Bush Tucker Man (1988) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Bush Tucker Man online in HD.
Bush Tucker Man — Storyline
Major Les Hiddins of the Australian Army was born in Queensland and was always interested in Aboriginal customs and practices and how those practices helped a people survive in a hostile environment for thousands of years. When he joined the Army he developed this interest into a skill and put it to good use. Learning how to survive in the Australian bush and then to teach others the same skills. He wrote various survival manuals for the Australian Armed forces and added survival notes to the back of maps used by pilots flying over the Australian bush. In this series of programmes Les shares that knowledge with us, teaching us some of his survival skills and his great respect for the Aboriginal people that taught him.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Les Hiddins
Bush Tucker Man — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1988-09-01 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 23 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | ABC TV |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 9/10 (6 votes) |
Bush Tucker Man — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Arnhem Land (1988-09-01) — Major Les Hiddins of the Australian Army explores Arnhem Land, northern Australia, and learns Aboriginal survival methods. He's on a mission to record the many bush foods and medic
- E2: The Wet in Port Keats (1988-09-08) — Surviving the rainy season in Australia's Northern Territory.
- E3: Desert (1988-09-15) — Les Hiddins travels through some of the most arid desert country in search of food and water.
- E4: Prince Regent Gorge (1988-09-22) — Les Hiddins looks for South Australian rock paintings using the journals of a 19th-century governor.
- E5: Rainforest (1988-09-29) — The Aussie survivalist discovers the secrets of the rainforests in Bloomfield, Queensland.
- E6: Northern Queensland Coastline (1988-10-06) — Les Hiddins travels to the west coast of Cape York where the first known sighting of Australia took place by Europeans.
- E7: Doomadgee (1988-10-13) — Crash survivors could have prevented starvation. In this episode, Les Hiddins is in the Gulf Country of Queensland around Doomadgee. In 1942, an American bomber crashed not far fro
- E8: Aurukun (1988-10-20) — Les Hiddins joins a group of soldiers on an expedition into the Bush to learn first-hand about the survival techniques of Aborigines
Season 2
- E1: Wet Season (1991-02-15) — Wet season brings abundant bush tucker. The Top End of Australia is a fascinating place during the wet season. Les Hiddins takes us on a journey through Arnhem Land, the Gulf Count
- E2: East To West (1991-02-22) — East to west across the top of Australia. Les Hiddins heads west through Australia's Gulf Country to Jasper Gorge in the Northern Territory. Along the way he explores underground l
- E3: Kimberley (1991-03-01) — Les is back in the Kimberley! Les Hiddins is back in the rugged Kimberley region of Western Australia – an area renowned for its beauty and isolation. He ventures as far as his veh
- E4: Top End — More survival tips from the Top End. This week, Bush Tucker Man Les Hiddins is in Australia's Northern Territory. He's on the Cobourg Peninsula in Arnhem visiting the failed Britis
- E5: Wildman — Camping in comfort on the Mary River. In this episode, Les travels to the Northern Territory's Mary River. He sets up camp (away from the crocodiles) and enjoys a relaxing break fr
- E6: Coastal Story — Exploring the Cape York coast on foot. In this episode, Les Hiddins sets out on foot to explore the eastern coastline of Australia's tip – Cape York Peninsula. Hiddins travels via
- E7: Desert Story — Les Hiddins, the cricket star. In this episode, Les is summoned to Wave Hill in Australia's Northern Territory to participate in a cricket match with his old club. He travels throu
Season 3
- E1: The Coffee Royal Affair (1996-01-27) — Major Les Hiddins uses his Bush Tucker knowledge, his bush craft and his fascination with the past to bring us this final series, 'Stories of Survival'. In episode 1, Les travels
- E2: The Cannibal Convict (1996-01-28) — The wilds of south-west Tasmania are the dramatic backdrop to this story of cannibalism. A bizarre survival technique used by one of Australia's earliest prison escapees, convict A
- E3: The Great Misadventure (1996-01-28) — How Burke and Wills might have survived. In this episode, Les retraces the famous journey across Australia from south to north by explorers Burke and Wills. If only the men had kno
- E4: The Best of Them All (1996-01-28) — The best European explorer of Australia. Les follows in the footsteps of the determined explorer John McDouall Stuart, who became the first European to cross Australia from South t
- E5: The Dutch Settlement (1996-01-28) — Were the first European Australians Dutch? Les follows various clues across Australia to investigate an intriguing report. According to the report, a Dutch colony was set up in Cen
- E6: Gold Fever (1996-01-28) — Is there unmined gold in Central Australia? Bush Tucker Man, Les Hiddins traces Lewis Lasseter's 1930s expedition to rediscover what Lasseter claimed was a rich gold reef in centra
- E7: The Passionate Prussian (1996-01-28) — In this episode, Les looks at Ludwig Leichhardt's phenomenal journey across northern Australia from Moreton Bay near Brisbane to Port Essington north of Darwin. Leichhardt's early
- E8: Into The Vilest Country (1996-01-28) — Taming the country, Cape York Peninsula. Les Hiddins travels to Cape York Peninsula in a manner that contrasts strongly with the cumbersome expedition led by Edmund Kennedy. He sho
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Bush Tucker Man have? 3 season(s) with 23 episodes.
Where can I watch Bush Tucker Man? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
