Jade Fever
| Jade Fever | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary, reality |
| Created by |
David Gullason Jeffrey Kinnon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
David Gullason Brian Hamilton Gabriela Schonbach Michael Chechik |
| Production location(s) | Jade City |
| Running time | 30 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Canada |
Jade Fever is a nephrite jade mining-based Canadian reality TV show from Discovery Channel Canada, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment.[1] The show follows glacial deposit placer and hard rock mining efforts in the Cassiar Mountains region of British Columbia, within 150 kilometres of Jade City. Narrated by Martin Strong,[2] the show debuted in April 2015.[3] Jade Fever was nominated for a 2016 Canadian Screen Award in the "Best Factual Program or Series" category.[4][5] As of 2018, there have been 4 seasons.[6]
Summary
Jade City is a remote highway stop in northern British Columbia with a community of 35 run by Claudia Bunce and her husband Robin. They mine a huge jade claim and they employ most of the people in town. If they and their Chinese investors strike it rich, everyone wins; if they fail, a whole town falls flat on its face.
Cast
- Claudia Bunce
- matriarch of the Bunce jade mining family, bookkeeper
- Robin Bunce
- patriarch of the Bunce jade mining family, heavy truck/construction equipment operator
- Josh Bunce
- their son, mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1 – present), camp medic (season 3)
- Justin Bunce
- their son, mine hand, prospector, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 2 – present), jade tabletop maker (season 3)
- Steve Simonovic
- Claudia Bunce's father, a pioneer Cassiar Country jade miner and founder of Jade City (seasons 1 & 2)
- Guy Martial
- mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1 – present)
- Robin, a.k.a. "R-2"
- mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1 – present), alternate camp medic (season 3)
- Alan Qiao
- first Chinese investor (season 1 – present)
- Alex
- Bunce company employee residing in Jade City (season 2; season 3, episode 7)
- "Jo-Jo"
- Bunce company employee residing in Jade City (season 2; season 3, episode 7)
- "Scrappy" Larry
- local scrap metal/used heavy truck/used construction equipment dealer, heavy truck/construction equipment mechanic, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, Bunce family friend (season 2; season 3, episodes 8 & 9)
- Gary Wentworth
- mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, friend of Guy (season 3)
- Peter Niu
- NEK Mining Inc. company executive (season 3, episodes 1 & 2)
- William
- Beijing-based representative of NEK Mining (season 3, episodes 1 – 6)
- Christina
- Vancouver-based representative of NEK Mining (season 3, episode 3)
- Chris
- geologist, mine hand, Justin's friend (season 3, episodes 5 – 12)
- Henry
- jade miner on a neighbouring claim, Bunce family friend (season 3, episode 6)
- Mike Mee
- engineer, mine hand, venture capital fundraiser, Justin's friend (season 2, episodes 7 – 12)
List of episodes
Season 1
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Jade Fever" | March 31, 2015 |
| 2 | "Got a Rope" | March 31, 2015 |
| 3 | "The Long March" | April 7, 2015 |
| 4 | "Slippery Slope" | April 7, 2015 |
| 5 | "Hide and Seek" | April 14, 2015 |
| 6 | "No Jade Until Blood is Spilled" | April 14, 2015 |
| 7 | "The Curse of the Jade" | April 21, 2015 |
| 8 | "Rude Awakening" | April 21, 2015 |
| 9 | "Company's Coming" | April 28, 2015 |
| 10 | "Out of Bounds" | April 28, 2015 |
| 11 | "Down to the Wire" | May 5, 2015 |
| 12 | "It Ain't Easy Finding Green" | May 5, 2015 |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mountains To Climb" | February 23, 2016 |
| 2 | "Out in the Cold" | February 23, 2016 |
| 3 | "500 Bolts" | March 1, 2016 |
| 4 | "Loaded" | March 1, 2016 |
| 5 | "An Ounce of Hope" | March 8, 2016 |
| 6 | "May Jay!" | March 8, 2016 |
| 7 | "Walk Hard" | March 15, 2016 |
| 8 | "Big Chunk of Green" | March 15, 2016 |
| 9 | "Sink, Sank, Sunk" | March 22, 2016 |
| 10 | "Fractured" | March 22, 2016 |
| 11 | "The Jade Whisperer" | March 29, 2016 |
| 12 | "Mystery Rock" | March 29, 2016 |
| 13 | "Code Brown" | April 5, 2016 |
| 14 | "The Big One" | April 5, 2016 |
| 15 | "Jaded" | April 12, 2016 |
| 16 | "Escape From Wolverine" | April 12, 2016 |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hard Climb" | March 7, 2017 |
| 2 | "Breakdown and Meltdowns" | March 7, 2017 |
| 3 | "Digging In" | March 15, 2017 |
| 4 | "Cutting Crew" | March 15, 2017 |
| 5 | "High Stakes Claim" | March 21, 2017 |
| 6 | "Eyes on the Prize" | March 21, 2017 |
| 7 | "Shut Out" | March 28, 2017 |
| 8 | "Start It Up" | March 28, 2017 |
| 9 | "Slabs of Jade" | April 4, 2017 |
| 10 | "Night Moves" | April 4, 2017 |
| 11 | "The Big Fin" | April 11, 2017 |
| 12 | "The Bunce Dynasty" | April 11, 2017 |
Season 4
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Head Start" | March 13, 2018 |
| 2 | "Hard Core" | March 13, 2018 |
| 3 | "Tip of the Iceberg" | March 20, 2018 |
| 4 | "You're My Boy Blue" | March 20, 2018 |
| 5 | "Uphill Battle" | March 27, 2018 |
| 6 | "All Slice, No Dice" | March 27, 2018 |
| 7 | "Slipping Away" | April 3, 2018 |
| 8 | "Failing Grade" | April 3, 2018 |
| 9 | "Moving Day" | April 10, 2018 |
| 10 | "Battered and Bruised" | April 10, 2018 |
| 11 | "The Curse of Wolverine" | April 17, 2018 |
| 12 | "Shower Day" | April 17, 2018 |
| 13 | "Medio-core" | April 24, 2018 |
| 14 | "We Found Jade" | April 24, 2018 |
Impact on industry
In season 3, the Bunce's hard rock mining operation at the Dynasty claim started to successfully quarry jade – a first in jade mining; which usually rips jade lenses out of rock with heavy equipment instead of quarrying it out like marble.[7]
See also
- Gemstone mining TV shows
- Ice Cold Gold, a cancelled reality TV series featuring gemstone prospecting in Greenland
- Gold Rush (season 4, in Guyana, with placer diamond mining)
- Resource extraction TV shows in Canada
- Yukon Gold, a cancelled reality TV series featuring placer gold mining in northern BC (seasons 1 & 4) and Yukon
References
- ↑ Julianna Cummins (5 March 2015). "Discovery Canada polishes "Jade Fever"". Realscreen.
- ↑ IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4864538/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Pilot". Jade Fever. Season 1. Episode 1. 31 March 2015. Discovery Channel Canada.
- ↑ Creative BC. "BC Nominees - 2016 Canadian Screen Awards" (PDF).
- ↑ Sabrina Furminger (19 January 2016). "Local talent up for 2016 Canadian Screen Awards". Westender. Vancouver Westender.
- ↑ "Hard Climb". Jade Fever. Season 3. Episode 1. 7 March 2017. Discovery Channel Canada.
- ↑ "The Big Fin". Jade Fever. 11 April 2017. Discovery Channel Canada.
External links
- Discover Channel Canada, Jade Fever (official website)
- Jade Fever on IMDb
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