Amazon (2008 TV series)

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Amazon
DVD cover
Genre	Reality Documentary
Directed by	Matt Brandon
Presented by	Bruce Parry
Starring	Bruce Parry
Theme music composer	Guy Berryman Magne Furuholmen Jonas Bjerre
Composers	David Ayers, Felix Tod
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Adrian Davies, Richard Klein, Sam Organ
Producers	Steve Robinson, Matt Brandon
Production location	Amazon River
Cinematography	Matt Norman Zubin Sarosh (location audio)
Editor	Gwynfor Llewellyn
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	15 September (2008-09-15) – 20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)
Related
Tribe

Amazon (also known as Amazon with Bruce Parry) is a BBC documentary television series co-produced by Endeavour Productions and Indus Films, and hosted by Bruce Parry.

In the series, Parry—a former British Royal Marine—travels more than 6,000 km down the Amazon River by boat, light aircraft, and on foot. Over the course of six episodes, he meets and lives with indigenous peoples, coca farmers, loggers, and illegal miners.

The series was released on a two-disc DVD set on 3 November 2008. A book to accompany the series was also published.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Episode 1"	15 September 2008 (2008-09-15)
2	"Episode 2"	22 September 2008 (2008-09-22)
3	"Episode 3"	29 September 2008 (2008-09-29)
4	"Episode 4"	6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)
5	"Episode 5"	13 October 2008 (2008-10-13)
6	"Episode 6"	20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)

Songs for Survival

Alongside the Amazon (and the previous series Tribe) series, a 2-CD album, Songs for Survival, was 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 was 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).^[1]

References

^ "Coldplay and A-ha team up". Teletext. Archived from the original on 26 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.

External links

Amazon at BBC Online
Amazon at BBC Online
Amazon Quiz
Amazon at IMDb
Bruce Parry's Favourite Moments, a collection of videos introduced by Bruce Parry on the BBC's Human Planet Explorer

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