Tom Vitale
Director
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
Season 1
The first season of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, hosted by the world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality, premiered on Sunday, April 14, at 9pm, ET. The premiere episode of the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown offers an inside look at Myanmar. In his maiden voyage to the country formerly known as Burma, Bourdain and his crew discover the fabled beauty and local cuisines of a country that had been, up until recently, off-limits to outsiders. Further episodes include tours of Libya, Colombia, the Quebecois side of Canada, Koreatown in Los Angeles, Tangier, Peru and the Congo.
Released April 14, 2013
Episode 45 min
13+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
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Watch Providers: Pluto TV, Discovery +, Plex, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel + 3 more, HBO Max, Plex Channel, HBO Max CNN Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Zero Point Zero
Network: CNN
Country: United States
Languages:
English
9.5
S1E1 - Myanmar
With the slight relaxation of control by the government of Myanmar, Tony is finally able to explore one of the most fabled and beautiful areas of Asia.
April 14, 2013, midnight
8.8
S1E2 - Los Angeles
Tony takes Los Angeles--but with a twist. No Hollywood sign, no Beverly Hills. Instead, he zeroes in on a three square-mile area of the city known as Koreatown, where he finds a tight-knit community still marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.
April 21, 2013, midnight
9.2
S1E3 - Colombia
The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Tony will explore several regions of the country from the mountains down to the Caribbean coast to the coca leaf growing inlands formerly controlled by drug cartels.
April 28, 2013, midnight
9.7
S1E4 - Quebec
Bourdain travels to remote areas within the province of Quebec where he samples local delicacies, explores ice fishing and beaver hunting and spends time with two of funniest and most brilliant chef/restauranteurs in Canada, Joe Beef's Dave McMillan and Fred Morin.
May 5, 2013, midnight
9.8
S1E5 - Morocco (Tangier)
Tony explores the "Interzone", where artists like Burroughs, Bowles, and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces.
May 12, 2013, midnight
9.5
S1E6 - Libya
Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya. Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight.
May 19, 2013, midnight
9.2
S1E7 - Peru
Tony and his friend, world-renowned chef Eric Ripert, explore the far reaches of indigenous Andes in search of a rare variety of wild cocoa that is said to be the "best" in the world. They move from hip, modern Lima back in time into pre-Colombian Peru.
June 2, 2013, midnight
9.7
S1E8 - Congo
Tony visits Congo, the setting of one of his favorite books, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and the basis for one of his favorite movies, the classic Apocalypse Now.
June 9, 2013, midnight
Network: CNN
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 4275 min.
Released: April 14, 2013
Last Air Date: Nov. 11, 2018, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 13+
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