David Beckham Into the Unknown

So, you're going all this distance?

Yeah. Quite a bit of it is on bikes.

So what are you going to do about your hair?

'After 22 years of playing professional football,

'I've retired.'

How about the big sandwiches that we used to get

for the Champions League?

'I've loved every minute of playing.

'I've captained England, and achieved so many of my dreams.'

Action.

But now, my world is suddenly very different.

'So I'm going on a very different adventure.

'Just me and three of my mates.'

'I'm travelling in Brazil, a country I love,

'but have never been able to explore.'

We're fishing for lunch.

Use your biceps!

Seriously, I've got a sweat on.

'And I'd like you to come with me.'

Morning.

'As I go deep into the Amazon jungle...'

Don't make me laugh, I can't get the giggles.

'And see the world in a whole new way.'

A few months back I was playing five-a-side in a park,

the only game that I've actually played since I retired.

I didn't have my security with me at the time.

And it all of a sudden dawned on me that

I haven't walked through a park for probably...

15, 20 years without being recognised or without being chased,

or without being photographed.

It made me realise that I'm missing out on...on so much.

With the kids...

-DOORBELL RINGS

-Sorry, one minute.

-Ten minutes.

-Yeah.

All right.

All right, let me just finish this off.

# When everything is going down

# Nothing seems to feel the same. #

'For the first time, I'm not focused on playing football.'

Hey.

-You ready for this?

-I'm excited.

'I can set my own schedule and try new things.'

Thank you. Shut the door behind you.

It's a bit cold, isn't it?

'So I'm going to do a trip to the Amazon.

'Experience life as remote and as simple as I can.

'I've never done anything like this before and I'm excited.'

Wait, do I get one?

'My friend Anthony's travelled all over Brazil

'so he's going to lead the trip, and direct the film.'

Are you ready for this, sir?

Yeah, the fact that I have triple duty, you know?

-Ah.

-It's like I've got to...I've got to watch where I'm stepping

-and hold the camera.

-Ah.

And make sure I'm getting your right side, you know?

'There's Derek, a mate of mine from LA.'

-You don't know much, Derek, right?

-No.

-You don't know much about what we're doing?

-No.

'But, he does know everything about bikes,

'so if anything goes wrong he'll be there.'

Wait, we're camping?

THEY LAUGH

Look at that.

'This is Davva, my oldest and best friend.'

That's an anaconda.

'He doesn't like snakes, he doesn't ride bikes.'

Seriously, if that's coming... You could outrun that, surely.

'I really can't wait to see how he copes with this.

'They're the three people I want to go on this crazy adventure with

'because I know they'll have my back.'

-I used to be a health-conscious footballer.

-Mm.

Any time away from my children and my family, it's...

it's always going to be painful for me,

-but it's the same with you guys, it's the same with you.

-Mm.

Obviously leaving my little boy.

-He looks just like you, man.

-He's lucky, eh?

He's gorgeous.

I just...I'm leaving just my dog, that's it.

How was Dee?

She was like, "You're going where with who? To do what?

"No...no, dog, no."

Yeah, I had a similar conversation...

"You're going where to find yourself?

"You're going where to find yourself?

"Why can't you find yourself at home?"

-Brooklyn!

-Yeah.

-Can you bring that bag down for Daddy?

-Yeah.

It's over there.

Which vaccinations did you get?

I've had every vaccination possible.

My God.

I had one a week for the last six weeks.

'Anthony's not told me too much about the trip.'

Hmm, a map.

'All I know is that we're starting in Rio

'and we're going to end up staying with a tribe deep in the rainforest.

'Everything in between is a bit of a mystery.'

Wow. That is a long way.

It's a long way.

I think you'll be surprised at how many people

know exactly who you are.

If I do get recognised by a tribe in Brazil,

-then I'd be really honoured.

-Mm-hmm.

But I don't think it's going to happen.

The humidity will be the thing.

When you're in somewhere like the Amazon,

one minute it could be boiling hot

and then the next minute it would be, you know, torrential rain.

So what are you going to do about your hair?

Cos, you know, humidity...

Don't laugh at your mum.

I'm telling you, I can't even go to humid countries cos of my hair.

What are you going to do?

Well, I'm going to wear a hat.

Right, you should wear a hat through the whole thing.

What are you going to eat?

Um, whatever we catch.

-Are you going to seriously be catching food?

-With our bare hands.

Are you going to really have to like hunt for your own food?

Yeah, we're going to do a bit of everything.

Who's going to cook here once David's gone?

Listen, I have a reputation for being completely hopeless at home

but let me tell you I'm actually not that bad.

But we'll be fine.

What do you think? You think I'm going to struggle with anything?

-Spiders.

-Why?

-Spiders and snakes.

-I'm always brave.

I'm not so sure, you know.

What?

Are you playing football with me?

Yeah.

-There's one thing I always say to you...

-Yeah.

..when I'm going away.

"Be the big boy and look after your mum and brothers."

-You're the oldest man in the house.

-Yeah.

So that means you've got to look after your sister,

after your mum, after your brothers...

You've got to do all the cooking, yeah?

Are you going to miss me?

-Maybe.

-Maybe?!

Yes.

You'll miss me, I know you will.

We should so do this when I'm older though, go on bikes.

-We can. Just me and you?

-Yeah.

-Well, we'll do that.

-OK.

But what's more important than going to these places at your age?

-School.

-School, exactly.

-Football.

-Football.

And what's the most important thing,

out of any of those, for you and your brothers not to do?

Um...don't play football in the house.

Apart from not playing football in the house. Don't fight.

Yeah.

-OK, good.

-That's going to be hard.

At least you've cleared that one.

It's going to be hard? It better not be.

Are those your new shoes?

Yeah.

Your mum's going to kill you.

-She won't have to know.

