Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie
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| Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie | |
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 Series 1 & 2 DVD cover |
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| Format | Entertainment |
| Starring | Jack Osbourne |
| No. of series | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ginger Productions |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV2 |
| Original airing | 2005 |
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie is a British reality series focusing on Jack Osbourne's globe-trekking six-month quest to get in physical and mental shape to climb the rockface of California's El Capitan mountain. The series is presented through Osbourne's point-of-view and features trainers Mike Weeks and Bean Sopwith as well as appearances by his parents Ozzy and Sharon.
The show documents Osbourne running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, following a strict exercise regimen, Muay Thai training in Thailand, and "an overall 180-degree mental make-over". [1]
The programme airs on ITV2 in the UK, and was repeated on ITV late at night. It's also shown on MuchMusic in Canada, and on the Travel Channel in the United States.
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[edit] Series 1
Episode 1
Follows Jack through daily five-mile runs, six-hour training sessions, fasting and enemas during an intense stay at a sweltering Muay Thai boxing camp near Bangkok.
Episode 2
Kelly Osbourne visits her brother in Spain to watch him risk his life running with the bulls in Pamplona. Jack also confronts his tear-inducing phobia of heights during a training session in the French Alps
Episode 3
Tensions mount as Ozzy and Sharon watch their son quiver his way up the jagged rockface of California's El Capitan mountain.
[edit] Series 2
Episode 1
Jack Osbourne heads around the world for the next three months testing his adrenaline-fuelled resolve. He challenges himself with the world's biggest bungee jump and the Marathon des sables, a 150-mile ultra-marathon through the Sahara Desert.
Episode 2
Osbourne takes on a gruelling jungle expedition in Central America with Trekforce
Episode 3
The adventure continues in New Zealand where Jack tries some white-water kayaking before heading to Japan for a series of gruelling trials.
Episode 4
India challenges Jack, where he tries the ancient and hard-core combat sport of Kushti Wrestling. After that there is one more ordeal he must pass before heading home...
[edit] Series 3
The third series of Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie began on ITV2 at 9.40pm on Saturday 18 August, 2007. The last episode of the series was broadcast on Saturday 6 October, 2007 at 8.45pm.
Episode 1
Jack Osbourne heads around the world testing his adrenaline-fuelled resolve, but this time he is taking five young recruits with him. This episode kicks off in the mountains of New Zealand, where Jack pushes his fledgling recruits' fear of heights to terrifying new levels.
Episode 2
Jack Osbourne takes five young recruits around the world on a series of adrenaline-fuelled adventures. Jack leads his recruits deep into the heart of the Sarawak jungle to meet the nomadic Penan tribe. Throughout the five-day trek, the recruits have to face blood sucking leeches, learn how to hunt for wild boar and are driven to the brink of exhaustion.
Episode 3
Jack Osbourne travels the world with a group of young people, testing their nerve in a series of adrenaline-fuelled adventures. Jack takes his recruits on a two-day crash course in the urban sport of free running, before they head off to Finland. Once there, they make plans to undertake a husky expedition to the Arctic Circle. But a mysterious illness begins to consume Jack, which jeopardises the expedition.
Episode 4
Jack Osbourne takes a group of young people on a life-changing odyssey around the globe, testing their nerve in a series of adrenaline-fuelled challenges along the way. In the Arctic Circle, Jack comes down with a suspected case of malaria and has to be taken to hospital. Is the adventure over for the young explorers?
Episode 5
Jack Osbourne takes five young people around the world to experience a life-changing odyssey as they engage in a series of adrenaline-fuelled adventures. Jack enlists his recruits on a week of hard knocks at China's toughest kung fu school, in what may be their most difficult challenge yet.
Episode 6
Jack Osbourne takes five young recruits around the world on a series of adrenaline-fuelled adventures. Jack takes his recruits to the Mongolian outback for a week-long traditional nomadic cattle drive.
Episode 7
Jack Osbourne takes the recruits to Hawaii, challenging them to a dive in shark infested waters.
Episode 8
Jack Osbourne takes five young people around the world to experience a life-changing odyssey as they engage in a series of adrenaline-fuelled challenges. Jack and his recruits round up their global adventure by sky diving from a World War II aircraft into the blue skies of California.
[edit] Mongol Rally
Episode 1
Jack and 5 friends attempt to drive from Hyde Park in London all the way to Ulanbattar, Mongolia in 4 weeks. They have to do this in the biggest piece of shit they find; Jack's Fiat Panda only costing £350. In the first episode they reach 6500 miles but there were melt downs and break downs.
Episode 2
Jack and his friends reach Mongolia, however Jack's Fiat Panda died and Jack and his friend had to go by a mini bus.
[edit] External links
- Adrenaline Junkie at itv.com
- Adrenaline Junkie at ginger.tv
- Adrenaline Junkie at Unrealitytv.co.uk
