Underplayed Gems

Madventures (2002)

Madventures poster
Genre
documentary
Country
Finland
Length
3 seasons, 49 episodes
Rated
K16
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two Finnish guys travel to offbeat places and try controversial local foods. They film their own adventures with a focus on raw cultural experiences rather than tourism.

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What happens

Madventures is a Finnish travel documentary television series that focuses on backpacking in lesser-visited or lesser-known destinations. It follows Finnish journalist Riku Rantala and Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff. As the show's directors and cameramen, they travel around the world to explore different cultures. They emphasize that they are on a journey, not a holiday. The show often features local practices that are culturally unacceptable or controversial where the episodes air, to the point where the showmakers have been accused of deliberate, excessive use of shock imagery. The show premiered in Finland on the channel Sub, on 13 October 2002. Its international premiere was in the United States on the Travel Channel on 21 September 2009. The United Kingdom premiere on Fiver is not yet decided. Originally Internationally, Madventures is distributed by the Target Entertainment Group. The show includes a "MadCook" section, in which the travellers attempt to eat some of the least favoured dishes around the world (e.g. monkey brains in the Amazon rainforest and dog meat in Bali). Another lighthearted feature is the waking-up scenes, where Milonoff will often shock Rantala while he is still asleep. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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