-You know mums know everything, right?

Thank you.

'I never like leaving my family,

'but I must admit it feels great

'to finally get going on a trip of a lifetime.'

# A little less conversation a little more action

# All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me. #

We're going to be good in the jungle...

Can't even put bags on a trolley.

Can you sign that, please?

# Satisfy me, baby

# Baby, satisfy me

# Satisfy me, baby

# Satisfy me

# Satisfy me, baby

# Satisfy me

# Satisfy me, baby. #

'And now, I need a good rest. Tomorrow the adventure begins.'

-Wow.

-One for each.

'Anthony introduces us to our bikes and we're finally hitting the road.'

Drive safe.

'When I'm wearing a helmet, no-one knows who I am,

'so I'm free to experience the real Brazil for the first time.'

MUSIC: "Spread Your Love" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Can you believe we did it?

I can't even believe it.

Riding through Rio, one of the most beautiful cities, is incredible.

I've been here twice before with Manchester United,

but on this visit, Anthony's making sure

I see more than just the hotel and a football stadium.

Empanada. My favourite place, man.

We pay for this before we go up?

So just go to the guy, he'll weigh it, and he'll give you a ticket,

we pay at the end.

Thank you.

How many paps out there?

There's loads of them there.

-We should probably go, huh?

-Yeah.

Quite busy out there.

Hey, how long?

-Less than five.

-Less than five.

-OK?

-Thank you.

-Hi.

-Hey.

Should we just go? Anthony! We just go, yeah?

-We can just go?

-We just go, yeah.

I've always got time for the fans, I used to be one myself.

But we've only got a day here, and I want to see Vidigal,

one of the hillside favelas that looks out over Rio.

So you know this was a warzone

and there's a favela just on the other side of the mountain

-called Rocinha, and they were having a battle for 20, 30 years.

-Really?

With the World Cup coming

the government's been forced to clean up all the activity here.

You can see it's safe enough that we can come here.

You'd never...you would never be able to come here... Even two years ago.

-Really?

-No way.

-Unbelievable, huh?

-Unbelievable.

To see this, we've gone from the craziness of down there

and within ten minutes we're here.

The favela's built in a neighbourhood

where you couldn't really build houses.

It was basically the poorest people came up here

and just did what they could.

What's ironic is they have the best views in all of Brazil.

I'd love to be here when a Brazilian game's going on.

The atmosphere must be unbelievable.

Chatting with the locals,

it's obvious life in the favela is changing.

Very good.

Hey! Rio de Janeiro!

-You're still playing?

-Thank you. No, I'm finished.

-You're finished?

-Yeah, I'm too old.

You could play for Flamengo and get a little spot up here.

You want to mention that to Victoria?

Yeah, got you, don't worry!

There's a game going on down there.

You want to do it? Come on.

Do you know how hard it is, by the way, on the sand?

Against Brazilians, as well.

If you love football like I do,

it's hard to pass a kick about without wanting to join in.

-Come to play?

-Yeah, it's OK?

-Yeah, of course.

-Sure?

Yeah, no problem.

'Football used to be banned on the beaches in Rio, but this is Brazil,

'so they just invented a new way to play, using the volleyball courts.'

How are you?

OK?

Oh, wait, yes.

Ah, little drop shot.

Hey!

-Yeah?

-Yeah, yeah.

-OK.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

'I love Brazilian football.

'I've not met one Brazilian that I've never loved playing with,

'I've never loved being around.'

-Davva, have you touched it yet?

-Give me an overhead.

'Their style of play, their passion, their happiness...'

it's the culture of the people.

Oh, oh!

Nice, Derek.

Doesn't matter where they play, whether it's on the beach,

whether it's in the park, whether it's in a World Cup final,

they treat each game the same.

They want to win but they play with happiness and fun and enjoyment.

There's not many countries that have that.

-You play well, huh?

-Yeah, not bad.

-OK, thank you.

-Beer?

-Beer, beer.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

I think so.

It still...it still amazes me how they recognise me.

It really does, it really does.

-It means a lot when they...when they do.

-It's the neck tattoo.

-And they told me I had good technique.

-They did?

So I'm quite happy with that.

-Thank you.

-No, thank you.

# My life, my life, my life, my life in the sunshine. #

Picture, picture, please.

Yeah. OK.

# Everybody loves the sunshine

# Sunshine, sunshine... #

Yesterday was just...

I loved every part of it, you know?

Because when I came to Rio ten years ago with Manchester United,

I really wanted to play foot-volleyball,

but I kind of never had the confidence.

And I actually felt embarrassed to walk up

and to go and ask if I could join in.

Why was that?

Um, an Englishman coming and walking onto the beach

and asking to play...

Kind of...kind of nerve-racking, so I...I never asked,

and I always regretted it.

Uh!

'I've already done one thing I've shied away from before.

'And as we head to the jungle,

'I'm wondering what other new experiences are coming our way.

'I've no idea what to expect - but I can't wait.'

We're flying to Manaus, the gateway to the Amazon rainforest.

And as we arrive, it's living up to its name.

Welcome to Manaus.

RAIN SPLASHES

Wow.

How are you feeling?

I mean, you hear that rain and you know it's different.

Yeah.

Do you always, um, put photos out whenever you're away?

Always.

It helps me, seeing them.

What is that?

Um, letters from the kids, that, um...

they've all put a note in my bag to surprise me when I got here.

"Dear Daddy, I hope you do not get eaten by a hippo.

"I miss you already. Lots of love, Romeo."

"See you later. Love...love, Harper."

"I love you."

"Be safe. Love, Cruz."

Nice surprise.

Makes me miss them.

I'm ready to get out of a hotel and into a hammock

and to experience...

..you know, life in the Amazon and to...

..go into something that is so out of my comfort zone.

