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| Tribe : Complete BBC Series 1-3 Box Set | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 911
Category: DVD
Actor: Bruce Parry
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 649 minutes
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014503241827
ASIN: B000S6UZGU
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the more interesting and diverting shows of recent times has seen former Royal Marine Bruce Parry head off to the far reaches of the planet to live among the various tribes of the world. And with all three series of the intriguing Tribe now collected together in this one sit, it's an invitation to catch up on his adventures that you'd be unwise to decline. The central idea finds Parry adopting the workings, methods and practices of the tribes that he spends time with. And the reason this works so well is Parry himself, providing a respectful, clear and calm core to a programme that could so easily have fallen foul of many assorted trappings of the genre. His findings throughout Tribe are frequently fascinating, and the programme itself is diligently paced to give you ample opportunity to take it all in. It's immersive and genuinely involving television. The episodes collected together in this Tribe boxset find Parry travelling through the likes of Ethiopia, Mongolia and the Himalayas, and there's a real sense of not knowing what you're going to discover when each episode begins. Marry that into episodes with strong rewatch value--for both educational and entertainment purposes--and Tribe emerges as little short of a modern television treat. --Jon Foster
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WORTH WATCHING May 1, 2008
I learnt alot about the various tribes and just how tough Bruce is. He is an amazing special man!
xxxx Love you Bruce.
Watch this series and gain insight into how people have lived for the majority of the past 200,000 years plus of the human race February 18, 2008
This series is very exiting to watch (enhanced especially for those who dabble in bushcraft) but for me it is more important than simply giving viewing pleasure). It has given me insight into the past that i would value at much more than 30 quid - try something in the region of priceless.
Bruce Parry visits tribes across the whole length and breadth of the world visiting tribes that vary greatly and so are unique. His attitude is such that he is immediately likable. He is very humble even at the end of his journey when he has achieved so much. What he must have learnt on the way- truely remarkable. I could not do it, most could not do it.
There are those i believe that would like others to believe that history proper began in the 20/1st century and that anything before that can be classed as a time of barbarism, squalor etc. The complexity,love,respect,multi-facetted nature of the people revealed in these short programmes (it is fair, i think, to say that some of the tribes have been left in such a state as for their ways to be little changed through time) are the same as us - a wise man in one episode is able to reveal the oneness of the human race and indeed of everything.
I hear people here call members of tribes animalistic: we are animals, they in the episodes are animals, but as the West moves towards a more destructively unsustainable path perhaps we leave the animal kingdom and become as parasites. Perhaps they are better than us. I do not have the answer but perhaps you can find one in these programmes.
Finally I would say that people who would get upset at the destruction of a culture before their very eyes should not watch certain of the episodes - The Penan tribe.
Alasdair Robertson
Excellent Set January 16, 2008
What a great buy!! 6 DVDs of facinating experiences for Bruce Parry the watcher... could not stop watching and although I have seen some episodes before on TV, still found them utterly fantastic, would definately recommend and cannot wait for the next box set! Well done Bruce and the team!!
Essential is an overrated term these days... November 14, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
But this programme merits the accolade of 'essential viewing' if ever I saw one. I agree fully with the reviewer who states that this is one of the best series of factual programme of the past decade, if not the best. I simply cannot remember seeing anything as engrossing, informative and touching as this for a long time, if ever. This series really needed to be made, and is a must have for any armchair anthropologists out there.
Well done the BBC
And well done Bruce!
Fascinating.
 Great series, finally out on dvd! October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally finally this wonderfully weird, scary, funny, educational and extremely entertaining series is out on dvd! I'd seen every single one of them and I never stopped being amazed by the fascinating people Bruce Parry lives with for about a month. He's showing us all the things we'll probably never get to see for ourselves, and cheerfully doing all the things we certainly never ever would want to do ourselves! This series shows us a rare glimpse into the lives of very vulnerable peoples that may not survive in our 21st century world very much longer. It's also showing us that people are just people, wherever, whatever, whenever. They just want to live a quiet life, support their families and give their children a good future too. I think that's an important message, wrapped up in a highly entertaining package!
I give this dvd set 4 out of 5, only because I think there's a lack of extra's. The only extra feature is Bruce Parry's first filmed expedition, and though that was certainly interesting I expected a bit more like some commentaries or behind the scenes footage.
Never mind, go buy it anyway!!
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