8.4 /10 1 Votes
Genre Reality
Documentary Starring Bruce Parry Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 20 October 2008 Language English | 8.3/10 IMDb Directed by Matt Brandon Composer(s) David Ayers, Felix Tod First episode date 15 September 2008 Presented by Bruce Parry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theme music composer Guy Berryman
Magne Furuholmen
Jonas Bjerre Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series Similar Tribe, Arctic With Bruce Parry, Lost Land of the Jaguar, Indian Ocean with Simon Re, Aik Din Geo Ke Saath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon is a BBC documentary television series co-produced by the Endeavour Productions and Indus Films, and hosted by Bruce Parry.
Contents
Primevil series 2 dvd trailer for amazon
Airing
It began airing on BBC Two on 15 September 2008 and finished on 20 October 2008.
Show content
In the series, Parry — a former British Royal Marine — travelled over 6,000 km down the length of the Amazon River. Parry met and lived with tribes, coca growers, loggers and illegal miners during the six part series. On his journey Parry travels by foot, light aircraft and boat.
DVD and book
The series was released as a 2 disc DVD on 3 November 2008. A book to accompany the series was also released.
Songs for Survival
Alongside the Amazon (and the previous Tribe) series a 2-CD album, Songs for Survival, has been released by Kensaltown Records which features a variety of artists such as Mike Oldfield, Johnny Borrell, Hot Chip, The Go! Team, Mystery Jets, and Yusuf Islam. Every track on the album is exclusive, and has been written especially for the project. The theme to Amazon is performed by Apparatjik, a supergroup composed of Guy Berryman, Magne Furuholmen, and Jonas Bjerre (of Coldplay, A-ha and Mew respectively).