With a fresh take on travel television, 100 Things to do Before You Die is a wildly ambitious new, raw and unfiltered adventure series featuring French aristocrat brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud which is currently available to stream on Prime Video UK.
The series is totally unscripted, so there are no safety nets or manufactured moments. Instead, you will be watching death-defying stunts, extreme physical challenges and genuine cultural immersion all coming together to create something that is increasingly rare on screen today, and that is television that actually feels alive and real.
Quiet, relaxing holidays, something most of us tend to enjoy and look forward to, is not for Matthias and Bastien. No, they prefer to ride motorcycles through seemingly impossible terrain, survive in the wild, take on local challenges that would make most of us reconsider our life choices and truly embrace the local cultures they encounter on their adventures.
As Bastien says:
“We created this show because we were bored. Television has become too safe, too predictable. We wanted to make something where things go wrong, where people get genuinely scared, where real adventure still exists.”
With Matthias adding:
“Adventure isn’t about the Instagram moment. It’s about the moment before the photo, when you’re genuinely terrified and exhilarated at the same time. That’s what we’re chasing.”
Today’s television and social media is obsessed and saturated with perfect content and manufactured narratives. That’s what makes 100 Things to do Before You Die so different and appealing, tapping into something far more primal and our human desire to live life to its full and really experience the world in its entirety from Paris to Australia.
For example, Matthias and Bastien adventure across the Philippines by plane, car, horse, motorcycle and jeepney in what has got to be the ultimate road trip as the two brothers face the craziest activities and wildest challenges the country has to offer with no limits.
You can watch all the adrenaline-fuelled challenges and culinary discoveries of these two most adventurous French brothers on Prime Video UK via this link.
Author Bio:
Simon Burrell is a UK-based travel and motoring journalist and editor, a former member of The British Guild of Travel Writers and professional photographer.
Photographs courtesy of Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud and Prime Video
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