Taboo (2002) - Video Detective

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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.

Original Release

09/30/2002 on NGEO

Links

Website

Cast

Name	Character

Andres Williams	Narrator (voice)
Lance Lewman	Narrator (voice)
Lance Lewman	Himself - Narrator
Lance Lewman	Himself - Narrator (voice)
David McCallum	Himself - Narrator
Wade Davis	Himself - National Geographic Explorer In-Residence
Peter Singer	Himself - Bioethicist, Princeton University (as Prof. Peter Singer)
Carolyn Marvin	Herself - Communications Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Gerry Erchak	Himself - Anthropologist, Skidmore College
Novella Nelson	Herself - Narrator

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Ritualized	Friday, 05 December 2014
2	New Shades of Sex	Friday, 05 December 2014
3	Express Your Body	Friday, 05 December 2014

Directors

Richard Slater-Jones, Scott Millette, Eric Strauss

Writers

Nick Long, Pam Caragol, Michael Dolan, Christine Reid, Toby Beach, Rodney Long, Susan Burchill, Richard Stomps, Rakhi Varma, Eric Strauss, Clare Nolan, Peter Yost, Caroline Stocker Stratmann, Melanie Carlos, Timothy Dilworth, Leo Faber, Harriet Gordon Getzels, Malvina Anderson Martin, Robin Freeman, Jeff Siberry, Rahki Varma, Matthew Thomason, Eleanor Grant, Noel Dockstader, Peter Getzels, Sean Fine, Geoffrey Luck, Martyn Ives, Alex Barry, Paul Hawker, Jayashree Panjabi, Jeanne Bernard, Allan Hogan, Sandra Radice, Chris Simond, Rob Mchugh, Claire Westerman, Michael Neil-Smith, Rachel Hardie, Lori Butterfield, Craig Gaudion, Alan Tomlinson, Anthony Griffis, Ross Gallen, Richard Slater-Jones, Theo Smith, Ann Carroll, Geoff Fitzpatrick, Kim Woodard, Jeanine Isabel Butler, Dana Kemp, Neil Laird, Colette Beaudry, Courtenay Singer, John Junkerman, Adam Meyer, Bill Day, Ben Ulm, Clare Dolan, Caito Lanhoso Martins, Jeff Streich

Cast

Name	Character

Andres Williams	Narrator (voice)
Lance Lewman	Narrator (voice)
Lance Lewman	Himself - Narrator
Lance Lewman	Himself - Narrator (voice)
David McCallum	Himself - Narrator
Wade Davis	Himself - National Geographic Explorer In-Residence
Peter Singer	Himself - Bioethicist, Princeton University (as Prof. Peter Singer)
Carolyn Marvin	Herself - Communications Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Gerry Erchak	Himself - Anthropologist, Skidmore College
Novella Nelson	Herself - Narrator
Paul Stoller	Himself - Anthropologist, West Chester University
Sudeepta Varma	Herself - Psychiatrist, NYU Langone Medical Center (as Dr. Sudeepta Varma)
John Halpern	Himself - Psychiatrist, Harvard University (as Dr. John Halpern)
Paul Rozin	Himself - Psychologist
Helen Fisher	Herself - Biological Anthropologist (as Dr. Helen Fisher)
Lance Lewman	Narrator
Mukulika Banerjee	Herself - Anthropologist, University College London
Kenji	Voice over
Kamari Clarke	Herself - Anthropologist, Yale
Shahla Haeri	Herself - Anthropologist, Boston University

Producers

Name	Role

Martyn Ives	Executive Producer
John Luscombe	Executive Producer
David Royle	Executive Producer
Chris Valentini	Executive Producer
Ben Ulm	Executive Producer
Ashley Hoppin	Executive Producer
Kathleen Cromley	Executive Producer
Jonathon Summerhayes	Executive Producer
Jeremy Adair	Producer
Bernice Toni	Producer
Lori Butterfield	Producer
Melanie Carlos	Producer
Patricia Dandrea	Producer
Charles Poe	Producer
Susannah Moore	Producer
Simon J. Heath	Producer
Pam Caragol	Producer
Jeff Siberry	Producer
Leo Faber	Producer
Eric Strauss	Producer
Courtenay Singer	Producer
Celia Boden	Producer
Abigail Tannebaum	Producer
Nick Long	Producer
John Mernit	Producer
Clare Nolan	Producer
Sue Learoyd	Producer
Rakhi Varma	Producer
Toby Beach	Producer
Sandra Welkerling	Producer
Juliana Tafur	Producer
Sean Fine	Producer
Peter Yost	Producer
Grainne Keegan	Producer
Jen Longhurst	Producer
Richard Slater-Jones	Producer
Adam Mosston	Producer
Julie Haire	Producer
Girish Giri	Producer
Kiran Krishna Shrestha	Producer
Vibha Dang	Producer
Harriet Gordon Getzels	Producer
Malvina Anderson Martin	Producer
Ken Pisani	Producer
Ben Ulm	Producer
Anirudh Thapliyal	Producer
Robin Freeman	Producer
Kristi Vuorinen	Producer
Jeff Allen	Producer
Nicky Bolster	Producer
Elizabeth Kaydos	Producer
Morgan Phillips	Producer
David Murdock	Producer
Eleanor Grant	Producer
James Byrne	Producer
Noel Dockstader	Producer
Peter Getzels	Producer
Wendy Woll	Producer
Sonya Humphrey	Producer
Adrian Maher	Producer
Inky Nakpil	Producer
Geoffrey Luck	Producer
Dana Kemp	Producer
Colette Sandstedt	Producer
Dafydd Palfrey	Producer
Jeanine Isabel Butler	Producer
Kate Sweeney	Producer
Skye Trimble	Producer
Meg Farrage	Producer
Theo Smith	Producer
Dana Moyal Kolevzon	Producer
Ryan Lobo	Producer
Cara Biega	Producer
Jaime Lipsky	Producer
Bruce Kissal	Producer
Priscilla Elias	Producer
Lori Daniel	Producer
Alisa Mast	Producer
Angeline Dinzik	Producer
Anne Bailey	Producer
Rose Kang	Producer
Hamdi Ould Mohamed El Hacen	Producer
Tristan Chytroschek	Producer
Kiran K. Shrestha	Producer
Eric Breitenbach	Producer
Phyllis Redman	Producer
K. Hamung Shimray	Producer
Chiara Bellati	Producer
Alan Tomlinson	Producer
Emily Hodges	Producer
Alicia Wenman	Producer
Gideon Boulting	Producer
Ann Carroll	Producer
Kim Woodard	Producer
Mags Miller	Producer
Jacquelyn Marker	Producer
Jamie Schenk	Producer
Martyn Ives	Producer
Jolie Ancel	Producer
John Junkerman	Producer
Elvira Lind	Producer
Rosie Kingham	Producer
Dora Weekley	Producer
Abdullai Adejumo	Producer
Wesley Pollitt	Producer
Belinda Seaman	Producer
Bill Day	Producer
Jodie Boehme	Producer
Kate Witchard	Producer
Matthew Thomason	Producer
Caito Lanhoso Martins	Producer
Carlos Gerard Martin	Producer
Jeff Streich	Producer
May-Yi Lee	Producer
Tami Blumenfield	Producer
Rahki Varma	Producer