Sci-Fi orders "RelicQuest"

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Sci Fi Orders ?RelicQuest? Adventure Series
New Investigative Series Will Be Hosted By Bruce Burgess
By Linda Moss

Sci Fi Channel has greenlit production on the new investigative
adventure series RelicQuest, hosted by documentary filmmaker Bruce
Burgess, officials said Monday.

With a six-episode commitment and production slated to begin in
October, the one-hour show will premiere early next year.

RelicQuest is an action and adventure series that travels the globe in
search of some of history?s greatest relics and artifacts. Burgess
will guide the viewer in a first-hand exploration down mysterious
roads to uncover objects fabled to hold hidden powers and mystical
significance for both ancient and modern cultures.

Utilizing worldwide contacts and exclusive access to restricted sites,
RelicQuest promises to be the action-packed thrill ride through the
world?s most interesting sites, as you have never seen them.

?I?ve always had a passion for tackling tough subjects and
investigating mysteries, and I have spent my career traveling the
globe tracking down new evidence,? Burgess said in a prepared
statement. ?RelicQuest will be a professor-free zone. Instead we?ll be
talking to the locals, the people on the ground at these ancient
sites?the smugglers, the traders, the tomb raiders, and the
antiquities dealers.?

Traveling to Cairo, Egypt, Burgess attempts to solve the riddle of who
Moses really was and to unravel the true story of what happened on
Mount Sinai. Burgess will also go to the ruins of Montsegur Castle, to
investigate the Holy Grail of the Cathars, a small cup that was said
to have enormous healing and spiritual powers. Other journeys will
take viewers to Amman, Jordan on the trail of the Armageddon
Priscillian Codex, a sought-after document said to be a prophecy for
the alleged ?end times.?

RelicQuest is produced by Bluebook Films for Sci Fi. It is executive
produced by Bruce Burgess and Rene Barnett. Esther Reyes serves as
co-executive producer.
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