Jump Britain (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Mike Christie

Writer:

Mike Christie (writer)

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The long awaited sequel to the critically accliamed Jump London, Sebastien Foucan and Jerome Ben Aoues are joined by members of the UK's burgeoning Parkour community as they attempt to Jump Britain.

Plot Keywords:

Parkour | Free Running

Cast

Jerome Ben Aoues	...	Himself
Paul Corkery	...	Himself
Sebastien Foucan	...	Himself
John Kerr	...	Himself
Ben Milner	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Jump UK (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Carbon Media Ltd.

Trivia:

The production team managed to negotiate access to some of the UK's most notoriously difficult locations.

Great follow-up to Jump London, the story of parkour in the UK.

Parkour is a discipline that involves running, jumping, vaulting, climbing and generally traversing terrain, both urban and rural, in a fluid manner. It originated in France but saw an explosion of interest in the UK scene after Jump London aired in September 2003. Jump Britain follows the story of the UK scene since that explosion, and sees Parkour taken nation-wide.

Jump London was a great documentary introducing Le Parkour to a wide audience, explaining the discipline and showcasing Sebastian Foucan's, Johann Vigroux's and Jerome Ben Aoues' abilities. But it was not without its flaws.

Jump Britain addresses these flaws(notably the kind of Parkour on display and the manner in which it was shot) and builds on the original to produce a much better documentary from the point of view of the Parkour community. In fact, many of us will go as far as to say we could not find a manner in which to improve it. The locations are varied and often lend themselves to both the spectacular, but also the more technical elements of Parkour. The camera angles allow for a proper view of the traceurs(practitioners) runs, which allows the viewer to more properly understand what a Parkour run consists of.

The programme is informative, but contains enough of the wow factor to hold the attention of those who are not so interested in the background to the discipline.

Overall, Jump Britain has improved on Jump London(which was still a great documentary) and set a bench mark that future titles in the series will have to try very hard to surpass. I can't wait.