";s:4:"text";s:6548:" When I was given the opportunity I absolutely leapt at it. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Backshall's first job after returning from Japan was as an author on the In 1997 Backshall attempted to walk solo across the western half of New Guinea, then known as For National Geographic International, Backshall presented the expedition series In 2017 the BBC premiered another two-part documentary following Backshall's expedition to New Guinea called In March 2019, Steve Backshall, along with Liz Bonnin and Backshall stated "I was a big reader when I was a kid ... Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that my future would lie with writing. Backshall's parents worked for British Airways, and he was brought up in a smallholding in Bagshot surrounded by rescue animals. All their children's names had Cornish connections, due to Glover being born in
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The Deadly 60 presenter was filming one of his TV shows in Bhutan and was kayaking in ice-cold rapids in the Himalayas.
"In 2014, he summitted the highly technical granite Backshall has a black belt in judo, attained after a year living in Japan studying the martial art.In July 2008, while attempting to climb a wet cliff face in the In 2012 he was awarded an honorary PhD from the University of Exeter.In 2012 he was awarded the Animal Carer Badge in the Scout Birthday Badge Awards.In 2017 Backshall and Glover were awarded Charity fundraisers of the year, after raising £360,000 for the In 2020 he was awarded the Scientific Exploration Society Explorer of the Year Award.On 16 September 2015, Backshall and Olympic champion rower On 13 March 2018, it was announced that Backshall and Glover were expecting twins.On 20 January 2020, Backshall and Glover announced the birth of their twins, Kit Newlyn and Willow Bo. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Steve Backshall has recalled the terrifying experience of almost drowning during a kayaking accident and said the near-miss gave him a greater appreciation of being a father. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. STEVE Backshall almost drowned after getting trapped under water in a kayak accident.
Lucy Skoulding Monday 15 Jul 2019 11:13 am. Steve Backshall names unclimbed mountain after his first-born child with Helen Glover He is also married to Cornish Olympian Helen Glover and the pair have a son together called Logan. Steve Backshall recalls drowning during near-death kayak experience for new TV show. Steve Backshall on Undiscovered Worlds summits the Greeland mountain (Image: BBC).
Backshall attended Collingwood College in Camberley and Brooklands College, Surrey in the sixth form. The 46-year-old was filming his latest series, Expedition with Steve Backshall, when he got into trouble while …
Steve Backshall has recalled the terrifying experience of almost drowning during a kayaking accident and said the near-miss gave him a greater appreciation of being a father.
Strictly Come Dancing 2014 contestant Steve Backshall To be fair to Helen, she has been extremely busy lately – and surviving on even less sleep than Steve’s two hours a night.
... Expedition with Steve Backshall will air on Dave on Sunday at 8pm.
News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.STEVE Backshall almost drowned after getting trapped under water in a kayak accident.The dad-of-one was convinced he was going to die after his kayak flipped and he was trapped in glacial water for almost five minutes.“I’d enough time to understand that I had no strength left and was drowning.“I realised it was how it ends, how I was going to die. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. It's an idea that I've had in mind for a long time, of these two youngsters on the run who become almost wildlife vigilantes, and it's one that I've had tremendous fun writing."