Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease. They are determined to preserve their culture and they teach Bruce how to be a good hunter. He undergoes some gruelling tests including having painful tree sap dropped into his eyes and taking a powerful frog toxin to purge his system.
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Series 3: 1. Matis
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease. They are determined to preserve their culture and they ...
28-01-2026
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Sanema
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 the ...
10-09-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Darhad
The Mongolian nomads of the Darhad valley are some of the most self-sufficient people in the world. Across the steppes and mountains of the Darhad Valley, they move huge herds o ...
03-09-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Babongo
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 terrify ...
28-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Kombai
The jungles of West Papua were once famed for their head-hunters and cannibals. Explorer Bruce Parry travels to live with the Kombai people to discover whether cannibalism is st ...
21-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Suri
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 ...
13-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Adi
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 huntin ...
06-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. Suri
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 ...
13-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Babongo
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 terrify ...
28-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Adi
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 huntin ...
06-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Kombai
The jungles of West Papua were once famed for their head-hunters and cannibals. Explorer Bruce Parry travels to live with the Kombai people to discover whether cannibalism is st ...
21-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Sanema
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 the ...
10-09-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Darhad
The Mongolian nomads of the Darhad valley are some of the most self-sufficient people in the world. Across the steppes and mountains of the Darhad Valley, they move huge herds o ...
03-09-2025
BBC 4
Series 3: 1. Matis
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease. They are determined to preserve their culture and they ...
28-01-2026
BBC 4