Bruce Parry

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Bruce Parry (born March 17, 1969) is a former British Royal Marine instructor who presents the documentary program Tribe (known as Going Tribal in the United States), co-produced by the BBC and the Discovery Channel.

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[edit] Background

Parry attended Wells Cathedral School as a boarder between 1978 and 1987. After finishing at Wells, Parry 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 of Trekforce, before landing a job as a location manager for pop music videos. Parry eventually founded his own company, Endeavour Productions.

[edit] Television Host

In the television shows that he hosts he lives as a family member with a number of tribes in remote locales such as Ethiopia, Venezuela, Gabon, The Himalayas, Mongolia and West Papua, sleeping, working and eating with them.

He has also been the expedition leader for Serious Jungle and Serious Desert on CBBC, the BBC channel for children. In these programmes children from the UK are chosen to form an expedition with a particular conservation objective to achieve within a time limit. These programmes are some of the most unusual reality TV programmes because firstly they feature very young people, and secondly, although the expedition members are well looked after by a team of adults, the actual environments in which they live for the duration of the programme are hostile.

[edit] Key shows (UK names shown)

A second series of Tribe began on BBC 2 in the UK in 2006 and a third series is scheduled for 2007.

[edit] General Television Appearances

  • Guest on Danger! 50000 Volts! (2002) with Nick Frost, as expert on desert survival.
  • Guest on Last Call With Carson Daily 5th May 2006.
  • Guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on 28th April 2006.

[edit] See also


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