Riot Rampage kicks off the series with dramatic results, as celebrations over a New York Lakers game turn to chaos and violence; a driver with road rage seeks revenge on an innocent man by ploughing him down; and female prisoners in Brazil turn the tables on their guards.

Discovery Channel, Saturday 17th October at 9pm.

I think the Discovery Channel and all its offshoot channels are very much underrated. They show some brilliant programmes and all of human and animal life is there, just waiting to be Discover-ed.

For instance, the awesome show My Shocking Story features stuff you just wouldn’t find anywhere else; Freak Show Family and Half Man Half Tree… epic stuff.

And on the Home & Health channel all of humanity goes through the doors of the various hospitals that feature in the many medical shows from Family Fat Surgeons to The Real ER, nothing is taboo and nothing is too gory or weird.

I absolutely love medical shows and am not at all squeamish so it’s a twisted bonus to watch my squeamish family gag as I blithely watch someone extracting a tumour the size of a football from someone else while eating dinner. Read more & comment »