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Madventures Season 3
2002–2009 3 seasons 50 episodes 45 min
Riku and Tunna travel around the globe on a shoestring budget, carrying nothing but their backpacks and a camera, on a quest to reveal the most bizarre and dangerous secrets of the planet. No crew, no security, no limits.
Air timeline
2002–2009- 4-yr hiatus
Complete3 seasons · 50 episodes
Seasons
Season 3200910 episodes
Where to watch
10 x 22" international episodes in English, produced in 2009 with the Travel Channel (U.S.) and Fiver (U.K.)
- 1AMAZONAS: On the River of Shamans2009-04-05 · 45 min
S03E01 · Season 3
AMAZONAS: On the River of Shamans
Riku and Tunna travel from urban jungles of Rio’s favelas to the rainforests of the Amazon basin in the footsteps of William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, searching for the deepest swamps and quagmires of the sub-consciousness.
- 2EX-CCCP: From Radiation to Revolution2009-04-12 · 45 min
S03E02 · Season 3
EX-CCCP: From Radiation to Revolution
A journey beyond the rusted iron curtain and into the radioactive zone! The longest, the most mythical railway on earth takes Madventures to the man who seems to have reached immortality. Also in this episode: the weirdest sport on the planet!
- 3WEST AFRICA2009-04-19 · 45 min
S03E03 · Season 3
WEST AFRICA
Flip into the tranced-out Loa trip of the bloodiest indigenous religion on the planet. Old scars are ripped open and the new ones are carved straight into the face of the innocent. The blood is the life!
- 4FELIX ARABIA2009-04-26 · 45 min
S03E04 · Season 3
FELIX ARABIA
Nomads Riku and Tunna boogie down to the desert of The Empty Quarter, equipped only with camels and khat. Following each step are constant dangers of the hostile nature, armed tribal leaders and their own western prejudices.
- 5NIPPON: Robots & Samurais2009-05-03 · 45 min
S03E05 · Season 3
NIPPON: Robots & Samurais
Madventures is diving deep into the cornucopia of holy steel, perfection as an ideal, mechanical love and the collision of the ultramodern and the truly traditional and ancient.
- 6HINDUSTAN2009-05-10 · 45 min
S03E06 · Season 3
HINDUSTAN
In the land of the myriad gods, Riku and Tunna face the most holy and unholy men in existence. The boys also join the pilgrimage of 10 million tarnished karmas to cleanse themselves of all their sins.
- 7CHINA: The Quest for True Kung Fu2009-05-17 · 45 min
S03E07 · Season 3
CHINA: The Quest for True Kung Fu
Madventures is looking for the ultimate meaning of the ancient philosophy. On Mad Cook’s plate, a hot dog is served.
- 8NEW GUINEA: Warriors and cannibals2009-05-24 · 45 min
S03E08 · Season 3
NEW GUINEA: Warriors and cannibals
Explorers Rantala & Milonoff get lost in terra incognita, the darkest of jungle infested with mummies, missionaries and other merciless predators as they search for the mankind’s ultimate taboo. Is cannibalism still alive?
- 9PHILIPPINES: Crimes and Crucifixions2009-05-31 · 45 min
S03E09 · Season 3
PHILIPPINES: Crimes and Crucifixions
Madventures is looking for faith, hope and charity where none is usually found – prisons and cemeteries. Riku becomes a practicing catholic in the most painful sense of the word as the boys take part in the Easter ceremonies like you rarely get to see.
- 10SOUTH-EAST ASIA: The Long Road to Burma2009-06-07 · 45 min
S03E10 · Season 3
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: The Long Road to Burma
Riku and Tunna travel through South-East Asia to in search of freedom. Drinking cobra blood and shooting bazookas, our mad men take on the ruthless military junta of Myanmar.
