Iquitos:
Portrait Of A Jungle City

A profile of IQUITOS Peruʼs legendary jungle capital, 2300 miles up the Amazon River – its extraordinary history and its curious present.

NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE presents, with a special contribution from the novelist MARIO VARGAS LLOSA.

IQUITOS was a grand city at the beginning of the 20th century, linked intimately to Europe and the US through the trade in rubber, though at great human cost.

Today it is hard to separate fact from fiction – amongst the many curiosities, children are called anything from Hitler to Lady Diana, women claim to give birth to dolphins, and the shamanic medicine-man, Don Emilio, sees all.

Produced and directed by
ANDY HARRIES & PAUL YULE