Taboo | |
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Also known as | Culture Shocks |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Morris Abraham |
Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | National Geographic Channel |
Release | September 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.
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 |
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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 |
"Death" is not featured on the National Geographic page for the show. However it does appear on the first season boxset.
This "season" consists of episodes from a spin-off series: "Taboo USA".[6]