Series synopsis
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie is a British reality television series that premiered on ITV2 on October 1, 2005. It ended on October 20, 2009. It stars Jack Osbourne.
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie was a British reality television series on ITV2, series 1 focused on Jack Osbourne's globe-trekking six-month quest to get in physical and mental shape to climb the rockface of California's El Capitan mountain, the show documents Osbourne running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, following a strict exercise regimen, Muay Thai training in Thailand, and "an overall 180-degree mental make-over".
The show was broadcast by MuchMusic in Canada, and the Travel Channel ...
Premise
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie was a British reality television series on ITV2, series 1 focused on Jack Osbourne's globe-trekking six-month quest to get in physical and mental shape to climb the rockface of California's El Capitan mountain, the show documents Osbourne running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, following a strict exercise regimen, Muay Thai training in Thailand, and "an overall 180-degree mental make-over".
The show was broadcast by MuchMusic in Canada, and the Travel Channel in the United States, and Series 1 and 2 were repeated on the ITV Network late at night. The programme is also broadcast on the Extreme Sports Channel in the UK.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 31 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | October 13, 2007 | October 20, 2007 |
| Season 1 | 3 | October 1, 2005 | October 15, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 4 | August 19, 2006 | September 9, 2006 |
| Season 3 | 8 | August 18, 2007 | October 6, 2007 |
| Season 4 | 8 | September 24, 2008 | November 12, 2008 |
| Season 5 | 6 | September 15, 2009 | October 20, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Mongol Rally Part 1 There's no rest for the wicked, as Jack Osbourne embarks upon another extreme adventure. This time round Jack has enlisted the help of five friends as he prepares to take on the ultimate driving experience - The Mongol Rally. The team will be driving The King of the Jungle - a 1985 fiat Panda 4x4 which cost just £350 |
October 13, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Mongol Rally Part 2 There's no rest for the wicked, as Jack Osbourne embarks upon another extreme adventure. This time round Jack has enlisted the help of five friends as he prepares to take on the ultimate driving experience - The Mongol Rally. The team will be driving The King of the Jungle - a 1985 fiat Panda 4x4 which cost just £350 |
October 20, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series 1, Show 1 Follows Jack through daily five-mile runs, six-hour training sessions, fasting and enemas during an intense stay at a sweltering Muay Thai boxing camp near Bangkok. |
October 1, 2005 |
| 2 |
Series 1, Show 2 Kelly Osbourne visits her brother in Spain to watch him risk his life running with the bulls in Pamplona. Jack also confronts his tear-inducing phobia of heights during a training session in the French Alps. |
October 8, 2005 |
| 3 |
Series 1, Show 3 Tensions mount as Ozzy and Sharon watch their son quiver his way up the jagged rockface of California's El Capitan mountain. |
October 15, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series 2, Show 1 Jack Osbourne heads around the world for the next three months testing his adrenaline-fuelled resolve. He challenges himself with the world's biggest bungee jump and the Marathon des sables, a 150-mile ultra-marathon through the Sahara Desert. |
August 19, 2006 |
| 2 |
Series 2, Show 2 Osbourne takes on a gruelling jungle expedition in Central America with Trekforce. |
August 26, 2006 |
| 3 |
Series 2, Show 3 The adventure continues in New Zealand where Jack tries some white-water kayaking before heading to Japan for a series of gruelling trials. |
September 2, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series 3, Show 1 Jack's global adventure kicks off in New Zealand, and he wastes no time in getting his young recruits stuck into their first challenge - walking a slack line, or tightrope, suspended over a sickening drop high in the mountains. To even get to its location, after being dropped off by helicopter, the recruits face a gruelling uphill mountain slog. Two things soon become clear to Jack - he has an unfit bunch on his hands, and he's going to face a lot of moaning over the coming weeks. |
August 18, 2007 |
| 2 |
Series 3, Show 2 Jack and his crew are off to the Sarawak jungle. Here they will live beneath the canopy for six days as they trek towards the home of the Penan, one of the last truly nomadic jungle tribes untouched by the 21st Century. This task will be make or break time for recruits' mental and psychical capabilities and with no hospital nearby, preparation for the journey is the ultimate key to survival. |
August 25, 2007 |
| 3 |
Series 3, Show 3 After four adrenaline-soaked weeks away in New Zealand and Borneo, Jack and the recruits regroup in London for their next adventure. The challenge: to run a route though central London. Sounds easy? This being Adrenaline Junkie, they're going to do it the hard way by joining a hardcore team of urban runners, who are going to do the run parcour style. Jack and his recruits will use stairs, handrails and balconies to create their own obstacle course through London’s streets, and they've only got two days to get their skills up to scratch. |
September 1, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series 4, Show 1 Jack Osbourne and the gang of well known faces take on some of the toughest adrenaline thrills challenges the world can offer. In this episode, he is joined by Hollywood star Elijah Wood as they go white water rafting on the Zambezi River, cross the world's largest waterfall on a rope, and undertake a terrifying canyon swing. |
September 24, 2008 |
| 2 |
Series 4, Show 2 Jack Osbourne and his celebrity companions take on more of the toughest adrenaline thrills challenges the world can offer. In the Alps he is joined by Happy Mondays icon Bez, Ex-EastEnder Charlie Brooks and Shameless's Jody Latham. They take on the world's biggest bungee down the front of the dam which featured in Goldeneye, build their very own ice hotel in the mountains, and undertake a terrifying mid-air jump from one cable car to another. |
October 1, 2008 |
| 3 |
Series 4, Show 3 Jack Osbourne and his celebrity companions take on more of the toughest adrenaline thrills challenges the world can offer. Still in the Alps with Happy Mondays icon Bez, ex-EastEnder Charlie Brooks and Shameless's Jody Latham, the adrenaline kicks up a notch as they attempt a terrifying leap from one cable car to another, before taking on the most dangerous motor racing circuit in Europe. They round off their adventure with some Swiss pant wrestling and a spot of wing walking. |
October 8, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series 5, Episode 1 Jack's family join his this series in his quest to experience the planet's most extreme thrills. This week they drive across vertical rock faces. |
September 15, 2009 |
| 2 |
Series 5, Episode 2 Jack and his parents travel to Argentina, where they go on a two-day dog-sledding expedition into the mountains in cold weather. |
September 22, 2009 |
| 3 |
Series 5, Episode 3 Joanna Page, Jesse Metcalfe and Reggie Yates travel to New Zealand with Jack, where they bungee jump from Auckland Harbour bridge. They then make the trip to Queenstown where they have to face the world's largest canyon swing. They then have to dangle off the side of a mountain attached to a helicopter. |
September 29, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV2 |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 1, 2005 |
| Last aired | October 20, 2009 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |