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'''''Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors''''' is a 2011 British reality show (in the [[Fly on the wall]] style) featuring [[Action film|action star]] [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. It aired on [[ITV4]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors |work=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/jeanclaudevandamme/ep01week12/default.html |accessdate=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323204953/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/jeanclaudevandamme/ep01week12/default.html |archivedate=23 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Cannes film festival 2010: Jean-Claude Van Damme plans to appear in reality TV show for A&E|work= [[New York Daily News]]|date=14 May 2010|url= http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-05-14/entertainment/27064416_1_gladys-portugues-cannes-film-festival-red-carpet|accessdate=2011-03-21|first=Roger|last=Friedman}}</ref>
'''''Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors''''' is a 2011 British reality show, in the [[fly on the wall]] style, featuring [[Action film|action star]] [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. It aired on [[ITV4]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors |work=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/jeanclaudevandamme/ep01week12/default.html |accessdate=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323204953/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/jeanclaudevandamme/ep01week12/default.html |archivedate=23 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Cannes film festival 2010: Jean-Claude Van Damme plans to appear in reality TV show for A&E|work= [[New York Daily News]]|date=14 May 2010|url= http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-05-14/entertainment/27064416_1_gladys-portugues-cannes-film-festival-red-carpet|accessdate=2011-03-21|first=Roger|last=Friedman}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
ITV have gone 'Behind Closed Doors' and into the life of kickboxer and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in this documentary. Van-Damme has given ITV insight into his life as he prepares for a [[kickboxing]] fight for the first time since 1982 and also takes us behind the scenes of his latest movies.<ref>{{cite news|title= Van Damme: 'I was blacklisted'|work= [[Toronto Sun]]|url= http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/04/06/17894206-wenn-story.html|accessdate=2011-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Van Damme suffers hearing loss|work= [[Toronto Sun]]|url= http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/11/van-damme-suffers-hearing-loss|accessdate=2011-05-11}}</ref>
The documentary presents insights into the professional, family, and home life of kickboxer and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is preparing for a [[kickboxing]] fight for the first time since 1982 and also takes the audience behind the scenes of his latest movies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-10|title=Van Damme: 'I was blacklisted' {{!}} Celebrities {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Toronto Sun|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/04/06/17894206-wenn-story.html|access-date=2022-01-17|archive-date=10 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510073853/https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/04/06/17894206-wenn-story.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-16|title=Van Damme suffers hearing loss {{!}} Movies {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Toronto Sun|url=https://torontosun.com/2011/05/11/van-damme-suffers-hearing-loss|access-date=2022-01-17|archive-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516075603/https://torontosun.com/2011/05/11/van-damme-suffers-hearing-loss|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>


