Tribe

Shown on Monday on BBC2 this new series following the exploits of explorer Bruce Parry is one of the best, if not the best, programs of its type shown on TV. He's a thoroughly likeable and down to earth chap, Mr Parry, who doesn't make a big deal out of stuff for the sake of the camera but is more than willing to put himself into their lifestyle, however alien, to get closer to an understanding of them. In this first instalment that included hunting barefoot through a dense forrest thick with spikes and barbs, not to mention poisonous insects; eating a tree grub much bigger and much more wriggly than the ones the wusses on I'm a celebrity had to munch; having one in his ear to get the wax out; having a thorn pushed through the soft part of his septum; and most eye-watering of all, attempting to have his penis inverted like the natives! Oh yeah, and they were all cannibals incidendtally... Top Top telly! Can't wait for next Monday when he tries psychotropic drugs with a new tribe. Brilliant. Kx