BBC Two 2008 1 season 6 eps 12 Ended

Amazon with Bruce Parry

Name: Amazon with Bruce Parry
Genre: Documentary, Reality
Rating: 7
Cast: Bruce Parry

2008 1 season 6 eps 12

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Season 1

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Season 1

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60 min

S1 · E1 · Sep 15, 2008

Episode 1 Episode 1

Bruce Parry begins an epic adventure in the Amazon, following the river from source to sea. The first part of his journey takes him from the source in the High Andes through Peru's dangerous cocaine producing valleys to visit the Ashaninka tribe.

7.3 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 22, 2008

Episode 2 Episode 2

Bruce Parry continues his Amazon adventure, travelling through the jungles of Peru to visit the Achuar people, a remote tribe who are fighting to keep oil companies off their land. He undergoes a profound shamanic ritual in an effort to find his vision. For a taste of the second episode, watch this clip of Bruce heading off to stay with the Achuar.

7.3 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 29, 2008

Episode 3 Episode 3

The former Royal Marine revisits old friends when he meets the Matis tribe, but the reception is lukewarm due to their wariness of outsiders they hold responsible for the diseases that killed many of them. Bruce also meets the loggers who are blamed for cutting down swathes of the forest. Farther along the river, the Marubo tribe prove more lively with dancing and rituals through the night.

7.2 · You

60 min

S1 · E4 · Oct 6, 2008

Episode 4 Episode 4

Bruce Parry reaches the halfway point of his epic journey in the vast nature reserve of Mamiraua, home to the Amazon's most iconic species. He lives with the Ribeirinho, the river people, and hunts for the Amazon's biggest fish, the Pirarucu.

7.4 · You

60 min

S1 · E5 · Oct 13, 2008

Episode 5 Episode 5

Bruce Parry explores the wealth of the Amazon rainforest. He parties with the millionaires of Manaus, the Amazon's biggest city, and lives and works with illegal gold miners.

7.2 · You

60 min

S1 · E6 · Oct 20, 2008

Episode 6 Episode 6

Bruce Parry reaches the end of his Amazon adventure in Brazil's Para state where huge areas of forest are being cut down for cattle farming. Here the battle for the Amazon is at its most fierce and Bruce sees both sides living with the cowboys and the Kayapo Indians.

7.1 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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Amazon with Bruce Parry