-But...

-Why? Other than just being away.

There's always been a reason why I've been away.

I've always been told to be somewhere at a certain time

and there's always a real reason behind me being in a place.

As much as I've enjoyed it and I've loved it

and it's been an amazing experience, you know,

that's Manchester United's choice, or Real Madrid's choice,

or the Galaxy's choice.

Whereas I'm here in Manaus in Brazil and heading to the Amazon.

It's my choice.

Now, get out of my room. I'm going to bed.

HE LAUGHS

OK.

When in doubt, gas it, all right?

Also when you're turning,

if you're turning to the left push on your right peg.

'The time's come to get on our bikes for our first long ride.

'We'll be making our way through the city

'and heading to the edge of the jungle.'

-It's got air conditioning.

-Did you see the pedals?

-Stick of course, yeah?

-Yeah.

'Dave doesn't ride motorbikes, so he has to drive the support truck.'

-It's romantic in here, you know?

-Hey.

I met Dave playing for Man United when I was just a kid.

He's my closest friend, he's stuck with me through good times and bad.

I can't wait to hit the road,

but first we need to get this old truck going.

-Anthony!

-Yeah.

Is there a special way to start this? It won't start.

-Do you press these buttons and things?

-Let's have a look.

Put it in first.

Maybe you have to press this.

That's a long way to first.

THEY LAUGH

That's a sign.

We'll see you there.

The sign is Heathrow.

You've got AAA?

ENGINE ROARS

-What did you do?

-That's the starter button.

It's got a start button, just like the Bentley?

What side of the road do you drive on?

Just make sure you're always in the middle.

'England open their World Cup campaign here in Manaus.'

David, to the stadium?

'This brings back memories of my first tournament, France '98.

'It was going well, but a single moment changed my life.'

There's nothing bigger and better than the World Cup.

It can make...well, it can make or break you.

It almost broke me.

That year? What happened?

The sending off, because I flicked out at one player.

Diego Simeone...

Yeah.

Stupidly, I was young, you make silly mistakes, it was a mistake,

but that's when I went through all the shit that I went through.

For four years I got abused by the public, by the media,

but in a way I'm glad it happened

cos it made me as a player, made me as a person.

-Made me stronger.

-Yeah.

There's no way Gardner's made it through. Oh, there he is!

Dun-do-do, dun-do.

It's impossible to drive. No brakes, no steering.

To put the windscreen wipers on you have to hit the bottom here.

Disaster. The brakes don't work.

-Nice and easy.

-Look at the steering wheel, look.

'There's no time to hang about.

'Over the next few days, we've got to get 800 miles

'through the rainforest.

'We'll use bikes and boats most of the way,

'but because the tribe live deep in the Amazon,

'the last leg of the journey will have to be by a small plane.'

'But today, we're just on the bikes as we take a long ride

'to the edge of the jungle to meet our guide.'

It was actually refreshing to be out of the city, to be honest.

Crossing the bridge was amazing.

Yeah, that was really cool.

-Couple of great stretches there, it was just all green.

-Yeah.

What do you think about when you ride?

I don't really think about anything when I'm riding, that's the...

that's the great thing, that's the... That's why I ride.

It's the enjoyment of not thinking about anything

and not worrying about anything

and no-one knowing it's you under the helmet.

Should we go?

Yeah.

Somewhere along the way we've lost Dave,

but we have to get going if we want to get there before dark.

ENGINE FALTERS

What's the technical word for it?

Overheated?

I don't know where they are, they're obviously not bothered about me.

Obviously they're really concerned

because the phones have not stopped ringing, and the radios.

The sun's going down, but it's still 28 degrees heat.

We're thirsty and delighted

to finally find somewhere for a pit stop.

Beer?

-Cerveza?

-Cerveza?

Where are we right now, by the way? Huh?

I have no idea.

Cheers.

Cheers.

So, you think, uh...

You think this guy knows who you are, right here?

-No, no clue whatsoever.

-Really?

How great is that? No clue whatsoever.

You speak English? Parla anglais? Parla anglais? No?

Do you know who he is?

No?

We're artists? How does that feel?

Is that the only time you've ever...?

I am so happy, I'm so happy.

-Seriously, has it ever happened before?

-Uh...

When was the last time that happened?

Not in China, not in India, not in Africa...not anywhere.

No.

-Wow. Pretty funny.

-Amazing. I love it.

It's only day two.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

How long would it take if we went all the way like this?

I think it could be a long night.

It gets dark really quick around here and we've got to push on.

It's a long, tricky ride up a dirt track to where we're staying,

and I've never ridden on anything like this before.

I so nearly went down so many times.

Oh, my God! How was that?

I almost broke my ass like six times!

Push it up against it. Got it?

-Derek, get over there.

-You want to get into there or what?

-Are you all right?

-You all right?

-It's too fun to watch!

-Food looks great, by the way.

-Who's got the beer?

All right, how you doing, man?

Just about in one piece, we meet our guide Conrado.

He's spent his life in the jungle

and we're hoping he's going to keep us alive.

Thanks, man, I appreciate that, you forgot to tell us

it was a dirt road for the last five miles.

-OK, I tried to explain it but... rain, man.

-Yeah?

Don't worry, he doesn't always listen.

That's a good...that's a full day riding right there.

It's a great...great day of riding.

Do you know, we can't show Victoria this bit,

she thinks we was catching our food and eating it.

I've got to keep to that.

So, where...where are we right now?

And why are we in this particular part?

Well, I should ask you first what you come to do here, you know,

you should be like sitting round a five-star hotel.

-We knew that if we come here there's...

-Nobody knows you.

-No, no, no, no.

-Not going to be any...

Nobody knows me and we...we get left alone, which is good.

Yes. This community here is called Angeline

and we only have about 15 families, 20 families.

