What You Can't Miss on Discovery This Week

In need of plans? We've got you covered! Here's what you can watch on Discovery all week!

Updated on November 19, 2024

Monday

9p: Contraband: Seized at the Airport

Episode 106

Officers have intelligence on a passenger heading to London carrying an illicit load. When questioned, the man says he's going to meet with the legendary Braveheart. A shipment of high-end construction equipment throws up red flags when its quality looks shoddy.

Tuesday

Episode 1402

Mark and Digger spot their liquor thief on camera as Tickle, Josh and Henry strike gold in Philadelphia with their Peach-Rye recipe. Mike adds insult to injury when he buys out Mark Rogers' sugar supplier, pushing the backwoods shiner to the brink.

9p: Game Changers

Episode 106

The inception of Activision's mega-hit Call of Duty began in Hollywood, thanks to director Steven Spielberg -- but its success was due to the scrappy brilliance of a Tulsa, OK, video game company and a group of disgruntled gamers named the "Gang of Four."

Episode 13A1A01

Moonshiners Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle delve deep into bourbon country’s darkest secret. When 200 bottles of the coveted Pappy Van Winkle vanish, the theft of the world’s most expensive bourbon is just the tip of a staggering criminal conspiracy.

Wednesday

Episode 904

In a holiday search spanning three continents, Josh chases the true history of St. Nicholas, the real-life saint who has become known as Santa Claus. Following clues from Turkey to Italy, Josh gathers DNA to try to identify the saint's missing remains.

Episode 401

Geologist Eric Drummond and Chad Ollinger explore a newly discovered cavern deep underground. Duane finds smoke vents at the Bead Site, and James heads to the Aztec capital in Mexico City.

Thursday

Episode 1010

In this all-female tribe's challenge, two veteran survivalists return to mentor two newcomers on the perils of San José Del Guaviare, Colombia, for 21 days. But scarce food resources and torrential tropical storms take a quick toll.

Episode 1004

A professional boxer and a former cop try to survive 21 days in Africa while threatened by a herd of aggressive hippos.

Friday

8p: Gold Rush

Episode 1503

Rick sinks an excavator trying to reach Rally Valley pay dirt. Parker's crew risks destroying a million-dollar wash plant to find the gold. Tony pressures Cousin Mike to perform on the Indian River.

9p: The Last Woodsmen

Episode 102

To make up for lost profits, Jared takes a huge gamble on bringing two valuable pieces of machinery back to life after decades of neglect. Handfallers Jim and Rob go toe-to-toe with a giant cedar that threatens to shut down the entire operation.

Saturday

Episode 912

Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury building. Twelve skeletons may belong to a royal family of Petra. State-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls explaining Petra's fall.

Episode 910

Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a legendary missing plane. The crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever. Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlantic as they hunt for the plane 2,000 feet below.

Sunday

Episode 608

Novice but passionate farmsteaders in Iowa are on the verge of losing the legacy of their late father. The Raneys must quickly give them an off-grid masterclass and help them complete one of the most unique rescues ever.

Next Up

Explore the Rugged, Remote Chaco Canyon in New Mexico

Photographer and conservationist Ian Shive photographs one of the most remote and rugged parts of the United States to take us on a journey to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

Caves to Condors: Uncovering Pinnacles National Park

Photographer and conservationist Ian Shive explores one of the lesser known National Parks, Pinnacles National Park, finding rare wildlife and extraordinary landscapes along the way.

Bobcat on the Hunt

Nature photographer Ian Shive gets a rare close-up of a bobcat hunting ground squirrels in California's Central Coast.

Every Week Should Be World Oceans Week

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Belize's Jungles are Wild, Mysterious and Full of Discovery

More than half of Belize, a Central American country with as many as 2 million indigenous Mayan inhabitants, is covered in dense, sprawling jungle – meaning the region has adventures galore for any traveler wishing to explore.

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Explorers Can Now Apply for the Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grant

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Meet the First 6 Awardees of The Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grant Program

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