The Vice Guide to Travel is a travel show-style documentary show released in 2006 by Vice Media, as part of the VBS.tv online television division of Vice.[1] The show follows Vice employees as they travel to dangerous, weird, and offbeat locations throughout the globe.[2][3]
| The Vice Guide to Travel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith |
| Starring | Shane Smith, Trace Crutchfield, David Cross, Derrick Beckles, Gavin McInnes, David Choe, Johnny Knoxville |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Variable |
| Original release | |
| Network | VBS.tv |
History
editIn 2006, VICE released the DVD The Vice Guide to Travel, which was funded by MTV[4] and inspired by the long-running series of "Vice Guides" in the magazine.[5] VICE reporters and camera teams visited locations such as the slums of Rio de Janeiro, DR Congo, and Paraguay. Spike Jonze helped edit the pieces.[4]
Videos such as the Vice Guide to Travel (2006) were made accessible for free on VBS.tv, and the docu-series The Vice Guide to Liberia[6] by Andy Capper won a Webby Award, helping foster a future partnership with CNN.[5] The episodes are currently available at VICE.com, where VBS.tv was later merged.
Hosts and recurring characters have included Shane Smith, Trace Crutchfield, actor David Cross, Derrick Beckles, editor Gavin McInnes, artist David Choe, and Johnny Knoxville of Jackass.
Episodes
editThe following are the episodes of The Vice Guide to Travel.
- The Gun Markets of Pakistan
- Bulgarian Dirty Bombs
- The Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl
- PLO Boy Scouts of Beirut
- Gorillas in the Midst
- The Slums of Rio
- Prostitutes of God
- Gypsies of Sophia
- Wodka Wars
- From Poland With Love
- Holy Thugs of Venezuela
- Jesus of Siberia
- The Warias
- Illegal Border Crossing Park
- VICE Guide to Liberia
- VICE Guide to North Korea
- North Korean Labor Camps
- VICE Guide to the Balkans
- Takanakuy: Fist fighting in the Andes
- VICE Guide to Karachi
See also
edit- Rule Britannia (2009)
- Vice (TV series) (2013)
References
edit- ^ [1] About VBS. Retrieved on 2011-5-16.
- ^ "Vice Guide to Travel (2006)". Pop Matters. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "VICE 'Guide to Travel'". Spin magazine. 15 August 2006.
- ^ a b Widdicombe, Lizzie (8 April 2013). "The Bad-Boy Brand". The New Yorker. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ a b Marlow Stern (15 March 2013). "VICE Filmmaker Andy Capper on Snoop Lion Doc, Chief Keef Series, More". The Daily Beast. The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Bowie, Adam (26 February 2010). "Inside VICE magazine's alternative travel guides". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2013.