Madventures (Finnish TV program)
Madventures | |
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Genre | Fiver Travel Channel |
Release | 2002 |
Madventures is a
The show premiered in Finland on the channel
The show includes a "MadCook" section, in which the travellers attempt to eat some of the least favoured dishes around the world — for example,
. Another light hearted feature are the waking up scenes, where Milonoff will often shock Rantala while he is still asleep in bed.Production
The travel documentary is made on a relatively low budget with no major production crew but rather just the two presenters travelling together with the film equipment.
Riku Rantala is the writer, presenter and producer of the program, while Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff directs and films.[1]
The first two seasons were made in Finnish, but for international audiences, season three of the show was sold to the
Episodes
The program started as a gonzo documentary about the backpacking culture and the travel stories of the protagonists. The second series added a bit more social criticism to the mix whereas the third series concentrates on cultural and sociological extremes.
The following is a comprehensive list of Madventures episodes, excluding DVD extras. The original runtime of episodes was 50 minutes. For the second series the channel decided to halve the duration of episodes.
Season 1 (2002)
- Nepal – Kathmandu
- Chitwan, Annapurna
- India – Varanasi, Delhi, Rajasthan
- India – Pushkar, Rishikesh
- India – Goa / Cambodia – Phnom Penh
- Siam Reap, Sihanoukville
- Koh Tao
- Indonesia – Medan, Lake Toba, Bali / Malesia – Penang / Singapore
- Indonesia – Bali, Sumba
- Indonesia – Sumba, Bali
- Australia – Sydney / New Zealand – Auckland / Tonga
- Tonga
- Tonga – Peru
- Amazonia
- Peru & Ecuador
- USA – California
- USA – Las Vegas
- USA – Las Vegas – Memphis
- Finland – Helsinki
- Mad Cook Special 1
- Mad Cook Special 2
- Madventures – Pahimmat iskut 1
- Madventures – Pahimmat iskut 2
Season 2 (2005)
- Jamaica
- Tokyo
- Japan
- China
- Tibet
- West Papua
- Cuba
- Africa 1
- Africa 2
- Indochina1
- Indochina2
- Mad Cook Special
- Best of Madventures II
- Madventures Radalla (Loaded)
- Madventures Koukussa (Hooked)
Season 3 (2009, Finnish broadcast)
- Amazonas
- Ex-CCCP
- West Africa
- Felix Arabia
- Nippon
- Hindustan
- China
- Papua Niugini
- Philippines
- Southeast Asia - Burma, Thailand & Vietnam
Season 3 (2009, Travel Channel broadcast)
- Brazil (September 21)
- Southeast Asia (September 21)
- Japan (September 28)
- Russia/Ukraine (September 28)
- Philippines (October 5)
- China (October 12)
- Papua New Guinea (October 19)
- India (Re:Releasing in 2010)
- Togo/Benin (Re:Releasing in 2010)
- Yemen (Re:Releasing in 2010)
Reception and awards
In 2002, the show received an Anti Animalia award[3] for their MadCook section from Animalia , Finland's largest[4] animal rights organization. Rantala and Milonoff strongly opposed Animalia's decision in public, calling it hypocritical and pusillanimous, as one of the story's points was to criticize western industrial farming. According to Madventures production team, they want to provoke and to create discussion about intolerance, neoconservatism and moralism.[5]
In 2005, the second series was awarded with an Entertainment Special-
In January 2009, the hosts were selected as the Travel Persons of the Year by the Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists. The award, which has been given out since 1972, was presented in the Matka 2009 Nordic Travel Fair.[8][9]
Releases
DVD name | Ep # | Release dates | ||||
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All regions | ||||||
Full series | ||||||
Madventures 1 | 12 | 23 November 2005 | ||||
Madventures 2 | 13 | 28 September 2006 | ||||
Madventures 3 (FI-version) | 10 | 19 October 2009 | ||||
Madventures 3 (EN-version) | 10 | 6 October 2009 |
All the seasons have been released on DVD with extras. Series 2 box set includes subtitles in English. Series 3 has two separate DVD boxes for English and Finnish viewers. Both boxes include over four hours of unaired footage.
See also
- National Geographic Channel
- Departures (TV series), a backpacker adventure journal.
References
- ^ "Madventures info". Gimmeyawallet Productions. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- YLE. 2008-10-20. Archived from the originalon 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ "Pro ja Anti Animalia -palkinnot kautta aikojen" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Animalia — Federation for the Protection of Animals". Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Madventures/Blog - Welcome To Madventures". Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Venla 2005 tulokset" (in Finnish). MTV3. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Production Housen 'Tahdon asia' sai Media & Messagen pääpalkinnon" (in Finnish). Mediaviikko. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Madventures-kaksikosta Vuoden Matkailuhenkilö" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "The Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
External links
- Official homepage
- Madventures' Travel Channel page (Archived 19 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine)
- Madventures at IMDb