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Take Me to the Edge (2008)

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United Kingdom
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How it feels

Five adults travel to different parts of the world to experience local rites of passage. They participate in activities like rock climbing, running through fire, drinking cow blood, and entering a swarm of bees.

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What happens

Take Me to the Edge is a British reality series investigating global rites of passage. Host Leo Houlding brings five adults to different parts of the world, where they experience local rites of passage such as rock climbs, running through fire, drinking blood straight from a cow's neck and climbing into a swarm of bees. The six-part series was commissioned by and first shown on Virgin1 (now known as "Channel One"), and has been re-aired in 2009 on Scottish television station, STV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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