styles and needing a general makeover.

The six-episodic ?Be Blunt with Adhuna Akhtar? will be aired from 16 July at 10 pm with a repeat every day at 2 pm. The show is being produced by Red Chillies Entertainment.

Each woman who will feature in the episodes will later get to meet a star personality who has been groomed for some film or another by the brother-sister duo who began their career with ?Dil Chahata Hai? with Farhan Akhtar.

?Be Blunt with Adhuna Akhtar? will showcases the transformation of the girls selected from across India into dazzling divas.

The Bollywood stars appearing on the show include Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, and Chitrangadha Singh.

Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP and GM- India, South Asia Rahul Johri claimed that a year-long preparation had gone into the show. He said the show could be extended if found popular with the masses. He also claimed that research was done to study what the young audiences who were the niche audiences of TLC wanted to see.

"TLC has successfully presented and entertained Indian audience with the perfect blend of global and India themed programming through a range of innovative formats and unmatched personalities", he said.