# Discovery Channel:  have you no shame?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 2, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022 "2003-11-02T19:59:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/41 "2003-11-06T06:48:21Z")

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HELP ME!!!

What’s the channel and name of the show where that English dude does all that neat stuff with the weapons and stuff, like make some guys run with Civil War rifles and try to fire or the way to unarm your opponent while wearing chain mail???  
I friggin’ **LOVE** that show!!! I think it’s on the History channel but I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/42 "2003-11-06T07:20:46Z")

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**Sanguine** , that sounds like _Conquest_, which I love, but is never on at any normal time that I can figure out. It’s on the History Channel. If the host is a bald British guy who’s almost manaically enthusiastic about what he does, it’s _Conquest_.

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**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/43 "2003-11-06T23:04:42Z")

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> Bring Back Beakman!!! C’mon! He started on TLC and he can kick Bill Nye’s ass seven ways to Sunday!

Quoted for truth.

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**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/44 "2003-11-07T04:59:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \*  
> \*\ ***Sanguine** , that sounds like _Conquest_, which I love, but is never on at any normal time that I can figure out. It’s on the History Channel. If the host is a bald British guy who’s almost manaically enthusiastic about what he does, it’s _Conquest_. \*\*

OMFG, I wanna marry that bald English dude!!! He _RAWKS_!!! 😃

I love that show so much! I never seem to catch it when it starts, to my complete and utter dismay! I’m pining… PINING for him… _big sigh_ ☹

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/45 "2003-11-07T05:42:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bobkitty \*  
> \*\*Huh. I suppose this is the wrong time to mention I was on that show, as was my dog?
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> \<sub\>slinks off into the shadows\</sub\> \*\*

Which show was this? Were you with the ghost hunting Rottweiller?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/46 "2003-11-07T05:46:09Z")

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Marge: No,No you’re sick you can’t watch the learning channel!

Lisa: But mom, I’m not learning anything!

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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-have-you-no-shame/211022/47 "2003-11-07T17:37:56Z")

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I miss James Burke.

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