Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Behind the Scenes
TV Flash files “Behind the Scenes” as hour 94 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 12, episode 6, aired 2018-10-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E06: listed hour 94 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, hour 6 of 7 in season 12. It aired 2018-10-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Far West Texas” (S12E05). Next is “Lower East Side” (S12E07).

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Anthony Bourdain's relationship with his crew, the team that traveled with him and slogged through the trenches, was like no other in his life. In this episode the people who made Parts Unknown select moments from their episodes and pull back the curtain, to talk about collaboration, creative freedom, moments when Bourdain had their back or called them out, the times when he was caught off guard or forgot the cameras were even there. Note: Under the Tarp is the title used for this episode during credits at the opening, commercials, and the ending.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Behind the Scenes sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S12E06 is listed hour 94 of 95 — hour 6 of 7 in season 12, season 12 episode 6.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S12E06 air?
Behind the Scenes aired 2018-10-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…