Gold Fever
Gold Fever was the name of a BBC documentary, shown in August 2000, which followed Steve Redgrave and his British rowing coxless four teammates Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell in the years leading up to the Sydney Olympics, where Redgrave was looking to claim his fifth consecutive gold medal. The 3-part series included video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. Among these were Redgrave being diagnosed with diabetes, and Foster possibly losing his spot on the team after injuring his hand punching a window at a party, and later undergoing back surgery that required additional months of recovery time. Coach Jurgen Grobler was also featured in the programme.
A follow-up documentary programme entitled The Rowers Return was produced in the aftermath of the Sydney Olympics. The title was part-reference to a fictional public house, The Rovers Return, a venue in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. The documentary detailed the crew's return to the UK and completed the Gold Fever story.
Gold Fever (TV series)
Gold Fever is a documentary television series airing on The Outdoor Channel since 1996. It is hosted by Tom Massie and features some of the best places where gold can be found. The program is sponsored by the Gold Prospectors Association of America, an organization dedicated to prospecting.
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Gold Fever
Cast
- Ryan Wesley Gilreath
- Brian Ibsen
- Cameron Asay
- Potsch Boyd
- Vaughn Odenbrett
- Michael Flynn
- Mike Rowe
- Josh McLerran
- Dave Turin
- Jared Shipley
- Trevor Snarr
- Andrew Dee Jones
- John Lund
- Jonathan Michael Weber
- Jill Adler
- Aline Andrade
- Dave Bohnet
- Cory C. Dangerfield
- Michael Lynn
- Terence Goodman
- Danny James
- Season 1
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Episode 1: Eureka!
Part 1: Gold is first discovered in California. The new American dream is born. Boston Company, a mo...
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Episode 2: San Francisco Burning
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Episode 3: Lawless
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Episode 4: Battle for Gold
Part 2: Brannan takes over the gold fields, evicting miners from their claims, but the men of Boston...
Gold Fever
Mark the devil by a stone, and the rock be surely gold
So I've come to stake my claim along Main Avenue
I believe that this here town was built on hollow ground
And down underneath our feet are treasures to be found
I dig for friendship, I dig for love
I dig for all the things that I've been dreaming of
Every penny that I've earned got me this inch of land
Every rock or spec of dirt has my name in the book
So I'm armed with little more than the clothes upon my back
If the rocks could only talk they'd tell me where to look
I dig for wisdom, I dig for health,
I dig for all the holy dollars in the bank
I'm getting deeper while the world is bought and sold
Still getting deeper always closer to the gold
Just about richer though you find me in the hole
To sum it up I'm close but one can never know
I've been digging for a time and hit no rock of shine
There's talk of me in town from no such friends of mine
They say I dig my grave, that I'll die without a home
But until it takes my life I'll work down to the bone
I dig for country, I dig for man, I dig for a silver pistol planted in my hand
I will strike it solid gold!
Bucket, shovel, pickaxe, wash-pan tell me where to go
I'm getting deeper while the world is bought and sold
Still getting deeper always closer to the gold
Just about richer though you find me in the hole