5 d. ago Harrowing moment Bruce Parry suffocates goat to death with his bare hands before repeatedly vomiting on hallucinogenic drugs as BBC's Tribe makes stomach

The show, hosted by the former Royal Marines commando, 55, first hit our screens in 2005 on BBC Two and went on to air 15 episodes across three seasons.

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6 d. ago Tribe With Bruce Parry review – he loses his mind on drugs and it doesn’t disappoint

After a decade away, the adventurer is off to gain more precious insights into tribal life – from eating weevil larva to taking ayahuasca. It’s still absolutely classic telly It is, scarily, 20 years since Bruce Parry first brought Tribe to the BBC. The diffident but determined former Royal Marine visited Indigenous people in the world’s most remote places and, by living as one of them, earned a level of trust that previous documentary-makers had struggled to achieve. Parry was more patient, more respectful and more physically courageous than other white interlopers had been. He gained valuable insights into tribal life and the threats to it posed by modernity. Tribe itself was simply cracking entertainment, as involving as it was educational.Television’s sausage machine has a way of turning the most exotic ingredients into familiar comfort food and, although it took us to the farthest corners of the planet, Tribe soon established a reliable format. Parry’s return follows the winnin...

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1 week ago Tribe's Bruce Parry smothers a goat to death in brutal scenes for reboot of BBC show

Former Royal Marine Bruce Parry returns to TV with a reboot of Tribe on BBC2 but some scenes won't be for the faint-hearted as the adventurer takes part in a gruelling ritual.

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3 w. ago MP to attempt to reach summit of Everest and return to London in seven days

Alistair Carns, with three special forces veterans, hopes to travel from London to the summit of Everest and back within one week.

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3 w. ago Royal Navy warship seizes £5.4m of class A drugs in Arabian Sea

The crew of HMS Lancaster – which works out of Bahrain – recovered 340kg of heroin and 83kg of methamphetamine.

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3 w. ago Royal Marines Commando fitness test: Are you fit enough to conquer the gruelling prep course trials?

Royal Marines Commandos are some of the most highly-drilled and specialised troops in the British armed forces.

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4 w. ago After 80 years of transatlantic ties, Europe forges a new alliance

Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend Europe from Russian threatWhen he rose to his feet at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Keir Starmer delivered a stirring tribute to six British soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan 13 years ago.He read out their names very deliberately, one by one. The House was silent. The prime minister then added a tribute to a 22-year-old British Royal Marine, also killed on 6 March, but in 2007 in Helmand province. Continue reading...

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