Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

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Anthony Bourdain had no reservations about a move to CNN. Shortly after concluding an eight-season stint at the helm of his popular Travel Channel series, the equally popular Emmy-winning host came to the news network searching for `Parts Unknown'. In the hourlong weekend series - similar in premise to Travel's `No Reservations' - Bourdain explores the world to, he says, `eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice ... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get'. Enticed by the opportunity to experience cultures rarely visited by American TV, such as in the Congo, Libya and Myanmar, the chef and best-selling author also takes viewers to Colombia, Peru, Morocco and, closer to home, Koreatown in Los Angeles.

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Episode 1Israel

Anthony Bourdain explores Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, where he concentrates on their rich history, food and culture, and not the political situations.

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Episode 2Spain

Anthony Bourdain explores AndalucA­a during Semana Santa (Holy Week, leading up to Easter), a time filled with great pageantry and excitement.

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Episode 3New Mexico

Anthony Bourdain investigates the underside of the Western cowboy ideal and the mash-up of cultures that comprise this uniquely American state.

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Episode 4Copenhagen

Anthony Bourdain travels to Denmark's economic and cultural capital, where he talks to famed chef Rene Redzepi and visits his restaurant, Noma.

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Episode 5Sicily

New. Anthony Bourdain explores the Sicilian way of life, which puts a premium on savouring family, life, and food.

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Episode 6South Africa

Anthony Bourdain spends a day in the life of a taxi driver and discovers the culture and food that make up modern day Johannesburg.

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Episode 7Tokyo

Anthony has travelled to Tokyo countless times, but on this trip he is in search of the city's dark, extreme, and bizarrely fetishistic underside in a country - Japan - that is a paradox.

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Episode 8Detroit

Anthony Bourdain explores the dramatic economic rise and fall of Detroit as he looks upon the past at the Packard Plant, the current urban decay, and the promise of the future.

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