Probably our favourite TV programme of the moment. The extraordinary Bruce Parry becomes anthropologist with Tribes around the world.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1407 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 649 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the more interesting and diverting shows of recent times has seen former Royal Marine Bruce Parry head off to the far reaches of the planet to live among the various tribes of the world. And with all three series of the intriguing Tribe now collected together in this one sit, it's an invitation to catch up on his adventures that you'd be unwise to decline.

The central idea finds Parry adopting the workings, methods and practices of the tribes that he spends time with. And the reason this works so well is Parry himself, providing a respectful, clear and calm core to a programme that could so easily have fallen foul of many assorted trappings of the genre. His findings throughout Tribe are frequently fascinating, and the programme itself is diligently paced to give you ample opportunity to take it all in. It's immersive and genuinely involving television.

The episodes collected together in this Tribe boxset find Parry travelling through the likes of Ethiopia, Mongolia and the Himalayas, and there's a real sense of not knowing what you're going to discover when each episode begins. Marry that into episodes with strong rewatch value--for both educational and entertainment purposes--and Tribe emerges as little short of a modern television treat. --Jon Foster

DVD Description
Former Royal Marine officer and expedition leader Bruce Parry, sheds the trappings of a western existence and lives alongside tribes, such as the forest people of central Gabon, adopting their methods and practices.

Taking adventure into a whole new realm, Parry dares to go where other presenters fear to tread: hunting, cooking and eating like a native and even trying the local recreational and ritualistic poisons. He also examines the way in which western influence is encroaching on these remote areas and asks whether this is a good thing.

This box set includes series 1, 2 and 3.

Synopsis
Bruce Perry, a former Royal Marine officer and expedition leader shuns his comfortable lifestyle when he decides to live among the tribes of central Gabon, adopting their customs in this fascinating documentary series.

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Customer Reviews

WORTH WATCHING
I learnt alot about the various tribes and just how tough Bruce is. He is an amazing special man!
xxxx Love you Bruce.

Watch this series and gain insight into how people have lived for the majority of the past 200,000 years plus of the human race
This series is very exiting to watch (enhanced especially for those who dabble in bushcraft) but for me it is more important than simply giving viewing pleasure). It has given me insight into the past that i would value at much more than 30 quid - try something in the region of priceless.

Bruce Parry visits tribes across the whole length and breadth of the world visiting tribes that vary greatly and so are unique. His attitude is such that he is immediately likable. He is very humble even at the end of his journey when he has achieved so much. What he must have learnt on the way- truely remarkable. I could not do it, most could not do it.

There are those i believe that would like others to believe that history proper began in the 20/1st century and that anything before that can be classed as a time of barbarism, squalor etc. The complexity,love,respect,multi-facetted nature of the people revealed in these short programmes (it is fair, i think, to say that some of the tribes have been left in such a state as for their ways to be little changed through time) are the same as us - a wise man in one episode is able to reveal the oneness of the human race and indeed of everything.

I hear people here call members of tribes animalistic: we are animals, they in the episodes are animals, but as the West moves towards a more destructively unsustainable path perhaps we leave the animal kingdom and become as parasites. Perhaps they are better than us. I do not have the answer but perhaps you can find one in these programmes.

Finally I would say that people who would get upset at the destruction of a culture before their very eyes should not watch certain of the episodes - The Penan tribe.

Alasdair Robertson

Excellent Set
What a great buy!! 6 DVDs of facinating experiences for Bruce Parry the watcher... could not stop watching and although I have seen some episodes before on TV, still found them utterly fantastic, would definately recommend and cannot wait for the next box set! Well done Bruce and the team!!