Here people they...they survive.

They live to live, they don't live to get rich

because here there is no supermarket.

What you seen in jungle, this is their supermarket,

and whatever they can find, that's what they kill.

So, um, the jaguars, there's a lot of them around?

Yeah, there is quite a few around here.

This is their home and there is a... there is a law

that we always mean to follow in the jungle

which means leave me alone, I leave you alone.

Tell me about... What's our biggest threat here?

Is it jaguar, is it the spiders, is it...?

The most dangerous thing can be a snake.

Mm.

Because we have all kind of different snakes.

We have different vipers, we have different bushmasters.

How big are they, bushmasters?

The biggest one's just like about two...two metres,

and then we have the fer-de-lance,

and this one is more aggressive because he always like to bite you.

Stop it!

Will they...will they be out there?

They don't kill you.

It's like this... No risk, no fun, you know, so...

No risk, no fun.

THEY LAUGH

We have another friend that's coming but he was in a truck,

he was driving a truck.

Oh, he did not arrive yet?

No. I don't know where he is.

He's been my friend since I was 14.

Oh, really? OK.

So he deserves to be where he is right now.

Where's your truck?

We had a bit of, what's the word, mechanical difficulties.

We broke down and we had to get towed, engine blew up,

rope snapped, and then we've got lost.

Where's your mate?

He's not happy cos his engine just blew up.

Did you blow up the engine?

He said I was going too fast.

THEY LAUGH

I was doing 35km an hour. 35.

Did you bring the gear bags?

The bags, no, the bags are in the truck on the side of the road.

Couldn't fit in.

Couldn't fit in where? In the truck?

Is that all you care about, the bags?

I've just spent 16 hours getting here and you care about the bags?

We just had 60 people directing us and everyone was going like that.

Seriously...

28 hours travelling in two days.

It should be called Planes, Trains And Automobiles, this.

THEY LAUGH

How long have we been here? Six weeks?

Right, so it's 12:00.

-12:00.

-It's later than that.

We were asleep till somebody walked in with a floodlight.

I might actually change to Scrabble so at least I look a bit...

No way, man, we're getting this.

You should get this one on camera cos I'm going to break my record.

I got it. Oof.

Shush.

I'm scared of moving.

I feel as if I'm too close to the floor.

I mean, what's going to get me?

You hear that shit outside?

-We heard a noise before, you know.

-What?

Growling. All three of us went, "What was that?"

It was a little dog.

A dog outside.

The local dog. We thought it was a jaguar or something.

I broke my record.

HE YAWNS

When the sun comes up, I can finally see where we slept...

A small farm on the edge of the rainforest.

There's ants everywhere.

Um... OK.

Day one, um, in the Amazon.

Not a great night's sleep, I can't lie.

Um...never slept in a hammock before.

Been in a hammock with the kids and Victoria but, um...

Never slept in a hammock before.

-Are they up yet?

-Morning.

-7:30, it's not even 8:00, man.

-It's amazing.

Anthony slept all night.

Dave moaned all night.

Derek snored all night.

That's a problem because you can't snore in the jungle, man.

He can.

But it was...it was amazing, and waking up to this, I mean...

Who wouldn't want to wake up to this every day?

Probably got all ants now as well.

Look at the state of me.

-Seriously.

-Notting Hill's finest.

It's all gone out the window. The look's gone out the window.

We're going to make some breakfast now.

-You want to cook an egg?

-Yeah, why not?

-Over easy.

-Do you know how to do it?

-Cook an egg?

-Yeah.

What do you think?

Aah, shit.

You'll have a cooking programme after this.

I love to cook, I must admit.

How did...? With all the years on the road and playing...

how did you learn?

Before I met Victoria I lived... I lived in Manchester on my own

for four years.

So, I just learnt to cook then.

And also, my mum used to let me cook with her when I was young.

Look, not bad.

I think this is going to be too greasy for you, Anthony.

This is what the Indians use to paint themselves, you know,

because the red, it's a protection from the evil spirits.

I like that.

I think they need some on.

When you go back to your people, Conrado,

you'll be like, "I made this fool wear this stuff."

THEY LAUGH

-You look good.

-Thanks, guys.

'Hello?'

-Hey, mate.

-'Hi.'

So, are your brothers and sister and Mummy OK?

'Yeah.'

Yeah? What was the Man United score yesterday, do you know?

'3-0.'

Ah, nice. Dad is in the middle of the jungle now.

'Is it cool?'

Yeah, it's really cool.

It's kind of a trip how you have kids that are 15.

The cool thing is, though, that you're going to have grandkids

and great-grandkids in your lifetime, you know?

I hope so.

Whereas me, I'm 36, I don't even have a prospect, you know?

You've probably got a few but you just don't know about them.

Oh, geez.

'Before heading to the jungle, we need to sharpen up.'

What you want, you want something that grips, right?

If you don't have a stone, what you do, you take the sand,

you put it on the wood, see?

The sand will sharpen the steel?

-The stone's made out of sand, so, see?

-Now we're talking.

And this is one of the hardest woods, right,

it's called Brazilwood.

You're going to use this on the way, I'm going to use mine much more

at this moment, but you're going to use yours when we go in the jungle.

'Anthony's plan was for us to catch a boat.

'But the bikes are too big to carry,

'so we have to meet them upriver.'

I'm sort of bummed we're letting go of the bikes.

Aren't we seeing them there?

Yeah, but just, you know, I thought they were coming with us.

So this is the small channel that we're going to go down, OK?

-To the Black River.

-Which is the Rio Negro.

-How many hours?

-This is going to be days.

Here in the Amazon we don't talk about hours.

Here you say, our boat get delayed one day, one week.

So when we talk, you don't talk about hours here.

So, our motorbike, since we cannot take it, will be

waiting for us in another place.

