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| Take Me to the Edge | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Leo Houlding |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company | Ginger Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Virgin1 STV (repeats) |
| Release | 31 August – 5 October 2008 |
Take Me to the Edge is a British reality series investigating global rites of passage. Host Leo Houlding brings five adults to different parts of the world, where they experience local rites of passage such as rock climbs, running through fire, drinking blood straight from a cow's neck and climbing into a swarm of bees.
The six-part series was commissioned by and first shown on Virgin1 (now known as "Channel One"), and has been re-aired in 2009 on Scottish television station, STV.
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Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity (puberty), especially menarche and spermarche. In others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in Western societies, modern legal conventions that stipulate points at around the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult are the focus of the transition. In either case, many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and coming-of-age stories are a well-established sub-genre in literature, film industry, and other forms of media.
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Rite may refer to:
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