Amazon (2008 TV series)

Amazon (also known as Amazon with Bruce Parry) is a BBC documentary television series co-produced by Endeavour Productions and Indus Films, and hosted by Bruce Parry.

Amazon
DVD cover
Genre	Reality Documentary
Directed by	Matt Brandon
Presented by	Bruce Parry
Starring	Bruce Parry
Theme music composer	Guy Berryman Magne Furuholmen Jonas Bjerre
Composers	David Ayers, Felix Tod
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Adrian Davies, Richard Klein, Sam Organ
Producers	Steve Robinson, Matt Brandon
Production location	Amazon River
Cinematography	Matt Norman Zubin Sarosh (location audio)
Editor	Gwynfor Llewellyn
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	15 September (2008-09-15) – 20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)
Related
Tribe

In the series, Parry—a former British Royal Marine—travels more than 6,000 km down the Amazon River by boat, light aircraft, and on foot. Over the course of six episodes, he meets and lives with indigenous peoples, coca farmers, loggers, and illegal miners.

The series was released on a two-disc DVD set on 3 November 2008. A book to accompany the series was also published.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	15 September 2008 (2008-09-15)
2	"Episode 2"	22 September 2008 (2008-09-22)
3	"Episode 3"	29 September 2008 (2008-09-29)
4	"Episode 4"	6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)
5	"Episode 5"	13 October 2008 (2008-10-13)
6	"Episode 6"	20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)

Songs for Survival

Main article: Songs for Survival

Alongside the Amazon (and the previous series Tribe) series, a 2-CD album, Songs for Survival, was released by Kensaltown Records which features a variety of artists such as Mike Oldfield, Johnny Borrell, Hot Chip, The Go! Team, Mystery Jets, and Yusuf Islam. Every track on the album is exclusive, and was written especially for the project. The theme to Amazon is performed by Apparatjik, a supergroup composed of Guy Berryman, Magne Furuholmen, and Jonas Bjerre (of Coldplay, A-ha, and Mew respectively).^[1]