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Medical Detectives
''Forensic Files'', originally known as ''Medical Detectives'', is an American Documentary film, documentary television program that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and outbreaks of illness. The show was originally broadcast on TLC (TV network), TLC, narrated by Peter Thomas (announcer), Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, distributed by FilmRise, in association with truTV Original Productions. It broadcast List of Forensic Files episodes, 406 episodes from its debut on TLC in 1996 until its final episode in 2011. Reruns shown on HLN (TV channel), HLN were initially retitled ''Mystery Detectives'' before settling on the main title of the show in 2014. A version of the program was broadcast on Channel 5 (UK), Five in the United Kingdom, under the name ''Murder Detectives''. Most of the 400 episodes are also available on the "Medical Detectives - Full Episodes" channel that is managed by distributor FilmRise. On Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Thomas (announcer)
Peter Addenbrooke Thomas (June 28, 1924 – April 30, 2016) was an American announcer and narrator of television programs with a career spanning more than 70 years, including shows such as ''Nova'' and ''Forensic Files''. Biography Thomas was born in Pensacola, Florida to British parents John D. Thomas, originally of Swansea, Wales, and Sibyl Addenbrooke, from Mumbles, Wales, daughter of Col. Addenbrooke of the RAF. He had two younger brothers, John and David. His father, a Church of England minister in Great Britain, then Presbyterian minister in the US, and his mother, who became a schoolteacher in the US, stressed the importance of reading, education, and memorization and visualization to their son. Thomas says that his father stressed mental images as an important speaking tool. For example, he told his son if he was talking about horses he had to picture horses in his mind. Thomas began his career at 14 as an announcer on a local radio show. Since the station could not pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
