MacIntyre: Edge of Existence Tuesday 29 May - TONIGHT
8:00pm - 9:00pm
VIDEO Plus+: 4920967
Five
1/4 - Papua New Guinea
Screening this after Donal MacIntyre's recent series in which he brought some Papua
New Guineans to England is a bit daft. We already know that the Insect tribe - while
scary-looking when daubed with war paint and brandishing spears - are delightful, gentle
people, so his attempt to inject drama into his visit to their remote village falls flat on its
face. And the faux-peril is unnecessary because learning about their lifestyle and
traditions is totally engrossing. The film shows MacIntyre as he mucks in with the
community, joining the hunt for crocodiles and wild pigs, as well as trying to fashion a
bowl from clay, and he thoroughly enjoys himself in the process (if the scene of him and
tribesman James giggling like schoolboys over a giant cockroach is anything to go by).
Perhaps there'll be real danger in the coming weeks, when MacIntyre visits other
communities who survive in inhospitable places such as the Sahara and Nicaragua.
RT reviewer - Jane Rackham
8:00pm - 9:00pm
VIDEO Plus+: 4920967
Five
1/4 - Papua New Guinea
Screening this after Donal MacIntyre's recent series in which he brought some Papua
New Guineans to England is a bit daft. We already know that the Insect tribe - while
scary-looking when daubed with war paint and brandishing spears - are delightful, gentle
people, so his attempt to inject drama into his visit to their remote village falls flat on its
face. And the faux-peril is unnecessary because learning about their lifestyle and
traditions is totally engrossing. The film shows MacIntyre as he mucks in with the
community, joining the hunt for crocodiles and wild pigs, as well as trying to fashion a
bowl from clay, and he thoroughly enjoys himself in the process (if the scene of him and
tribesman James giggling like schoolboys over a giant cockroach is anything to go by).
Perhaps there'll be real danger in the coming weeks, when MacIntyre visits other
communities who survive in inhospitable places such as the Sahara and Nicaragua.
RT reviewer - Jane Rackham