The Skinny Dip

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The Skinny Dip
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Genre Travel and adventure
Created byBest Boy Entertainment
Directed by Christian Sparkes
Presented byEve Kelly
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerEd Martin
ProducersEd Martin, Ken Pittman
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Travel + Escape
Release9 July 2008 (2008-07-09) 
23 December 2009 (2009-12-23)

The Skinny Dip is a half-hour-long Canadian travel and adventure television series hosted by Eve Kelly, [1] [2] and produced by Best Boy Entertainment. [3] The show premiered with two episodes aired together on July 9, 2008 EST on the Travel + Escape Canadian cable channel, [4] which commissioned six new episodes, that aired in October and December 2009. [5] All eight episodes are now available on Amazon Prime. [6]

Contents

Premise

Host Eve Kelly travels to various destinations around the world. During each show, Eve calls upon local residents and tourists to join her in a trek to a local watering hole to skinny dip. They travel by camel, dog-sled, kayak or other mode of transport on a scenic journey, showing audiences unexplored regions of each destination. Each episode caps off with a skinny dip in a beautiful and secluded swimming hole. No frontal nudity is ever shown.

Episodes

  1. “Corner Brook” (9 July 2008) Steady Brook Falls, Marble Mountain, Newfoundland.
  2. “Brazil” (9 July 2008) Ubatuba mountains, São Paulo.
  3. “Yukon” (18 Nov. 2009) icefield river polar dip, Whitehorse.
  4. “Costa Rica” (25 Nov. 2009) Nauyaca Waterfalls, Dominical, Puntarenas.
  5. “Australia” (2 Dec. 2009) Trephina Gorge, MacDonnell Ranges, Alice Springs.
  6. “Bahamas” (9 Dec. 2009) Blue Hole, Hamilton, Long Island.
  7. “British Columbia” (16 Dec. 2009) Myra Falls, Vancouver Island.
  8. “New Zealand” (23 Dec. 2009) non-thermal falls near Waiotapu, Rotorua.

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