Den unge Lockhart får til opgave at bringe sit firmas direktør hjem fra et fjerntliggende, gådefuldt kursted i de schweiziske alper. Da han begynder at efterforske kurstedets hemmeligheder, får han mistanke om, at stedets såkaldte mirakelkur tværtimod gør gæsterne sygere. Snart bliver Lockhart selv diagnosticeret med den sære sygdom, som gæsterne lider af, og langsomt begynder han at miste sit greb om virkeligheden.
Lake Placid. Stille idyllisk vand omgivet af smuk natur. En ren postkort sø. Holder du billedet for dit indre blik? Godt. Tilsæt en 10 meter lang frådende tænderklaprende monster krokodille med et hidsigt temperament, som kun overgås af dens voldsomt store appetit. Lad os sige det sådan her: turistchefen er ikke glad. Et lille hold af forskere forsøger at få svar på, hvor monsteret kommer fra og hvornår det for øvrigt er spisetid igen men alt tyder på, at de kommer til at lære krokodillen lidt for godt at kende, før de når så langt.
Todd har den perfekte plan: Han vil fri til Cammie ude ved familliens pittoreske hytte. Det skal bare være de to - i et øjeblik, de vil mindes resten af deres liv. Men som med alle perfekte planer går det i vasken. For alvor. En ubuden gæst og en økse, som havner et forkert sted sætter gang i en vanvittig række af begivenheder. Todd er dog og fast besluttet på, at intet skal komme i vejen for deres lykke, og Cammie er helt med på den.
In the Pacific Northwest, Jared Douglas and his logging crew risk life and limb to harvest the planet’s remote and valuable trees, but getting these giants from the forest to market is deadly.
With cities becoming more crowded, and our lives very stressful, Kevin McCloud attempts to discover whether a simpler life out in the wild could make us happier. He travels to different remote destination to see how others have built their lives and dwellings against the odds.
Some of the planet’s most extraordinary and spectacular experiences are only accessible by air. In this epic new series, pilot and former Royal Marine Arthur Williams will fly us into some of the remotest parts of our planet to find out how people survive and thrive in places only the plane can reach. Arthur was paralysed in an accident seven years ago, but took up flying to rediscover his spirit of adventure. Now he’s going to brave tiny airstrips and outrageously dangerous flying conditions, all to reach the world’s most spectacular remote places.
A thrilling expedition across Bolivia in search of the most venomous snakes in this remote country. The main goal is to discover a new species unknown to science: a large pitviper that has not been classified yet. It will be tracked down and filmed alive for the first time. Spanish herpetologists Juan Timms and Jairo Cuevas embark on a perilous expedition across remote Bolivia, determined to capture the country's most venomous snakes. Their ultimate prize? Discovering a new, unclassified species of massive pitviper, known only from a single photograph.
