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Matis
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to some of the world's most remote areas to live with indigenous tribes. In this show he travels to the Amazon rainforest to meet the Matis people, whose first contact with westerners did not come until the 1970s. Still living the traditional way of life, hunting pigs, stalking monkeys and participating in rituals, they have now embraced football and will soon host their first disco
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Bruce Parry
(Presenter)
Wayne Derrick
(Producer)
Director
(Director)
Steve Robinson
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Bruce Parry
(Presenter)
Born:
March 17, 1969
in
Hythe, Hampshire
Best Known For:
Spending time with remote tribes around the world.
Early-life:
Bruce was born in Hythe, Hampshire, on March 17, 1969. He attended Wells Cathedral School as a boarder. After finishing at Wells, he was commissioned as a Royal Marines officer at the age of 18. Soon after training, he became their youngest ever physical training and sports officer and his five-year career culminated in the prestigious appointment as the officer in charge of all physical aspects of British Commando training. He left the Marines in 1993 and went on to become an expedition leader, before landing a job as a location manager for pop music videos.
Career:
In 1999, Parry took a friend and a camera to New Guinea to climb a little-known mountain he'd spotted on a map many years before. They succeeded in climbing to the peak, finding uncontacted peoples along the way and filming the whole journey. The subsequent documentary was bought by the BBC One series Extreme Lives. Parry was then asked to lead an expedition for Children's BBC. In early 2004, BBC Wales won a commission for a ground-breaking prime-time series about indigenous peoples around the world. Series producer Steve Robinson asked Parry to present it. He also found time to be involved in a three-month trek over Greenland in the guise of Captain Scott of 1911, for BBC Two's The Great Race.
Quote:
"I feel that it's very important to question all of ones own preconceptions. I feel I have stripped many of mine now, which has been quite a long, hard process. This has been my biggest lesson in life."
Trivia:
Parry's documentaries have won a number of awards around the world.
Wayne Derrick
(Producer)
Director
(Director)
Steve Robinson
(Series producer)
