Tribe
Documentary series following former British Royal Marine Bruce Parry as he visits a number of remote tribes around the world, spending a month living and interacting with each society.
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease who are determined to preserve their culture.
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the frozen tundra of Northern Siberia, spending a month with a brigade of Nenet reindeer herders during their winter migration. The herders travel hundreds of miles in temperatures that can drop to -40.
He sails to the island of Anuta, a tiny tropical outpost in the South Pacific, one of the most isolated communities on Earth.
Bruce Parry spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, one of the last groups of hunter-gatherers to live on the African savannah. He is forced to face his biggest fear and put his hand into a bees' nest to gather wild honey.
Bruce Parry treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people.
Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak, Borneo, in search of the last nomadic Penan. The Penan are hunter-gatherers whose forest home is in the process of being cut down around them and whose traditional way of life is about to disappear forever.
His first stay is with the Nyangatom whose warriors are feared by their neighbours. Parry wants to find out what they've done to deserve their fearsome reputation.
He continues his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, staying with a tribe whose young men prove themselves by jumping over a line of cattle. Bruce is challenged to join the ritual.
Bruce concludes his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, living by Lake Turkana and taking part in a terrifying crocodile hunt.
Fly-on-the-wall documentary following Bruce Parry experience life among the world's disappearing tribes. Bruce joins the Adi people of Arunchal Pradesh in the Himlayas in hunting, eating rats and sacrificial rituals.
Explorer Bruce Parry spends time living with the Suri people of Ethiopia. Living in an unstable region of Ethiopia, the Suri are self-sufficient and have a powerful assurance in their culture.
The jungles of West Papua were once famed for their head-hunters and cannibals. Explorer Bruce Parry lives with the Kombai people to discover whether cannibalism is still part of their lives.
The Babongo people of Gabon take powerful hallucinogens which send them on a life-threatening, three day trip. Bruce Parry undergoes the initiation and finds it has some terrifying side effects.
The Darhad herders of Mongolia are some of the last nomadic people on the planet. Explorer Bruce Parry joins a family for their arduous winter migration.
The remote Sanema people of the Venezuelan Amazon inhabit a universe full of powerful spirits and ancestors. Explorer Bruce Parry lives with the tribe, eats the same food as them and takes part in a dramatic shamanistic festival.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2005-01-03 |
| Producer | BBC |