Ross Kemp: Extreme World

Ross Kemp: Extreme World
Genre	Documentary
Presented by	Ross Kemp
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4 (1 upcoming)
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Tiger Aspect Productions and Mongoose Productions
Distributor	Endemol UK
Release
Original network	Sky1
Picture format	16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original release	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon
Followed by	Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Ross Kemp: Extreme World is a documentary series shown on Sky1. The show is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in the show EastEnders.

Premise

On the show, Kemp travels around the world talking to people involved in illicit trades, locals who have been affected by violence and hardship, and the authorities who are attempting to combat the problems. In each episode he attempts to establish contacts within the groups in order to get close to the ringleaders.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	21 February 2011	21 March 2011	5
2	3 September 2012	8 October 2012	6
3	21 January 2014	25 February 2014	6
4	22 January 2015	5 March 2015	7
5	2016	N/A	7

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

Episode no.	Airdate	Location	Viewers (millions)	Sky1 weekly ranking	Multichannels rank
1	21 February 2011	Chicago	0.83	5	19
2	28 February 2011	Congo	0.72	4	26
3	7 March 2011	Juárez, Mexico	0.87	1	12
4	14 March 2011	Haiti	0.69	4	27
5	21 March 2011	London	0.81	3	15

Series 2 (2012)

Episode no.	Airdate	Location	Viewers (millions)	Sky1 weekly ranking	Multichannels rank
1	3 September 2012	Karachi	0.71	4	N/A
2	10 September 2012	Venezuela	0.68	6	N/A
3	17 September 2012	Glasgow	0.69	4	28
4	24 September 2012	Marseille	0.70	4	29
5	1 October 2012	New Orleans	0.54	5	N/A
6	8 October 2012	Kenya and Tanzania	0.54	5	N/A

Series 3 (2014)

Episode no.	Airdate	Location	Viewers (millions)	Sky1 weekly ranking	Multichannels rank
1	21 January 2014	India	0.46	4	N/A
2	28 January 2014	Papua New Guinea	0.59	4	N/A
3	4 February 2014	Northern Ireland	0.82	3	26
4	11 February 2014	Lebanon	0.57	3	N/A
5	18 February 2014	Las Vegas	0.58	9	N/A
6	25 February 2014	Rio de Janeiro	0.67	7	N/A

Series 4 (2015)

Episode no.	Airdate	Location	Viewers (millions)	Sky1 weekly ranking	Multichannels rank
1	22 January 2015	Ukraine	0.64	2	29
2	29 January 2015	South Africa	0.59	4	29
3	5 February 2015	Honduras	0.52	4	N/A
4	12 February 2015	Calais	0.52	6	N/A
5	19 February 2015	Memphis	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	26 February 2015	Aussie Bikers	0.55	7	N/A
7	5 March 2015	Britain's Deprived Coast	0.53	5	N/A

Series 5 (2016)

It was confirmed back on 8 December 2015 via Ross Kemp's official twitter account that Extreme Worlds would return for a fifth series, filming began back in 2015 before having a 3 week christmas break filming restarted in January 2016.

Extreme World took another break from filming in April 2016, due to Kemp filming for EastEnders. He returned to filming in May 2016 before taking another break to return to EastEnders once again for a three week stint. Kemp will go to and from Extreme World and EastEnders over the next year.

The fifth series is due to air round September 2016

Episode no.	Airdate	Location	Viewers (millions)	Sky1 weekly ranking	Multichannels rank	notes
1	July 2016	Syria, Iraq	N/A	N/A	N/A	Syria/ Iraq Special
2	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	2016	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

External links

• Official website
• Ross Kemp: Extreme World at IMDb