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Ray Mears' Bushcraft

Ray Mears' Bushcraft

★ 9.5/10•2004•50m•G•Documentary
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Bushcraft is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Romania and Russia. Following on from Extreme Survival, Bushcraft was first shown in 2004, and ended in 2005.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 18, 2004

Episodes

E150m

Aboriginal Britain

How did hunter-gatherers survive in Stone Age Britain? From flint-napping and bow-making to fire-lighting and cooking venison, Mears uses replicas of tools from that era to demonstrate - and celebrate - our lost bushcraft skills as he encourages us to view our land in a new light.

May 18, 2004

E250m

Jungle Camp

Mears sets up a jungle camp in the Amazon rainforest close to a native village, and sees how the Yekuana live in harmony with their environment. He encounters poison dart frogs and climbs into the forest canopy to gain a different perspective on the surroundings. He also offers an insight into the people who inhabit the dense tropical environment.

Jan 1, 2004

E350m

Jungle Trek

Mears encounters huge waterfalls, clouds of butterflies on a trek through the Amazon jungle in the shadow of flat-topped mountain formations called tepuis. He then journeys to the huge rock outcrops which inspired The Land That Time Forgot and The Lost World.

Jan 1, 2004

E450m

Africa Camp

Mears makes a return visit to northern Tanzania to spend some more time with the Hadza, sharing a love of bows, tracking and the landscape with true hunter-gatherers whose way of life demonstrates a profound connection to the natural world.

Jan 1, 2004

E550m

Africa Safari

Mears fulfils a childhood dream by experiencing a true safari, Maasai-style. He teams up with a Maasai warrior in Tanzania and embarks on a walking safari. As they travel through a valley inhabited by wild animals, he spots a variety of useful plants and ends the day sleeping under the stars.

Jan 1, 2004

Actors

Ray Mears

Ray Mears

Self

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