Kill Arman
| Kill Arman | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Travel / documentary |
| Created by | Tuukka Tiensuu Arman Alizad |
| Starring | Arman Alizad |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original languages | Finnish English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Jim BBC Knowledge Extreme Sports Channel |
| Release | 2009 – 2010 |
Kill Arman is a reality/documentary TV series about martial arts, created by Tuukka Tiensuu and Arman Alizad, and hosted by Alizad. The series was first broadcast in Finland in 2009.[1] Currently, two seasons have been filmed and the series is airing in over 100 countries worldwide.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]Arman Alizad is a master tailor, a fashion reporter and a party-animal, who has not done any sports in over 20 years. But in Kill Arman he has to travel to exotic locations around the world, train a different martial art in every episode, and finally fight a master of that martial art. The physical and mental challenges make Alizad question his own belief systems, and he finds whole new sides to himself.
Cast and characters
[edit | edit source]Along with the host, Arman Alizad, the episodes have many famous martial arts masters mentoring Alizad. These masters include for example Leung Ting, Leo Gaje, Martin Kampmann, Ray Sefo and Amin Asikainen.
Production
[edit | edit source]Kill Arman is a co-production between Rabbit Films, Armanin Maailma and Jim. The series was created by Arman Alizad and Tuukka Tiensuu. Tiensuu is also the director of the series.
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]In 2010, Kill Arman was nominated for the Best Finnish TV show of the year in Venla-gaala.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Kill Arman is distributed in Finland by Jim. Internationally it is distributed by DRG. It airs in several dozen TV networks around the world, including the BBC.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Kill Arman at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Kill Arman on the Finnish distributor's site (Archived 14 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine)
- Kill Arman on BBC. (Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine)
- Kill Arman as one of the nonimees for the best Finnish TV-show award in 2010.
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