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Show Summary:
In this new four-part series, starting on Channel 4 on June 17th, Daisy Donovan gets to grips with some of the most popular television shows on the planet to find out what makes some very different cultures tick.
From Egyptian’s love of seeing terrified celebrities kidnapped at gunpoint to India’s dancing obsession and from Brazil’s desire for the body beautiful to South Korea’s gaming addiction, Daisy sees how societies – and particularly the roles of women - are brought into sharp relief by their TV.
“Everybody loves television and no one more than me,” says Daisy. “I'm going on the trip of a lifetime, to experience some of the biggest, maddest and most controversial shows on the planet.
“I've got a theory that television is the window into the soul of a nation. But simply watching TV isn't enough - to get right to the heart of it I need to take part.”
The Greatest Shows On Earth S01E02 HDTV x264-BARGE
Episode Title: India
Original Airdate: Monday, June 24th, 2013
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Episode - 02
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This week Daisy’s exploring India, a nation obsessed by the small screen - from hard-hitting talk shows to countless talent shows and soap operas. In a country of 1.2 billion people, where almost every household rich or poor has a television, there’s no lack of choice with a staggering 800 channels.
But India is caught in a titanic struggle between modernisation and ancient tradition – and it’s a battle that is being played out on the country’s television screens.
To get to the heart of this large and eclectic nation, Daisy is getting involved in some of its biggest TV shows.
From the oldest and most traditional art forms to Bollywood, dance is a huge part of Indian culture and Daisy manages to blag an audition for one of the region’s biggest dance shows, Dance Maharashtra Dance. After stunning the judges into silence with her freestyle dance moves, Daisy’s offered a guest spot on the show and sent straight into training with India’s answer to Louis Spence.
There she meets seven-year-old Jeet Das, who became an overnight sensation after wowing judges and audiences on Dance India Dance. It’s a fast-track to fame and fortune that leads thousands of hopeful child stars to audition each year. In a country ridden with poverty, these television shows offer more than just fifteen minutes of fame.
Daisy is introduced to a world of pain by the Warriors of Goja, a Sikh group who are bringing their form of martial arts, known as Gatka, to thrilled and appalled audiences on reality TV. From eating glass to being smashed with sledgehammers and even run over by cars, it’s not for the faint-hearted – and Daisy gets the chance to become the first ever female Goja Warrior as she joins them on stage for a stunt that would horrify British Health and Safety officials.
One of last year’s smash hits on Indian TV wasn’t a talent search or a scripted drama, it was Truth Alone Prevails, a no holds barred talk show tackling the biggest issues affecting Indian society, which has now been seen by an astonishing 400 million Indians
Daisy meets Bollywood legend Aamir Khan - India’s answer to George Clooney - who hosts the show, to find out why it strikes such a chord. They watch highlights from the first series, which included episodes on female foeticide, domestic violence, honour killings and child abuse. It’s particularly shocking in a country that likes to keep its issues behind closed doors.
And before Daisy leaves India she reveals her raunchy lady-of-the-night dance routine to the judges and audience of Dance Maharashtra Dance .
“I’ve come to India at what seems a pivotal moment and can see the critical role that television is playing in change here,” says Daisy. “There are two things that are going on here, there’s a celebration of life, this explosion of joy and happiness, the dance, the music, the energy. And at the same time, there’s a real questioning of truth, honesty, who the Indian people are, what they want for their future, their aspirations. It’s a perfect storm at the moment – and it’s all happening on television.”
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