Born To Explore with Richard Wiese
| Born To Explore with Richard Wiese | |
|---|---|
| File:Born to Explore Poster, Richard Wiese with a camel.jpg | |
| Genre | Culture/Travel |
| Starring | Richard Wiese |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mercedes Ildefonso Velgot, Richard Wiese, Dave Morgan |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 3, 2011 – Error: All values must be integers (help) |
Born To Explore is a first—run syndicated educational program which airs weekly on ABC—TV. Host and explorer Richard Wiese travels the world on this adventure travel show in search of unique stories, people and wildlife. An educational vehicle, Born To Explore introduces and highlights cultures around the world to children and their families.
In each episode, Born to Explore travels to unpublicized corners of the world. Its stated mission: to seek out unique people, celebrate the diversity of world cultures, explore the animal kingdom and discover the natural wonders of our planet. In addition, the series strives to dispel cultural stereotypes and promote a more unified worldview.
Born to Explore fuses science, travel and storytelling against a backdrop of exotic locations. Ranging from Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, where Richard became the first foreigner to visit an isolated nomadic village, to taking part in aboriginal rituals in Australia’s Northern Territory, and tracking polar bears while researching climate change with the Inuit in Canada. Richard’s background as a scientist and explorer allows him to easily engage with people around the globe to celebrate their traditions through food, music, dance and art.
About the Host
Richard Wiese is a well—traveled explorer and is the author of a detailed guidebook titled Born to Explore. Wiese is also the host and an executive producer of the ABC television program Born To Explore with Richard Wiese.
Wiese is an Emmy—winning host and producer and was also the youngest man to become president of the Explorers Club in 2002. As an extreme adventurer, he has stated that, his goal is to inspire young people and spark their interest for discovery and the love of outdoors. He uses Born To Explore as a way to encourage this growth and environmental activism, as well as educate his audience on exotic cultures and animals.
Richard Wiese was born to Rick and Marie Wiese in Long Island, New York. His father, Richard Wiese, Sr., was the first man to pilot solo around the Pacific Ocean. Richard grew up traveling and exploring with his father. The first substantial adventure Richard was involved with was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 11. [1] Wiese has since then led many other explorations and projects on all seven continents.
During his presidency of the Explorer’s Club, he worked in the Yucatán jungle of Mexico putting satellite collars on jaguars. He has also climbed and sampled the most geologically unique volcano in the world, Tanzania’s Ol Doinyo Lengai (which means “mountain of god” in the language of the local Maasai tribe) and participated in two expeditions to Antarctica to core glaciers for the purpose of climatological studies. He was also a member of the 2004 Yeronisos Island Expedition in Cyprus and led an expedition to bio—prospect for extremophiles and new life forms in Mount Kilimanjaro’s crater, resulting in the discovery of 29 new life—forms.
According to Our Amazing Planet, Creator, Executive Producer and Host Richard Wiese is said to be "the host who champions untouched or 'hidden' cultures." [2]
Poduction
After a successful first season BTE reached over 1.4 million viewers, and is now in its Season 2. It airs worldwide on National Geographic International starting September 2012. The show also shared its premiere season as part of the Litton’s Weekend Adventure block with the American Forces Network.
Litton Weekend Program
Litton Entertainment, the preeminent independent distributor in the television industry, has been creating and distributing quality programming for over twenty years. In addition to Litton’s Weekend Adventure, Litton provides ''Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures,'' “Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild,'' ''Storm Stories,'' and ''Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller.'' Litton also operates Litton News Source which distributes Consumer Reports Television. [3]
Born To Explore is one of six, original, HD programs comprising Litton Weekend Adventure. [4] It started Saturday, September 3, 2011, on over 95% of ABC affiliates across the country. The three—hour block will feature programming that inspires viewers to explore the Earth, to dive beneath the ocean’s surface, to give back to their communities, and to design a new recipe for healthier living.”
The Litton’s Weekend Adventure block adheres to federally—mandated educational programming guidelines, thus allowing ABC stations to carry it and comply with the mandatory weekly three—hour E/I programming rule implemented by the FCC.
Domestic episodes
Airs on Saturday mornings on most ABC stations, check your local listings.
NatGeo International
Broadcasts to countries all over the world. Born To Explore can be seen on Adventure Euro, Adventure France, and many others.
American Forces Network
The American Forces Network also broadcasts Born To Explore, with a reach of over one million US service members and their families on American bases in 175 countries.
Additional Services
As with the rest of the Litton’s Weekend Adventure block, episodes of Born To Explore are reformatted for the visually impaired. With the Descriptive Video Service, provided by *Bridge Media, they take TV programs and movies and provide a narrative track of additional descriptions to make the content more accessible.
Reception
Emmy Nomination
The Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2011 calendar year. The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards is a presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The nominee list was announced May 9, 2012.
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S SERIES
Biz Kid$
Born To Explore
The Electric Company
Everyday Health
Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S SERIES
Born To Explore With Richard Wiese SYNDICATED
Richard Wiese, Executive Producer
Tom Seligson, Executive Producer
Dave Morgan, Executive Producer
Mercedes Ildefonso Velgot, Executive Producer
Pete Sniderman, Co-Executive Producer
SABRE Award
“The SABRE Awards highlight the best work worldwide among the Public Relations industry in a multitude of categories. The awards recognize campaigns that demonstrate the highest levels of strategic planning, creativity and business results.”
“Travel Alberta and its PR agency Current Lifestyle Marketing were among those recognized as winners for the 2012 Silver SABRE awards. Travel Alberta and Current took first place in the “Product Placement” category for the destination’s work with ABC’s new Saturday morning travel series “Born To Explore”. The award entry was selected from close to 2,000 submitted, all of which represent some of the strongest programming in the history of the competition.”
“The quality of the work this year was the highest we have ever seen,” said Paul Holmes, editor of ‘’The Holmes Report’’ and chairman of the SABRE judges. “The integration of social media with traditional channels is increasingly seamless. There is more attention to research and evaluation than ever before. And we saw lots of big creative ideas. The result was a lot of deserving winners, and a lot of runners-up that probably would have been deserving winners in any other year.”
Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration
On March 6, 2012, Reach the World, a global education and mentoring organization, awarded the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism to Richard Wiese. Coined in honor of their long time Advisory Board Member, Mr. Walter Cronkite, Richard Wiese is the inaugural recipient of this award.
References
- ^ Cole, Jennifer. "Fast Talk: Richard Wiese". Travelandliesure.com. American Express Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Mustain, Andrea. "Man 'Born to Explore' Takes TV Viewers to Untouched Morocco". Ouramazingplanet.com. TechMediaNetwork.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013. Cite error: Unknown parameter "the" in
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