Who is documentary maker Ed Stafford?
OVER the years, Ed Stafford has carved himself a successful carrer as a documentary film maker.
He is best known for his Channel 4 series 60 Days, where he tries out challenging aspects of life.
Who is Ed Stafford?
Ed is a former British Army captain born on Boxing Day 1975.
In 2010 he became the first human to walk the entire length of the Amazon River.
His feat took him 860 days and earned him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Ed is now a presenter and adventurer on the Discovery Channel.
He is also the author of Walking The Amazon and Naked And Marooned.
What TV shows has Ed been in?
Ed has built quite a career for himself on TV, with his work mainly on the Discovery Channel and Channel 4.
His shows on Discovery include Marooned With Ed Stafford and Ed Stafford: First Man Out.
In Marooned he was dropped in locations from a Fijian island to the freezing cold Arctic Circle, with no tools, food or knife.
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Ed also fronted Channel 4's 60 Days On The Streets,.
In 2022, he returned to TV with 60 Days With The Gypsies.
Ed has admitted to having "prejudices'"against the Traveller community before filming.
However after being embraced by the community, he ultimately felt he had misjudged the group and says he felt a "great sense of pride" after discovering his own Romani roots.
Ed says on the documentary: "I was naive. All I knew about gypsies was negative or hearsay.
"Like a lot of people, I had prejudices, but it is so difficult to live as a nomadic person in the UK."
Is Ed married and does he have children?
Ed lives in Leicestershire with his wife and three kids.
On September 3, 2016, he married fellow explorer, Laura Bingham.
The couple have a son named Ranulph, who was born in 2017.
Then in 2020 his wife gave birth to twin girls – Mary and Camilla.
What is the 60 Days series?
The 60 Days series is a collection of programmes where Ed goes and tries something challenging for 60 days.
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Two series of the show have already aired - Living With Gypsies, and On The Streets.
In 2023 he returned with his third series called 60 days On The Estates.