Look at the little boat with the motorcycle on it.

ENGINE REVS

-You hear the bikes fired up?

-Yeah.

I'm sad about it, but I know they're going to turn up somewhere else,

so, I'm kind of excited about going on a boat.

'Waiting for us at the creek is Raj, he's in charge of our safety.'

So, guys, these are the boats the fishermen use to farm the mandioca.

And this is what you need to use to actually get through this

creek onto the Rio Negro.

You need to be aware of your surroundings.

The reason being is a few days ago

they've seen a six metre anaconda just pop out of the water.

Personally, I'm going to stay in the boat.

Are you afraid of water?

-I'm afraid of this water.

-Yeah?

-In general, no.

-I'm nervous about that boat.

Well, it keeps filling with water. Look.

You boys are going to have to empty the water about every few minutes,

that's what the fishermen do, these are the boats the fishermen use.

-I'll be the water boy, yeah?

-Yeah, keep scooping.

There's a hole in the boat?

It's full of holes.

Conrado, you want me to paddle? Give me a paddle, I'll paddle.

-Oh, my God.

-HE LAUGHS

If we didn't have balance, we were dead then.

Tree.

Be careful, be careful, be careful. Push off, push off.

-Whoa. Whoa!

-Watch out.

I thought there was something moving in there then. Do you want...?

I don't want to touch that.

Some shit in there.

HE WHISTLES

That's the capuchin monkey that makes that noise.

I mean, this is real.

Actually, this is pretty amazing, you know.

I mean, is this sort of the most adventurous thing you've ever done?

-Yeah, without a doubt.

-Yeah.

-Without a doubt.

Back when I was 15, all I ever thought about was football.

I knew I had to sacrifice things and I did.

I mean, I sacrificed friends and a social life at 15.

15 is where you start kind of exploring.

Moving up to Manchester and then being taken on by a club that

looked after me so well, a manager that became like my second dad -

Sir Alex Ferguson - and they took over the responsibility of...

..you know, bringing me up as a football player but also a man.

It's calming.

As an athlete, when you finish playing it's a tough time,

you know, I found it tough.

You go through a stage of enjoying the rest,

then you don't know what to do, you need to do something.

I went through that stage

and now I'm going through the stage of missing the game.

Come on, David. You are afraid of the water?

-I'm not afraid of the water.

-Right?

-No, I just don't want to go in.

-I've got s... My boots are tied up.

-It's so easy.

Silly idea.

That was amazing

Now, you know, I go to watch a basketball game

and when you're watching athletes play at the top of their game,

for me, it gives me that itch again.

And I want to be back in the game then.

And I start thinking to myself, could I play again?

Could I go back, could I come out of retirement and start playing again?

So, we might see you in a jersey again is what you're saying?

-I mean...

-Can you be a player/owner?

There's never been a player/owner, but maybe. Maybe.

I mean, listen.

Going from the madness of Rio...

..to this.

Still wouldn't swim in there, though.

HE LAUGHS

'Six hours on a boat led us out to the Rio Negro.'

-You all right?

-Yeah.

'And as the sun sets over the riverboat that we're staying on,

'I've never felt so far from home.'

Ah, I'd love a nice piece of steak. Steak 'n' chips.

ENGINE HUMS SOFTLY

Did that generator wake you up? Good job it's only 4.00 am.

I feel like I'm on a ferry boat on the Mississippi right now,

that's what it looks like.

Is that a good thing?

I've never been on a ferry boat on the Mississippi either.

THEY LAUGH

Morning.

I think it's around 8.00 on... I've no idea what day it is.

I just woke up, we travelled overnight.

This is where we slept.

Great night's sleep.

Still, you know, I was able to think a lot last night and I don't

know, why did I have to come all this way to be able to think?

Part of me feels it's a selfish thing to do.

I never saw myself as a selfish person but in sitting back

and reflecting on my life, my sacrifices over the years,

I've probably been selfish once.

For instance, you know, I've had to block out the fact that

I don't see my children every single day because I'm in Milan

playing for AC Milan. That time was a difficult time for Victoria.

You know, my children, the boys, cos Harper wasn't born at the time,

the boys would visit me from LA.

And there was one moment where they were leaving and they were at

the airport and they were literally holding on to me.

And that, for me, as a father,

that was one of my toughest moments as a dad.

It was selfish, selfish because I wanted to make the World Cup team.

I would've done anything.

The ego side of me on the field is the reason I've made these

decisions, not what was easy for my family.

All I want to be is the best dad and I hope they're proud of me.

That's all I want.

Time to go fishing.

This is the widest part of the Rio Negro at the moment,

it's about 20 to 30 kilometres wide.

And this flows out to what?

This goes direct to the Amazon,

and then the Amazon goes to the Atlantic.

You see the tower?

Can you see the observation tower over there?

That's where they spot the schools of fish?

Yes, this is how they spot the fish.

-You have to have good eyes, huh?

-Yes. Hey!

DAVID GRUNTS

'The fish I grew up with came wrapped up in newspaper with chips,

'but this is the Amazon.'

'Enrico's family have worked as fishermen here for generations.'

OK.

-He's inviting you now to see.

-So you go from the inside?

-Yes, OK. Just the way he's doing it.

-OK.

-David, what you doing, mate?

-You what?

-What are you doing?

-Going up there.

-Morning.

-Morning.

I wouldn't do that, if I was you, without rigging up some gear first.

-I'll be all right.

-Let's just get a bit of safety on him, shall we?

-This wobbles, it wobbles...

-It's OK?

-..the higher up you go.

They say it's OK, mate, they've got different rules.

-I'm saying it's not OK.

-I'll be all right.

No, you won't. All it does, it takes a second...

I'll be OK.

It takes a second, mate, and then that'll be game over.

