
Mythbusters
PRIMETIME EMMYS® 1X nominee in 2016
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Episodes
- S5 E1 - Holiday Special
December 5, 200643minThe MythBusters team investigates whether reindeer really could help Santa fly, what's the best way to keep all the needles on your Christmas tree and how much yodeling it actually takes to start an avalanche.Available to buy - S5 E2 - Hindenburg Mystery
January 9, 200744minAdam and Jamie turn dirigible detectives to try and solve one of aeronautics biggest puzzles, while Kari, Tory and Grant come face-to-face with -- and have to flee from -- some of nature's natural-born killers.Available to buy - S5 E3 - Pirate Special
January 16, 20071 h 27 minArggghhh me hearties -- Jamie and Adam have plundered the seven seas in search of pirate parables and maritime myths. They investigate four stories of hi-jinks on the high seas, and the action is thick and fast.Available to buy - S5 E4 - Underwater Car
January 23, 200749minJamie and Adam test the stuff of nightmares trying to escape from underwater cars. Meanwhile Grant, Tory and Kari roll out the Seven Paper Fold myth. Is it possible to fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times?Available to buy - S5 E5 - Speed Cameras
March 6, 200742minTake two self-confessed speed freaks, Adam and Jamie, and pit them against the people's nemesis: speed cameras. The result: an action-packed adventure full of fun, fascination and, best of all, fast cars.Available to buy - S5 E6 - Dog Myths
March 13, 200743minIs it possible to teach an old dog new tricks? To find an answer, Adam and Jamie work with a pair of untrained, middle-aged malamute huskies. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory look into different myths on how to beat a guard dog.Available to buy - S5 E7 - More Myths Reopened
March 20, 200742minEvery so often, the MythBusters draw conclusions that leave the fans seething. Well, once again, it's time for the MythBusters to put some of their most contentious outcomes under the microscope.Available to buy - S5 E8 - Voice Flame Extinguisher
April 10, 200743minJamie and Adam set out to discover if it's possible to put out a fire using only your voice. Meanwhile, Kari, Tory and Grant will put four classic hypnosis hypotheses under the microscope.Available to buy - S5 E9 - Birds in a Truck
April 17, 200743minAdam and Jamie tackle Newton, the founder of the principle of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of momentum. They look into a physics urban myth and try to determine if birds in a truck lighten the load take flightAvailable to buy - S5 E10 - Walking on Water
April 24, 200743minAdam, Jamie and a ninjitsu master try their luck at aquatic agility and get confrontational while competing to see how ninjas -- masters of illusion-- create the impression of running on water.Available to buy - S5 E11 - Western Myths
May 29, 200743minIt's Yeehaa and Hiyo Silver as Adam and Jamie saddle up for some western myths -- and that is not all. Kari, Tory, and Grant test the modern marvel of airbags. It's all here -- past, present, horses, cars and guns.Available to buy - S5 E12 - Big Rig Myths
June 5, 200744minAdam and Jamie try to find out if an exploding truck tire can kill. Meanwhile, Kari, Tory and Grant investigate another fuel efficiency fable.Available to buy - S5 E13 - Snow Special
June 19, 200742minIn this episode of Mythbusters, the whole team is piste off and that's snow joke. They are snowed under with movie myths and living legends as they put snow myths to the test in this Snow Special.Available to buy - S5 E14 - Grenades and Guts
June 12, 200742minJamie and Adam investigate the cliche that a quick-thinking action hero can protect his fellow cast members from a grenade blast. Meanwhile, the intrepid trio tests an Internet video with an outrageous claim about soda and candy.Available to buy - S5 E15 - Baseball Myths
August 7, 200742minRoger Clemens, perhaps baseball's greatest living pitcher, joins the gang to take on the national pastime as only the Mythbusters can.Available to buy - S5 E16 - Viewer Special
August 14, 200744minThe Mythbusters have been putting out the call for new myths to bust and now, they put a new batch of viewer suggestions to the test.Available to buy - S5 E17 - Superhero Hour
August 28, 200744minThe Mythbusters are wearing their underpants on the outside, as the Marvel comic maestros are put under the MythBusters microscope.Available to buy - S5 E18 - Red Rag to a Bull
August 21, 200744minThe team tests the legend that the color red can drive a bull toward psychopathy. Fresh from bull jousting, the team tests the saying "bull in a china shop."Available to buy - S5 E19 - Myth Revolution
September 4, 200744minKari, Tory and Grant puts the latest covert surveillance conspiracy theories to the test. Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie are testing a myth about weapons.Available to buy - S5 E20 - Trail Blazers
October 30, 200744minAdam and Jamie get on the trail of some flammable Hollywood fables while Kari, Grant and Tory break out the defibrillator for some electrifying action.Available to buy - S5 E21 - Exploding Water Heater
November 6, 200744minJamie and Adam get steamed testing if a water heater can rocket through the roof and into the atmosphere. Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari try on some all-American myths about blue jeans.Available to buy - S5 E22 - Idioms
November 20, 200744minThe MythBusters test the truth behind some time-honored sayings and conventional wisdom -- like shooting fish in a barrel, the best cure for a chile burn and whether or not elephants are really scared of mice.Available to buy - S5 E23 - Pirates 2!
November 27, 200742minIn this piratical sequel, the MythBusters once again plunder and pillage for maritime myth, testing two Pirates of the Caribbean movie-inspired myths and the curse of a Sand Neck Tie.Available to buy - S5 E24 - Confederate Cannon
December 4, 200744minJamie and Adam take on a mythical confederate weapon: a steam-powered machine gun rumored to fire 400 rounds a minute at a 300-yard range. Meanwhile, the team puts their lying skills on the line to try to beat a lie detector.Available to buy - S5 E25 - Airplane Hour
December 11, 200742minJamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths.Available to buy
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- Audio languages
- English Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
- Subtitles
- English [CC]
- Directors
- Alice DallowLauren Gray WilliamsTabitha LentleSteve ChristiansenPeter ReesAndrew FarrellBrian LeckeyRob HammersleyEric Haven
- Studio
- Discovery Channel
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