Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.

Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.