This four-part docuseries traces Mike Tyson’s extraordinary journey from the violent streets of Brooklyn to becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. Through Tyson’s own reflections, archival footage and testimony from those closest to him, the series explores the fearsome talent, fame, excess, controversy and personal struggles that made him one of the most compelling and polarizing figures in sport. In the first two episodes of the series, Tyson’s troubled childhood, repeated arrests and life in Brownsville seem to point toward disaster until trainer Cus D’Amato recognizes his potential and transforms his future. Tyson rises with astonishing speed, conquering the heavyweight division and becoming a global superstar, but after D’Amato’s death his life begins to unravel. A turbulent marriage, the influence of promoter Don King, sudden wealth and destructive vices threaten both his career and the discipline that made him champion.
The rainforest is home to more species of plants and animals than any other habitat on the planet. But for humans, life there is not as easy as it looks. Life in the trees requires great skill, ingenuity and sheer bravery. The Matis of Brazil carve 4-metre-long blow-pipes to hunt monkeys - in near total silence. Deep in the Congo forests, Tete defies death by scaling a giant tree using nothing more than a liana vine, and he must then negotiate an angry swarm of bees - all to collect honey for his family. Three children from Venezuela's Piaroa tribe venture deep into the jungle to hunt tarantulas - to toast for lunch! In West Papua the Korowai tribe show-off their engineering skills by building a high-rise home 35 metres up in the tree tops. Most memorable of all, in Brazil we join a unique monitoring flight in search an un-contacted tribe...
In the first two episodes of the series, Tyson’s troubled childhood, repeated arrests and life in Brownsville seem to point toward disaster until trainer Cus D’Amato recognizes his potential and transforms his future. Tyson rises with astonishing speed, conquering the heavyweight division and becoming a global superstar, but after D’Amato’s death his life begins to unravel. A turbulent marriage, the influence of promoter Don King, sudden wealth and destructive vices threaten both his career and the discipline that made him champion.