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Expedition Unknown

  • TV Series
  • 2015–
  • TV-PG
  • 1h
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Josh Gates in Expedition Unknown (2015)
Expedition Unknown: Season 6
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An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.

  • Stars
    • Josh Gates
    • Brian C. Weed
    • Evan B. Stone
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,699
    129
    • Stars
      • Josh Gates
      • Brian C. Weed
      • Evan B. Stone
    • 120User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Josh Gates
    Josh Gates
    • Self - Host
    • 2015–2025
    Brian C. Weed
    • Self - Director of Photography
    • 2017–2024
    Evan B. Stone
    Evan B. Stone
    • Self - Director of Photography
    • 2015–2024
    Jessica Chobot
    Jessica Chobot
    • Self - Expedition X Investigator…
    • 2020–2023
    Phil Torres
    • Self - Expedition X Investigator…
    • 2020–2021
    Richard Bates
    • Self - Geophysicist…
    • 2017–2024
    Colin Colbourn
    • Self - Lead Historian, Project Recover…
    • 2021–2025
    Dave Phillips
    • Self - ROV Pilot…
    • 2018–2023
    Gary Drayton
    Gary Drayton
    • Self - Metal Detection Expert…
    • 2017–2019
    Mostafa Waziri
    • Self - Secretary General, Supreme Council of Antiquities…
    • 2019–2022
    Bradley Williamson
    Bradley Williamson
    • Self - Treasure Hunter…
    • 2017–2023
    Oren Gutfeld
    • Self - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    • 2019
    Søren Sindbæk
    • Self - Archaeologist…
    • 2017–2025
    Pearce Paul Creasman
    Pearce Paul Creasman
    • Self - Executive Director, American Center of Research
    • 2023–2024
    Robert Leonard
    • Self - Terra Exploration Group…
    • 2018–2019
    Mark Moline
    • Self - Co-Founder, Project Recover
    • 2023–2025
    Joe James
    • Self
    • 2017
    Chip Coffey
    Chip Coffey
    • Self
    • 2018
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    10headgie

    Glad Josh is back

    So happy Josh and co are back. Love the show. I look forward to his adventures and silly nature. Keep up the great work! Love all the info you uncover.. research that we as viewers would never know. Getting the local folks involved is a great way to learn more about a subject. I"m glad the show is strictly Josh an not a bunch of other tag a longs that have no personality like on destination truth. Josh is likable and makes the show fun to watch while learning about history. So far this season Robin hood was really fun to watch unfold! King Arthur was just as interesting. Genghis Chan.. not so much But I will keep on watching as I really enjoy the show. Travel Channel did itself a favor when adding Josh Gates to the lineup
    SmW2073

    Look...you still learn something!!

    I understand some of the lower ratings and their critiques. You get an appetite for answers and actually finding something significant and then....well I guess we'll never really know. Still....the show takes you to places and people that you may otherwise never encounter. It takes the time to provide cultural background and often rich historical information. My 13 yr old daughter loves learning from this show.....and most adults don't know much more than she does about many of the things covered in it. So it certainly isn't a waste of most peoples time. It's much more intellectually minded than most crap on TV today. Ya wanna tune out and watch reruns of Sienfield instead? Josh does well conveying facts while being entertaining. In this show, I think it keeps peoples attention to actually listen to the 'lesson'. Now I cannot say the same for his show 'Destination Truth' which is so very UNlike Expedition Unknown in every way. Don't even try going there. I will always look forward to EU though. To quell above 'the never find anything' complaints....it seems that, in this season at least, they do. We just saw a reconstruction of what 'may' be Cleopatra. An overall fascinating show with many learning opportunities. I much more enjoy Gates in this role than as ghosty guy selling tours of the local haunted house.
    10Matt-Dawg420

    Expedition Unknown needs more recognition

    I first started watching this show at the start of the pandemic and the episode I first watched was season 6 episode 4, Scotlands Lost Gold!! After that I was immediately hooked, I watched every episode ever and I feel like I learned a lot more about History, Mythology, FBI cases, urban myths, etc than I ever learned in high school!! I love how Josh adds jokes and humor to his shows while still teaching viewers!!!
    10chelseat-88559

    Keeps the magic alive

    Do you remember when you were a kid and you saw Goonies or read about pirate treasure and you instantly started digging a hole in your yard? Well that magic is still alive in this show. Josh Gates is a great host and takes us on voyages to other lands and remote locations steeped in history. Sometimes it is chasing treasure and other times it is chasing a legend but it is always entertaining imho and a 'safe' enough show that I let my 6 year old watch it. After the first episode we watched together, she immediately started dragging me off the couch to go look for treasure at the creek behind the house (there is a vine hanging over that part and bamboo that makes it look more jungle like lol). She now has a metal detector that we go hunting with on the weekends and has even buried an arrowhead she found so that "Josh Gates can come here and find it". Very inspiring and hard to find that kind of magical adventure show. Sure, it can be formulaic and sometimes things are not found or the dig is still in progress but the show often updates when things are discovered. Please keep up the good work, Mr. Gates and thank you for creating another generation of adventurer :)
    10davet-15275

    travel programme with a hint of adventure

    Have done a blitz on this series and I love it , the travel show showing that there is more than sun and sand , stunning cities and out of the way sceneries. the adventure part mixed in always hinting that you could find the missing treasure etc. josh gates is funny mixing bikes,cars trucks etc into his travel, showing that rent a car is fun and dodgy, he meets some amazing people all thinking they have the answer to the puzzle. mr gates does have a down side , he does push in like a little kid , iam the presenter main man way, well he is American,a bit cocky which makes you hope he breaks a leg , would be nice if he ever found anything but that's the adventure.

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    • Trivia
      There is a Facebook page dedicated to the necklace that Josh Gates can be seen constantly wearing on his show.
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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Travel Channel
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Expedición al pasado
    • Production company
      • Ping Pong Productions
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      • 1h(60 min)
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