本系列节目将跟随魔术师卓蒙曼尼寇兹，穿越世界各大洲，看他探索高级牌戏、骗术和魔术背后的秘密。每一集都将探索和重现一项历史上著名的花招或特技。

　　海森奥戴尔造访世界各地强悍能干的原民部落，介绍他们使用的狩猎工具和设计巧思，并学习求生技能。六集分别为：雨林战士、牛血战士、金雕刺客、鲨鱼猎人、沙漠猎人、极地生存专家。

幸存者：卡拉延 第二十八季节目的戏剧冲突性主要通过两种方式得以实现的，一是人与自然环境的冲突；一是人与人的冲突。这两种冲突不是凭空产生的，而是人为设置的，是建立在游戏规则的强迫性和巨额金钱诱惑性的前提基础之上的。                                                                      　　为强化人与自然环境的冲突，节目将播出的地点选在荒无人烟的小岛上，在这里没有丰美的水果，更不允许幸存者们自带食物，他们只能像当年鲁宾逊那样自己砍柴、生火、搭房、造筏，过着吃昆虫老鼠、被虫咬、受蛇蝎惊吓的生活。为了生存，参加者不得不用尽各种招数，人与自然的对立达到了高潮。由生存危机带来的冲突为节目的刺激奠定了基础。但更刺激的还是体现在人与人之间的对立上。

　　The Congo: more powerful and dangerous than any other river, yet a sanctuary and home for some of the most wonderful creatures on our Earth.
　　Wild Congo follows the second largest river on Earth from its source in Zambia on its journey through marshland areas and rainforests.
　　The Congo's journey stretches over a distance of 5,000 kilometres, starting as a small stream and developing into a raging river that engulfs everything in its path.
　　Biologists consider it to be the cradle of evolution: an experimental location for the emergence of new species!
　　The shoebill, elephant fish and blind eel are just a few examples of the wildlife of the Congo and its astounding ability to adapt.
　　Being separated by the water masses of the Congo River has also enabled our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, to develop completely different social systems, with violence and oppression reigning on...

　　《卡尔·萨根的宇宙》的更新重制版。