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Taboo (2002 TV series)

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Taboo
Title screenshot/logo of Taboo
Also known asCulture Shocks
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMorris Abraham
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
NetworkNational Geographic Channel
ReleaseSeptember 30, 2002 (2002-09-30) –
December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)

Taboo is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is an educational look into "taboo" rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and/or illegal in others.[1]

Each hour-long episode details a specific topic, such as marriage or initiation rituals, and explores how such topics are viewed throughout the world. Taboo generally focuses on the most misunderstood, despised, or disagreed-upon activities, jobs, and roles.

Episodes

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National Geographic TV producers did not produce Taboo in seasons of fixed episode counts, thus the number of episodes in each production batch varies wildly.[2][3] The production order does not necessarily match the order episodes were arranged into for DVD "season" boxsets. In total, 118 episodes have aired.

Season Episodes Originally aired
Specials 6
1 12 2002
2 12 2003–2004
3 15 2004–2005
4[4] 13 2007
5 15 2008
6 6 2010
7 6 2011
8 4 2012
9 18 2012
10 11 2013

Season 1

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  1. "Food" - Sep. 30, 2002
  2. "Healers" - Oct. 7, 2002
  3. "Tattoo" - Oct. 14, 2002
  4. "Voodoo" - Oct. 21, 2002
  5. "Witchcraft" - Oct. 28, 2002
  6. "Marriage" - Nov. 4, 2002
  7. "Drugs" - Nov. 11, 2002
  8. "Evil Spirits" - Nov. 18, 2002
  9. "Sexuality" - Dec. 2, 2002
  10. "Death" - Dec. 9, 2002
  11. "Test of Faith" - Dec. 23, 2002
  12. "Blood Sports" - Dec. 29, 2002

"Death" is not featured on the National Geographic page for the show. However it does appear on the first season boxset.

Season 2

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  1. "Justice" - Oct. 6, 2003
  2. "Delicacies" - Oct. 13, 2003
  3. "Creature Cures" - Oct. 20, 2003
  4. "After Death" - Nov. 3, 2003
  5. "Body Perfect" - Nov. 10, 2003
  6. "Sacred Pain" Dec. 8, 2003
  7. "Rites of Passage" - Dec. 30, 2003
  8. "Child Rearing" - Jan. 12, 2004
  9. "Extreme Entertainers" - Jan. 19, 2004
  10. "Blood Bonds" - Jan. 26, 2004
  11. "Marks of Identity" - Mar. 15, 2004
  12. "Initiation" - Mar. 23, 2004

Season 3

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  1. "Outcasts" - Jun. 14, 2004
  2. "Extreme Living" - Jun. 30, 2004
  3. "Spirit Worlds" - Jul. 07, 2004
  4. "Extreme Cuisine" - Jul. 14, 2004
  5. "Extreme Childhood" - Jul. 21, 2004
  6. "Body Cutters" - Jul. 28, 2004
  7. "Body Art" - Aug. 04, 2004
  8. "Gross Grub" - Sept. 13, 2004
  9. "Rites of Manhood" - Sept. 20, 2004
  10. "Possessed" - Oct. 4, 2004
  11. "Altered States" - Oct. 4, 2004
  12. "Gender Benders" - Oct. 18, 2004
  13. "Blood Rites" - Nov. 8, 2004
  14. "Crime Scene" - Jan. 27, 2005
  15. "Gross Work" - Jan. 27, 2005

Season 4

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  1. "Initiation Rituals" - Aug. 5, 2007
  2. "Skin Deep" - Aug. 5, 2007
  3. "Sexual Identity" - Aug. 8, 2007
  4. "Signs of Identity" - Aug. 15, 2007
  5. "Proving Ground" - Aug. 22, 2007
  6. "Body Modification" - Aug. 29, 2007
  7. "Nudity" - Sept. 5, 2007
  8. "Trials of Faith" - Oct. 3, 2007
  9. "Pets" - Oct. 10, 2007
  10. "Gross Food" - Oct. 31, 2007
  11. "Extreme Performers" - Nov. 11, 2007
  12. "Jobs" - Nov. 14, 2007
  13. "Mating" - Nov. 21, 2007

