Next weekend is the Discovery Channels Shark Weekend! Among the programmes there is:

Mythbusters Shark Special

The mythbusters team set to work to dispel some of the myths surrounding sharks

Mysteries of the Shark Coast

A documentary investigating the decline in sharks along the Australian coast

How not to become shark bait

An escapologist sets himself up as shark bait to show viewers how not to

Surviving Sharks

A look at how great whites and reef sharks feed during the day and how not to end up on the menu

Only watched a couple of the documentaries. Caught the beginning of "Surviving Sharks", thought the guy was an idiot and switched to Mysteries of the Shark Coast instead! The latter I thought was a first-rate shark documentary showing the researchers trying to track sharks to discover their movements and hopefully build up enough evidence to have the area of study protected. There was also a mystery shark caught on film that was left unidentified!

The Mythbusters were also in fine form testing shark myths including the possibility of being able to poke a great white shark in the eye to make it let go. They also tested magnets ability to repel sharks.