Raj, you're talking to a world-class athlete.

I'm all right. I'll stay here.

I know he might be a good footballer,

he might be nimble with his feet, but no, sorry, guys.

Do you see our dinner?

At the minute, we're not going to be eating tonight.

When you fall and die, we're going to eat you.

When you die...

DAVID LAUGHS

So let's go and try to catch our lunch, man.

OK, let's go.

Obviously we're going up a tower that's in sand

so I get what he's saying, safety things, but these guys do it every

single day and being told not to do something, I'm 38 years old so...

How does it really make you feel?

Like a kid.

Like a kid.

-OK, guys.

-Are we going in this boat?

-Yes.

-You're getting in the inner part.

-You're good?

-Yeah.

Derek, have you noticed how no-one cares about you?

Where's your safety harness?

Is it Derek's fault if we don't catch anything?

THEY LAUGH

Don't fall asleep.

Need some help, you want me to help? Yeah? OK.

MOTOR HUMS

We're fishing for lunch.

Do you know how heavy this net is?

Use your biceps.

Seriously, I've got a sweat on.

HE LAUGHS

How many times do they do this a day?

12 to 14 times, depends on the day.

Think I need a better stance.

You want to do it? Watch a pro do it.

I mean, to do this every day, go out hunting for food,

especially if you can do it with your kids as well.

Imagine doing this with the kids.

(I'm trying to be as quiet as possible.

(I'm waiting for a whistle from the guy that's looking out up there.

(You just have to be quiet because it scares, obviously, the fish.)

Anything?

They'd be jumping out of the water by now, wouldn't they?

You would've thought so.

Oh! Hey, he's just jumped out. Lift the nets higher.

There's more out there.

Oi, oi, oi!

HAPPY LAUGHTER

Good day.

Good day.

Good stuff.

This here is one of the matrinxa and it's very strong,

and this is very expensive.

For like this, you're already paying like ten real.

Can I have a go at filleting one?

Yeah, sure. Be careful with your hands.

I've always wanted to fillet a fish, so...

-Have we got like, tweezers?

-Go have a look at Gardner up there.

Got the spiky things in my feet.

Have you seen him? Seeing the medic cos he's got a splinter.

If it had happened to those two they'd be crying, you know.

Good?

So this is Mr Enrico's house, OK.

This is his kitchen and this is his wife here.

Hello. What is the best way of cooking?

-Frigir.

-Frigir.

Enrico's wife said the best way of cooking the fish is frying it,

so we've seasoned it, little bit of salt, little bit of pepper,

looking pretty good, to be honest.

-Not bad, no?

-Pretty good, huh?

My first time I filleted a fish, so I'm quite proud of myself.

You should try this, this is the most delicious part, you know.

-No, no, I'm good.

-Going to give it a try?

I like the nice white piece of the fish.

-What is it?

-The head, the eyes.

-The eyes.

-Mm.

Some life.

If you didn't play football what do you think you would've done?

Er, I don't know.

I used to do a lot of work with my dad as a gas fitter.

When he was working he used to take me every Saturday, we used to

go up to a restaurant called RSJ's, we used to do the ovens.

Then we'd go from there back to East London, we'd go to my dad's

local football club where we'd play football for ages, for hours.

He was a hard player, my dad. He always used to say to me,

"I'll let you know when you've made it." That's what he said to me.

Did that moment happen?

Yeah, when I got my 100th cap for England, he said,

"You've done well, boy."

-That's when he let you know?

-Yeah.

So, we're changing plans. We were supposed to go up the river

but we decided we wanted to get to the bikes earlier,

so we've diverted, going to pick the bikes up,

and we're putting them in the jungle boat.

We're taking that up the river, and then we're taking

potentially a very dangerous mud and trench track.

But we're willing to take the risk because, at the end of the day,

the bikes are important.

-Yes, they are.

-Yes.

'Getting back on the bikes means taking back control.

'Riding in the Amazon is risky but it's our choice

'and that's what this journey is all about.'

ALL: One, two, three, go.

Keep coming, keep coming.

'Unfortunately, this road doesn't take us where we want to go.

'Conrado thinks he knows of a direct route,

'but it means taking the bikes on the boat.'

Right now, this right here is called Prainha.

-And when we get to this dirt road...

-How rough is this road going to get?

Right here, we're going to go up and down.

-So you must be careful how you're going down.

-OK.

We don't know yet how far this way is going.

We don't know where we're going to go.

So, wherever it's going to get dark, this is where we're going to sleep.

It's kind of strange.

We're in the middle of the Amazon heading into the middle of nowhere,

not knowing where we're going, not knowing where we're going to stop.

At some point we're going to get off the bikes and we're going to ride.

THUNDER CLAP

It's exciting, you know, the rain

means, with the bikes, it's going to be a tough ride.

So we'll see.

But I think all in all, as nervous as I am about today

and about where we're going and what we're doing, it's exciting.

Is the river always this high or does it drop down?

Because it looks to me like a forest here, all these trees here.

Yeah, you can see the mark, the dark spot

on the trees over there, you can see the dark spots there.

-Yeah.

-Which means in May, June, July, it will be totally covered.

So we kind of have like six months underwater

and six months just a small channel here.

-But does it go further down?

-Yes.

How much further? How deep is it here?

About 15 metres further down.

Derek, how are we going to get these bikes off?

-We're going to have to lift them.

-We're going to lift this one?

We're going to have to lift them all.

-It looks really muddy where we pull in.

-Yeah.

Can't you get us closer?

No, no, no, because this boat, it cannot anchor to the shore.

-What we're going to do...

-Don't know about this. Hold on.

How's this b...? Listen, if you get this bike up

and it goes that way, once it falls in the water we're screwed.

Why can't we just turn it now and just flick the front end up?