==List of episodes==
==List of episodes==
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===Series 1===
===Series 1===
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|ShortSummary=The man known as "The Muscles from [[Brussels]]" at home with his family and behind the scenes on film locations. He makes a trip to the church where he had an epiphany as a child. He travels to Russia to play the part of [[Napoleon]] in a Russian film only to get a bit more than he bargained for. He saves a near-dead stray dog he finds in the road in [[Romania]].
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude allows the cameras into his private as well as his public world. We see another side to the man known as The Muscles from [[Brussels]] at home with his family, behind the scenes on film locations, and generally relaxing in his own private world.
In part one, Jean-Claude makes an emotional trip to a church where he had an epiphany as a child. He travels across the globe to play the part of Napoleon in a Russian film only to get a bit more than he bargained for and saves a near dead stray dog he finds in the road in Romania.
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude celebrates his 50th birthday by reflecting on his life and career. We join his wife Gladys who also takes a trip down memory lane as she revisits their first house in LA when her husband's career first took off. Later she calls in at the cafe where they had their first date. And Jean-Claude goes in Belgium to record a TV show called "Il était une fois Jean-Claude Van Damme" for the channel RTL-TVI and celebrating his 50th birthday. Then he goes to Paris where he takes part in a steamy interview for the french radio Fun Radio, and gets backstage access to the famous [[Moulin Rouge]] club, before flying back to Ukraine where he meets his old friend Alexander, goes in a shooting club, and buys caviar.
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude celebrates his 50th birthday by reflecting on his life and career. We join his wife Gladys who also takes a trip down memory lane as she revisits their first house in LA when her husband's career first took off. Later she calls in at the cafe where they had their first date. Jean-Claude goes to Belgium to record a TV show called "Il était une fois Jean-Claude Van Damme" for the channel RTL-TVI that celebrates his 50th birthday. He goes to Paris where he takes part in an interview for Fun Radio and gets backstage access to the famous [[Moulin Rouge]] club. He flies back to Ukraine where he meets his old friend Alexander, goes in a shooting club, and buys caviar.
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude plans a [[Rocky]]-style comeback in the kickboxing ring against Olympic champion [[Somluck Kamsing]]. But at the age of fifty it is a huge task and Jean Claude knows he needs to return to peak fitness to recapture his past glories. He returns to Belgium to rejoin [[Claude Goetz]], his old trainer from his younger days who made him the Muscles from Brussels. It's an emotional reunion but it also brings home the enormity of the task both mentally and physically. We follow JC to Dubai where he tries some watersports and explains that he had been blacklisted in Hollywood since 1994 after refusing a $36 million offer from Universal Studios because he was wasted. It also touches on his love of his dogs along with plans to build them a very special "dog house" luxury paradise.
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude plans a [[Rocky]]-style comeback in the kickboxing ring against Olympic champion [[Somluck Kamsing]]. As a fifty-year old, Jean Claude needs to return to peak fitness. He returns to Belgium to rejoin [[Claude Goetz]], his old trainer from his younger days who made him "the Muscles from Brussels." It's an emotional reunion but it also brings home the enormity of the task both mentally and physically. We follow JC to Dubai where he tries some watersports and claims that he had been blacklisted in Hollywood since 1994 after refusing a $36 million offer from Universal Studios because he was wasted. It also touches on his love for his dogs along with plans to build them a very special "dog house" luxury paradise.
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude back in the middle of the action on the set of the movie Weapon. Unfortunately though things go wrong during the rehearsals for a fight scene when some rather over enthusiastic punches leave his co-star in trouble. And there is more trouble ahead as Jean-Claude makes a trip to the Ukraine for a guest appearance at a charity fashion show. A friend of Jean-Claude's in the Ukraine also organises a belated 50th birthday party for him with popstar [[Inna]], but instead of enjoying the celebrations, the action hero gets caught up in the middle of a frenzied media storm. Eventually the barrage of attention hoisted on the star pushes him right to the edge.
|ShortSummary=We watch Jean-Claude on the set of the movie ''Weapon''. Things go wrong during the rehearsals for a fight scene when some over-enthusiastic punches leave his co-star in trouble. Jean-Claude makes a trip to the Ukraine for a guest appearance at a charity [[fashion show]]. A friend of Jean-Claude's in the Ukraine also organises a belated 50th birthday party for him with popstar [[Inna]], where the action hero gets caught up in the middle of a frenzied media storm. Eventually, the barrage of attention pushes him to the edge.
