All episodes
Author: Chris Watson
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The True North Project: making adventure accessible in schools, with Deon Barrett
At eleven, Deon Barrett was thrown in a bin wearing a torn uniform. Hours later, his mother found him with a school tie around his neck. Two decades on, he’s training for Everest and rewriting how Britain teaches its children about the outdoors.
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Surviving the Canadian wilderness, and Desert Island Survival, with Tom Williams
Tom Williams sold software in Maidenhead. Then he walked to the North Pole. Then he won Alone UK after thirty-five days in the Canadian wilderness. Now he runs a castaway company and is writing a book about why we’re animals in captivity — and why we hold the keys.
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From prison to paddleboarding world records.
David Haze stood on his paddleboard in Poole Harbour the morning after his release. The water was still. The horizon empty. Eight years later, he holds eight world records. This is the story of what happened between those two moments.
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A life among the tribes of Papua New Guinea, with Benedict Allen
At 24, Benedict Allen entered a walled spirit house in Papua New Guinea and emerged scarred, beaten, and forever changed. Thirty years later, he returned to the jungle to say thank you — and vanished for weeks. This is what exploration cost him, and why he went back.
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Across Africa: from Morocco to the gates of Timbuktu, with Alice Morrison
Alice Morrison wasn’t a runner when she signed up for the Marathon des Sables. Six marathons in six days across the Sahara broke her toes — and opened her life. Now she lives in a Berber village in the Atlas Mountains, speaks Arabic, and has cycled 12,500 kilometres across Africa. This is the story of…
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Kayaking the Northwest Passage with the Arctic Cowboys, with Mark Agnew
Mark Agnew had failed twice to row the Atlantic. The defeats cut deep — not just as an adventurer, but as a person. Then he met three Texans with a plan: kayak the Northwest Passage, human-powered, in a single season. What followed was 1,700 miles of ice, whales, and polar bears — and a way…
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A path to wild adventures, expeditions and self-discovery, with Valerie Gagne
Valerie Gagné crossed Quebec’s Manicouagan Reservoir alone in winter—200 kilometres of unstable ice, frozen gear, and a neck injury that left her barely able to lift her head. This wasn’t about records. It was about trust.
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Wild tales from the jungles of Guyana.
In the Rupununi, where morning runs might wake caimans and river otters paddle through city canals, Anders Andersen found what many seek but few recognise: a reckoning. The jungle chose him. Now he teaches others to listen.
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The world’s longest triathlon ends on Everest.
Mitch Hutchcraft will swim the English Channel, cycle 10,000 kilometres through eight countries, and speed-march 900 more before he even reaches Nepal. Then he’ll climb Everest. The whole thing is called Project Limitless, and strangers are invited to join.
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On adventure, curiosity and purpose, with Matt Pycroft
Somewhere on the vertical rock face of Mount Roraima, filmmaker Matt Pycroft radioed down to say he wasn’t comfortable. His climbing partner thought he’d gone soft. Matt knew the calculus had shifted: ego versus survival. One decision reshaped how he directs expeditions for National Geographic.
