ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
An exciting, perilous visit to some of the most fascinating and extreme cultures in the world - from the Mennonits of Paraguay to the Tree-toppeople of Irian Jaya.
On the Edge of the World is a series of travel programmes in which presenter and cameraman set off alone on adventures in search of places few would believe exist.
Each programme starts with an exotic, inaccessible target where we don’t know what awaits us. We improvise all the time. We run into shock upon shock. Pleasure upon pleasure. We find ourselves in danger. We get lost.
We bump into obstacles and get round them.
All this in a constant struggle to reach our goal. With two little digital cameras we look like tourists, not a TV unit. Sometimes we use hidden cameras to shoot scenes we wouldn’t have been able to obtain otherwise. The form of the programmes means that the viewer sees what we see, meets the people we meet, shudders at what we shudder at, all at shoulder height. On the Edge of the World is the closest viewers can get to coming along on a genuine adventure without leaving their armchairs. Right to the Edge of the World.
Programme 1 (2 episodes)
We go to New Guinea and one of the last unexplored rain forests in the world. We equip a large expedition into the jungle to see if cannibals still exist. A trip that ends as a nightmare: we get captured.
Programme 2
We go to southernmost Venezuela where we’ve heard of a completely lawless godl and diamond rush complete with pistols, thieves and brothels. But does the Wild West really still exist?
Programme 3
In the rain forests of Paraguay there is an extremely isolated colony of whites. They have blond hair and blue eyes, speak Low German, dress and live as they did in the 1600s with horse-drawn carts and peasant dresses. But will they admit us to their community?
Programme 4 (2 episodes)
One of the mightiest kings in Africa has 10 million Zulu subjects. We hunt His Majesty to give him a present from TV 2 Zulu. Will he be pleased or insulted by the way we’ve named a TV station after his people?
Programme 5
Japan is regarded as a highly disciplined, courteous society where emotions and sex are taboo. So how does love survive? We try to find the answer in the punk milieu of Osaka, in mafia dens, at love hotels and at home with Mr. And Mrs. Japan.
Programme 6
The Guinness Book of Records says that Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic is the world’s remotest community. We make the lengthy voyage on the biannual shipping route to see if the 300 people who live there haven’t
- Release year:
- 2002
- Director:
- Thomas Breinholt & Mikael Rieks
- Episodes:
- 8
- Running length:
- 40 minutes
- Production company:
- Angel Productions
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