THEY LAUGH

-Seriously.

-This bike is 600lbs.

Going to need a lot of manpower for this.

One, two, three, go!

-OK, now...

-Watch your leg!

-We need balance.

-One, two, three, go.

-Get it up.

Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly.

-OK. OK, OK, hold on, hold on, hold on.

-Got it?

-Right, push, push a little, slowly, slowly, slowly.

-You have it?

'I'm beginning to see why we're the only ones who thought

'travelling with bikes through the Amazon was a good idea.'

-To be fair...

-Well I did say that and you laughed at me.

They didn't flinch either, it was like, yeah, no problem.

The roads are empty, I wonder why.

But at least we're not the only ones on two wheels.

-Davva, Super Noodles.

-What?

They've got Super Noodles.

You're joking. It's like an oasis, this.

The fridge would go down well in the jungle.

Shout me out in about an hour.

Have we got bottles of Coke and stuff?

Nowhere to keep them cool.

Should we get one of these for margaritas?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Si.

Ah, si, si, si, Manchester.

Once upon a time...

-Is it amazing how many soccer pitches there are?

-Yeah.

There must be a ball around here.

-What do you think?

-No chance.

No chance? How far back?

As far as you want.

HE LAUGHS

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

I'm quick. I'm little but I'm quick.

ENGINES ROAR

Hold it, guys.

HE GROANS

Bound to happen.

THEY LAUGH

I mean, I'm surprised it took this long.

Chain broke.

Is that a failure or a success?

Success.

Where actually are we right now?

You're asking me? An East End boy?

LAUGHING: Yeah!

-I believe we're somewhere around here.

-OK.

We took this whole journey, we made that right turn, right,

12 kilometres, I believe we're in here somewhere.

-OK.

-We're broken down.

Well, we're broken down but we don't need to be anywhere.

I mean, I don't think I can remember the last time

I was just sat somewhere like this with nowhere to be, nowhere to go.

Can't wait for that nice clean shower in the jungle.

HE LAUGHS

HE SIGHS

What time is it in England?

-God knows, what time is it here?

-I have no idea.

WATER SPLASHES

Any good? Feel better?

Yeah, it's fresh water.

Yeah, that's cold.

Gardner, you going in?

I'm not going in after him and Derek have been in,

they've dirtied the water now.

THEY LAUGH

-Hey.

-It does, feels nice though. Should do that, Davva.

Tomorrow.

Wherever we are, I'm not coming back.

This is bad.

I guess the simple reality is,

if you want to go somewhere off the beaten track this is what you get.

Conrado had managed to find us an empty farmhouse,

to hang our hammocks. And protect us from the rain. Kind of.

This pillow's soaking cos there's a hole there

and it's been coming all the way down here.

David Gardner, are you out of your comfort zone?

Out of my comfort zone. Is this called comfort?

How is the word comfort put in this?

People live like this every day, by the way.

I know, and do you know what?

I appreciate people living like this every day

and I think it's amazing that they do, but I can't.

Uh! I surrender.

I was so excited to see the firefly cos it was under my bag

and I actually thought my ph...

I actually thought I had phone service

cos I could see this thing flashing.

THEY LAUGH

I did, honestly. I was like, "Is that...?" Surely not.

There's no way I've got phone service here.

DOG BARKS

The mum's amazing and they just...it's the cutest thing ever,

they're just following her everywhere.

And she's so protective.

Makes me think of the kids. It's so cute.

'By going off track we're now in danger of missing

'our flight to the tribe.'

We're going from here to here.

'We need to work out a new route

'to get us to the tiny airstrip in time.'

We can either fly, or we have 500 kilometres on the bike.

-I know it's a long time but I think that we should take the bikes.

-OK.

Derek, what do you think?

You're the experienced one, what do you think?

I've never been down these roads, man.

I mean, if the roads are paved it's easy for us.

If they're like they were yesterday, only dirt, it'd be a rough...

it'd be a rough trip for us.

# When everything is going down

# Nothing seems to feel the same

# No-one seems to know my name

# No-one seems to go my way

# But who knows if I'll see you again...? #

HE LAUGHS

Just remember, you grab the front brake and

you're probably going to lose it. Can't grab it.

Look, he wants to come along.

CLICKS TONGUE

He's cute, man. What's he eating, a lime?

Looks like it, yeah.

-Smarter than dogs.

-Huh?

They're smarter than dogs.

-You guys want to keep moving?

-Yeah.

# Time won't save our souls

# Time won't save my soul... #

Look at that road, man.

Just what I imagined when we were coming to Brazil to ride bikes,

to the Amazon, that's what I pictured.

It's exhilarating. Feel like a 17-year-old.

It's good? Nah? HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Ah. But check, he's got flip flops on.

I feel like we're doing something wrong.

It's his tyres, man.

MUSIC: "Bebete Vaobora" by Jorge Ben

This is sort of like the Goliath right here, right?

-Like, it looks too steep.

-I won't know till I'm on it, man.

I'm getting more nervous sat here talking about it.

Yeah, I'm going to go.

Oh, my God. That did not look good at all.

If that's him, we're gone.

THEY LAUGH

I'm kind of nervous, I can't lie.

ENGINE REVS

Oh!

Uh!

HE LAUGHS

Oh, my God.

It's nerve-racking watching your buddies come up that thing.

OK, Mr Champion, you want to go again?

'Even after all that, we're still miles from the main road.'

-Unbelievable.

-We're going to have to camp here, right,

-because it's getting dark now.

-OK.

-Yeah.

And we'll have to make our way through.

OK, let's go.

We're ready to hang out in the jungle.

'Anthony and Conrado planned for us to experience

'a night in the jungle.'

Oh, don't forget the whisky.

And they brought along Abdias to help keep us safe.

Abdias was in the military.