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|ShortSummary=It's Christmas Van Damme style as the family gets together to celebrate at home. Jean-Claude's daughter Bianca brings her boyfriend Eddy to meet her dad for the first time - a terrifying experience for anyone but doubly so for this poor lad. Jean-Claude decides this will be a Christmas Eddy will never forget as the pair head straight for the gym. Later on he challenges Eddy to a fight just to complete the festivities with a bang. We join Jean-Claude on the set of a film in Louisiana where a fight scene goes horribly wrong and the paramedics have to be called.
|ShortSummary=It's Christmas Van Damme-style as the family gets together to celebrate at home. Daughter Bianca brings her boyfriend Eddy to meet her dad for the first time - seemingly a terrifying experience for the lad. Jean-Claude decides this will be a Christmas Eddy will never forget as the pair head straight for the gym. Later on, he challenges Eddy to a fight just to complete the festivities with a bang. We join Jean-Claude on the set of a film in Louisiana where a fight scene goes horribly wrong and the paramedics have to be called.
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude on an emotional rollercoaster, losing his temper and breaking down in tears after being rejected for a movie role. But things get brighter as he attends an old friend's (Alex Van Damme, the son of the man from which JCVD took his surname) boozy party in Hong Kong, and attempts the most unorthodox hole-in-one in golfing history. Jean-Claude also takes us back to the emotional moment when he first set eyes on Gladys, his beautiful body builder wife.
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude goes on an emotional rollercoaster, losing his temper and breaking down in tears after being rejected for a movie role. Things get brighter as he attends an old friend's (Alex Van Damme, the son of the man from whom JCVD took his surname) party in Hong Kong, and attempts an unorthodox hole-in-one in golf. He then takes us back to the emotional moment when he first set eyes on Gladys, his body-builder wife.
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude talks with some regret about his past turbulent lifestyle. He has a heart to heart with son Kris warning him about the temptations of Hollywood. He appears in a comedy movie (''[[Beur sur la ville]]'') along with a star struck cast - unfortunately, Jean-Claude has not had enough time to learn his lines. He goes to [[Bucharest]] to film an advert for [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]] last TV campaign. Later on in Vancouver for the filming of ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', he gets stuck in an elevator on the 41st floor and there is only one way down.
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude talks with some regret about his past, turbulent lifestyle. He has a discussion with son Kris warning him about the temptations of Hollywood. He appears in the comedy movie ''[[Beur sur la ville]]'' along with a star-struck cast, but he has not had enough time to learn his lines. He goes to [[Bucharest]] to film an advert for [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]]'s TV campaign. Later on, in Vancouver for the filming of ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', he gets stuck in the elevator on the 41st floor and there is only one way down.
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|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
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|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude is invited to present an award live on Belgian television. But 30 years of gunfire and explosions on movie sets have taken their toll on his hearing and things go embarrassingly wrong. The pressure is on for daughter Bianca as she auditions for a part in a martial arts movie. Can she live up to the Van Damme name? In Los Angeles, Jean-Claude's son Kris has arranged a family meal at a restaurant in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles|Chinatown]] and has secretly invited a Hollywood star to surprise his father.
|ShortSummary=Jean-Claude is invited to present an award live on Belgian television. But 30 years of gunfire and explosions on movie sets have taken their toll on his hearing and things go wrong. The pressure is on for daughter Bianca as she auditions for a part in a martial arts movie. In Los Angeles, Jean-Claude's son Kris has arranged a family meal at a restaurant in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles|Chinatown]] and has secretly invited a Hollywood star to surprise his father.
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==Home media==
==Home media==
''Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors'' was released as a two-disc set on 16 May 2011.
The show was released as a two-disc set on 16 May 2011.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:ITV documentaries]]
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[[Category:2010s British documentary television series]]
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[[Category:2010s British reality television series]]
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Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors
GenreReality television
StarringJean-Claude Van Damme
Kristopher Van Varenberg
Bianca Bree
Gladys Portugues
Narrated byJason Flemyng
Country of originVereinigtes Königreich
Original languageEnglisch
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time43–44 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV4
Release22 March (2011-03-22) –
10 May 2011 (2011-05-10)

Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors is a 2011 British reality show, in the fly on the wall style, featuring action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. It aired on ITV4 in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

Plot

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The documentary presents insights into the professional, family, and home life of kickboxer and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is preparing for a kickboxing fight for the first time since 1982 and also takes the audience behind the scenes of his latest movies.[3][4]

List of episodes

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Series 1

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overall
No. in
season
TitelDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Lucky"Jared Wright & Maia Lidell22 March 2011 (2011-03-22)
The man known as "The Muscles from Brussels" at home with his family and behind the scenes on film locations. He makes a trip to the church where he had an epiphany as a child. He travels to Russia to play the part of Napoleon in a Russian film only to get a bit more than he bargained for. He saves a near-dead stray dog he finds in the road in Romania.
22"Birthday"Jared Wright & Maia Lidell29 March 2011 (2011-03-29)
Jean-Claude celebrates his 50th birthday by reflecting on his life and career. We join his wife Gladys who also takes a trip down memory lane as she revisits their first house in LA when her husband's career first took off. Later she calls in at the cafe where they had their first date. Jean-Claude goes to Belgium to record a TV show called "Il était une fois Jean-Claude Van Damme" for the channel RTL-TVI that celebrates his 50th birthday. He goes to Paris where he takes part in an interview for Fun Radio and gets backstage access to the famous Moulin Rouge club. He flies back to Ukraine where he meets his old friend Alexander, goes in a shooting club, and buys caviar.
33"Dubai"Jared Wright5 April 2011 (2011-04-05)
Jean-Claude plans a Rocky-style comeback in the kickboxing ring against Olympic champion Somluck Kamsing. As a fifty-year old, Jean Claude needs to return to peak fitness. He returns to Belgium to rejoin Claude Goetz, his old trainer from his younger days who made him "the Muscles from Brussels." It's an emotional reunion but it also brings home the enormity of the task both mentally and physically. We follow JC to Dubai where he tries some watersports and claims that he had been blacklisted in Hollywood since 1994 after refusing a $36 million offer from Universal Studios because he was wasted. It also touches on his love for his dogs along with plans to build them a very special "dog house" luxury paradise.
44"Attila"Jared Wright & Maia Lidell12 April 2011 (2011-04-12)
We watch Jean-Claude on the set of the movie Weapon. Things go wrong during the rehearsals for a fight scene when some over-enthusiastic punches leave his co-star in trouble. Jean-Claude makes a trip to the Ukraine for a guest appearance at a charity fashion show. A friend of Jean-Claude's in the Ukraine also organises a belated 50th birthday party for him with popstar Inna, where the action hero gets caught up in the middle of a frenzied media storm. Eventually, the barrage of attention pushes him to the edge.
55"Road Trip"xxx19 April 2011 (2011-04-19)
It's Christmas Van Damme-style as the family gets together to celebrate at home. Daughter Bianca brings her boyfriend Eddy to meet her dad for the first time - seemingly a terrifying experience for the lad. Jean-Claude decides this will be a Christmas Eddy will never forget as the pair head straight for the gym. Later on, he challenges Eddy to a fight just to complete the festivities with a bang. We join Jean-Claude on the set of a film in Louisiana where a fight scene goes horribly wrong and the paramedics have to be called.
66"Hong Kong"Jared Wright26 April 2011 (2011-04-26)
Jean-Claude goes on an emotional rollercoaster, losing his temper and breaking down in tears after being rejected for a movie role. Things get brighter as he attends an old friend's (Alex Van Damme, the son of the man from whom JCVD took his surname) party in Hong Kong, and attempts an unorthodox hole-in-one in golf. He then takes us back to the emotional moment when he first set eyes on Gladys, his body-builder wife.
77"Booder"Jared Wright3 May 2011 (2011-05-03)
Jean-Claude talks with some regret about his past, turbulent lifestyle. He has a discussion with son Kris warning him about the temptations of Hollywood. He appears in the comedy movie Beur sur la ville along with a star-struck cast, but he has not had enough time to learn his lines. He goes to Bucharest to film an advert for Gillette's TV campaign. Later on, in Vancouver for the filming of Kung Fu Panda 2, he gets stuck in the elevator on the 41st floor and there is only one way down.
88"Ceremony"Jared Wright10 May 2011 (2011-05-10)
Jean-Claude is invited to present an award live on Belgian television. But 30 years of gunfire and explosions on movie sets have taken their toll on his hearing and things go wrong. The pressure is on for daughter Bianca as she auditions for a part in a martial arts movie. In Los Angeles, Jean-Claude's son Kris has arranged a family meal at a restaurant in Chinatown and has secretly invited a Hollywood star to surprise his father.


Home media

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The show was released as a two-disc set on 16 May 2011.

References

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  1. ^ "Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors". ITV. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ Friedman, Roger (14 May 2010). "Cannes film festival 2010: Jean-Claude Van Damme plans to appear in reality TV show for A&E". New York Daily News. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Van Damme: 'I was blacklisted' | Celebrities | Entertainment | Toronto Sun". 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Van Damme suffers hearing loss | Movies | Entertainment | Toronto Sun". 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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