Season 5

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  1. "Touching Death" - Aug. 6, 2008
  2. "Extreme Kids" - Aug. 6, 2008
  3. "Supreme Devotion" - Aug. 13, 2008
  4. "Body Extremes" - Aug. 20, 2008
  5. "Extreme Healing" - Aug. 27, 2008
  6. "Trial by Fire" - Sept. 3, 2008
  7. "Extreme Eats" - Sept. 10, 2008
  8. "Outsiders" - Sept. 17, 2008
  9. "Drugs" - Oct. 15, 2008
  10. "The Third Sex" - Oct. 22, 2008
  11. "Extreme Punishment" - Oct. 29, 2008
  12. "Bizarre Bodies" - Nov. 10, 2008
  13. "Extreme Rituals" - Nov. 24, 2008
  14. "Spilling Blood" - Dec. 1, 2008
  15. "Sex" - Dec. 8, 2008

Season 6

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  1. "Prostitution" - Jan. 17, 2010
  2. "Fat" - Jan. 20, 2010
  3. "Misfits" - Jan. 27, 2010
  4. "Narcotics"[5] - Feb. 3, 2010
  5. "Strange Love" - Feb. 10, 2010
  6. "Beyond the Grave" - Feb. 17, 2010

Season 7

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  1. "Beauty" - May 2, 2011
  2. "Fantasy Lives" - May 2, 2011
  3. "Addiction" - May 9, 2011
  4. "Hoarders" - May 16, 2011
  5. "Prison Love" - May 23, 2011
  6. "Forbidden Love" - Jun. 12, 2011

Season 8

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  1. "Secret Lives" - Jan. 3, 2012
  2. "Odd Couples" - Jan. 10, 2012
  3. "Extreme Fighting" - Jan. 17, 2012
  4. "Freaky Remedies" - Jan. 24, 2012

Season 9

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  1. "Living With the Dead" - Jun. 17, 2012
  2. "Strange Behavior" - Jun. 24, 2012
  3. "Booze" - Jul. 1, 2012
  4. "Teen Sex" - Jul. 8, 2012
  5. "Extreme Collectors" - Jul. 15, 2012
  6. "Ugly" - Jul. 22, 2012
  7. "Nasty Jobs" - Jul. 29, 2012
  8. "Weird Weddings" - Aug. 5, 2012
  9. "Strange Passions" - Aug. 19, 2012
  10. "U.S. of Alcohol" - Sept. 2, 2012
  11. "Extreme Bodies" - Sept. 23, 2012
  12. "Changing Sex" - Sept. 30, 2012
  13. "Weird Collections" - Oct. 2, 2012
  14. "Private Passions" - Oct. 9, 2012
  15. "Old Enough?" - Oct. 16, 2012
  16. "Strange Syndromes" - Oct. 23, 2012
  17. "Bizarre Burials" - Oct. 30, 2012
  18. "Devils and Demons" - Nov. 19, 2012

Season 10

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This "season" consists of episodes from a spin-off series: "Taboo USA".[6]

  1. "Secret Passions" - Jun. 04, 2013
  2. "Strange Bonds" - Jun. 11, 2013
  3. "Odd Jobs" - Jun. 18, 2013
  4. "Forever Young" - Jun. 25, 2013
  5. "Strange Obsessions" - Jul. 02, 2013
  6. "Inked, Pierced & Hooked" - Jul. 09, 2013
  7. "Extreme Obesity" - Jul. 16, 2013
  8. "Strange Medicine" - Jul. 23, 2013
  9. "Body Shock" - Jul. 30, 2013
  10. "Home Strange Home" - Aug. 06, 2013
  11. "Strange Medicine" - Dec. 17, 2013

Specials

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  1. The original Taboo pilot aired as a special in 2002.
  2. "Sex Swap" - 2007
  3. "Marked for Life" - March 2, 2008
  4. "Quest for Acceptance" - March 26, 2008
  5. "Ritualized" - Dec. 5, 2014
  6. "New Shades of Sex" - Dec. 5, 2014
  7. "Express Your Body" - Dec. 5, 2014
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  • Miss Plus America, Steph DeWaegeneer; Ms. Plus America 2009, featured in the episode "Fat".
  • The Lizardman, Erik Sprague, featured in the episode "Outcast".

References

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  1. ^ Howard, Russell (November 20, 2002). "'Taboo: Sexuality' Premiers on National Geographic Channel". tgcrossroads.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  2. ^ "Taboo". Archived from the original on March 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "'NGC Forum". National Geographic Channel Forum. February 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  4. ^ "'TV.com".
  5. ^ "'Narcotics Around the World". Archived from the original on August 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "Taboo USA - National Geographic Channel - Sub-Saharan Africa".
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