CIGS is kind of a centre for training for jungle warfare,

so Abdias was there for six years.

So we've got a very good trained military here with us.

-Time is going.

-Let's hike.

'As we head into the jungle, the mood starts to change.'

Oh, boy.

Oh!

It's not like boy scouts, this.

'When all you can see is trees and you hear strange noises,

'your mind really starts to play tricks.'

I don't want to look down, man.

I don't want to look down, up, sidewards, anywhere.

Where we sleeping again?

Please, don't put your hands on the trees

and don't touch or try to eat anything.

We have scorpions that can be very, very painful.

Don't know why we brought clothes cos I'm not taking one item off.

Guys, can you smell here?

This is from the howler monkey. The howler monkey, when they poop,

this is to mark their territory, even when they make the noise.

It's going to rain, it's getting dark, OK?

We need to sort a spot to camp, so the idea now is just to

make sure that there is small trees around, cos

if there's a lot of big trees and there is storm they can fall down.

Oops, be careful.

This is ridiculous.

-It's not a game, this.

-I could've told you that.

We're going to sling up the hammocks, OK?

-Can we have it really close to each other?

-Yes.

Having a game of football? He's putting a crossbar.

Crossbar challenge.

DISTANT HOWL

What was that?

-Did you hear that? That was a monkey, by the way.

-Was it?

-Yeah.

Let's hope it's a monkey, man,

cos sometimes the jaguar want to attract the female monkey

so that is why most times they make noise like monkeys.

Have you got any more good news?

Why do we put this here?

We're going to use the tarp to put over.

-In case it rains?

-Yeah.

It's going to be dark very soon.

DAVE SPUTTERS

-What happened?

-Don't know, something just jumped on my head.

HE SPUTTERS

-Is that blood or is that wood?

-You all right?

It's OK, panic over.

Ah, whoa! Look at that big ass frog on my thing.

-Shut up.

-Look! Look.

Oh, my God.

Just camped right on my...right on my face, literally.

Seriously, that's what I'm scared about.

-Davva, have you seen that frog?

-Look at that thing climb!

No, I don't want to look at it.

Sorry, just looking around for snakes.

We're, as you can see, literally in the middle of nowhere.

I think I just had something on my back but I don't know what it was.

Oh, snake!

-Where?

-Oh, shit, a snake.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Oh, boy.

-Is that poisonous?

Oh, my God.

-Doing good?

-No, I'm not, man. Um, not like knowing what's around me.

I'm not comfortable with this.

Can you tell?

So the first thing we should do is a fire.

You see, everything is so wet.

OK, you cut first the top layer then you...

So, this is our shaving for the fire.

Amazing. I'm definitely showing my kids that.

Keep blowing it, keep blowing it, keep blowing it,

keep blowing it, keep blowing it, keep blowing.

HE BLOWS

HE COUGHS

Think we've lost it.

-So it's everything or nothing.

-Maybe we'll put some of this on it.

Pour that on there. Wow, here we go.

Yes! Brilliant.

-The whisky work, yeah?

-Yes.

Loving the whisky.

-We're safe.

-Hmm?

-We're safe.

-We're safe.

DAVID BLOWS

-90 minutes on the pitch right there.

-Nice.

Feel like I'm going to faint in a minute, by the way.

Anyone else want to have a good blow of this?

THEY LAUGH

We've got some rice and we've got a chicken on the go.

Life's good.

-What's his name again?

-Abdias.

Do you see this table he just whipped up?

He was born in the middle of the jungle.

-Football?

-Soccer.

-Foot soccer. Si, si, si.

-Si.

-Yeah?

-Football?

-Si, si, si.

-Wow.

Si, si, si. Radio, ah, OK.

-No, no, no television.

-Yeah.

Always...always pressure.

Si.

Si, perfecto.

Si. Simple life.

Vida simples.

-I'm a little bit envious. Thank you.

-Gracias, obrigado.

Obrigado.

This is the best moment of this trip for me, having this experience.

You know, you build a fire, we're eating chicken with our hands,

we're drinking a little bit of whisky...

Mm.

-HE SMACKS LIPS

-Aah, good.

But it's the simple life that I crave at times.

Can someone pull my zip down?

DAVID SIGHS

Doesn't get much better than this.

What do you do if an animal lands on top of you?

Do you kick it off or what?

THEY LAUGH

Like on this bit, what do we do?

Oh, God, this is so comfortable.

You guys did really good today, though.

Thanks, Dad.

HE LAUGHS

You know when you used to go to science at school

and they did all the experiments on them dead animals,

that's what I feel like right now.

'Waking up in the jungle felt amazing.'

Some coffee sorted, my friend.

'Not only had we survived the night,

'it was the best sleep I'd had since I arrived.'

Use that to scoop.

Ah!

It's a proper chair, by the way.

Are you surprised how quickly little things become so gratifying?

Yeah.

If I would've told you in perfect description exactly what

-we were doing, which I did not...

-Yeah.

-I just gave you little clues...

-Yeah.

-..would you have come here?

-100%.

-Really?

Yeah. Yeah.

SNIGGERING

You're full of shit!

He can't say that with a straight face.

I would've done, 100% I would've done.

I don't care about clothes, changing clothes, clean...

-Well, I do care about cleanliness.

-Gardner?

Oh, I'd have just maybe swapped a bit for a hotel now and again.

I have five button-up shirts in my bag, I would've...

No, like, button-up shirts to go out to dinner in,

like, some nice pants.

Clearly I had a clue of what we were getting ourselves into.

'And with that, Derek was off into the woods.'

Wherever Derek goes, he's like an animal, he likes to leave his mark.

He's the only one brave enough out there.

He is but he keeps stopping every four steps and he's like that.

Let's throw something at him to scare him.

(Wait there, wait there.