Mantracker TV show to involve ‘mystical’ Aboriginal trackers chasing TV conterstants

Tim Burrowes

October 5, 2011 3:20

Active TV, producer of The Amazing Race Australia, is to bring the Mantracker show down under in a TV format which will see Aboriginal people helping track down contestants in the Outback.

http://youtu.be/WZswn9jruWE

The Canadian version of the reality show has run for seven series.

The deal was announced at TV conference Mipcom, currently taking place in Frnace.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.