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*Kill Arman*
Kill Arman
Genre	Travel / documentary
Created by	Tuukka Tiensuu; Arman Alizad
Starring	Arman Alizad
Country of origin	Finland
Original languages	Finnish; English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	Jim; BBC Knowledge; Extreme Sports Channel
Release	2009 –; 2010

Kill Arman is a reality/documentary TV series about martial arts, created by Tuukka Tiensuu and Arman Alizad, and hosted by Alizad. The series was first broadcast in Finland in 2009.^[1] Currently, two seasons have been filmed and the series is airing in over 100 countries worldwide.

Synopsis

Arman Alizad is a master tailor, a fashion reporter and a party-animal, who has not done any sports in over 20 years. But in Kill Arman he has to travel to exotic locations around the world, train a different martial art in every episode, and finally fight a master of that martial art. The physical and mental challenges make Alizad question his own belief systems, and he finds whole new sides to himself.

Cast and characters

Along with the host, Arman Alizad, the episodes have many famous martial arts masters mentoring Alizad. These masters include for example Leung Ting, Leo Gaje, Martin Kampmann, Ray Sefo and Amin Asikainen.

Production

Kill Arman is a co-production between Rabbit Films, Armanin Maailma and Jim. The series was created by Arman Alizad and Tuukka Tiensuu. Tiensuu is also the director of the series.

Awards and nominations

In 2010, Kill Arman was nominated for the Best Finnish TV show of the year in Venla-gaala.

Distribution

Kill Arman is distributed in Finland by Jim. Internationally it is distributed by DRG. It airs in several dozen TV networks around the world, including the BBC.^[2]

References

^ Nykänen, Anna-Stina. "Arman Alizad muutti mieltään maahanmuutosta, ja kertoo nyt miksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 November 2024. Läpimurto oli Kill Arman -sarja, joka alkoi Jimillä vuonna 2009.
^ Lähteenmäki, Ulla-Maija (23 August 2010). "Jimin Kill Arman -sarja on myyty jo 104 maahan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

External links

Kill Arman at IMDb
Kill Arman on the Finnish distributor's site (Archived 14 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine)
Kill Arman on BBC. (Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine)
Kill Arman as one of the nonimees for the best Finnish TV-show award in 2010.

[hs-1-1] Nykänen, Anna-Stina. "Arman Alizad muutti mieltään maahanmuutosta, ja kertoo nyt miksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 November 2024. Läpimurto oli Kill Arman -sarja, joka alkoi Jimillä vuonna 2009.

[hs-2-2] Lähteenmäki, Ulla-Maija (23 August 2010). "Jimin Kill Arman -sarja on myyty jo 104 maahan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

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