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Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Bruce Parry continues his Amazon adventure, travelling through the jungles of Peru to visit the Achuar people, a remote tribe who are fighting to keep oil companies off their land. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Bruce Parry adventures along the Amazon, following the river from source to sea. From the High Andes source, he travels through Peru's cocaine valleys and on to the Ashaninka tribe. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Bruce Parry reaches the halfway point of his journey in the nature reserve of Mamiraua, home to the Amazon's most iconic species. He lives with the Ribeirinho, the river people. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Bruce Parry explores the wealth of the Amazon rainforest. He parties with the millionaires of Manaus, the Amazon's biggest city, and lives and works with illegal gold miners. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Bruce Parry travels to a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon. He visits old friends the Matis tribe and works with a logging crew deep in the forest. Show more

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 1: Siberia

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Bruce Parry meets the Sakha horse people and Eveny reindeer herders in Siberia's Verkhoyansk Mountains to see how they are embracing the challenges of a post-Soviet Arctic. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Gavin Searle
Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 2: Greenland

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Bruce Parry journeys to the far north of Greenland, home to the last traditional Inuit hunters, and learns how climate change is threatening their ancient way of life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 3: Alaska

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Bruce travels to Alaska, America's last great wilderness, where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Rob Sullivan
Series Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 4: Canada

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to the tar sands of Alberta. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Rob Sullivan
Series Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 5: Northern Europe

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The final stage of Bruce Parry's six-month journey is through Arctic Europe. He travels to a remote Russian village where life has changed little for centuries. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
James Smith
Series Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Bruce Parry reaches the end of his Amazon adventure in Brazil's Para state where huge areas of forest are being cut down for cattle farming. Show more

Tribe

Series 3

Episode 4: Akie

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry. Bruce spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, one of the last groups of hunter-gatherers to live on the African savannah. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Producer:
Matt Brandon

Tribe

Series 3

Episode 6: Penan

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary series. Explorer Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Borneo in search of the last nomadic Penan, whose traditional way of life is about to disappear forever. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Producer:
Gavin Searle

Tribe

Series 3

Episode 5: Layap

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people. Show more