Ray Mears (author)
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Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. He started tracking foxes at a young age. His Judo teacher Michael Hutchinson gave him the idea to learn survival skills. Mears had been teaching survival skills since 1983, when he founded the "Woodlore" School of Wilderness Bushcraft. His Outdoor Survival Handbook was published in 1990, and his first TV appearance was in 1993 in the BBC2 series Country Tracks. In his recent 'Wild Food' series, Mears has been working alongside University College London's professor of archaeology, Gordon Hillman. In the programme Ray demonstrates excellent knowledge of British flora and fauna.
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[edit] TV programmes
- Country Tracks (BBC2)
- Ray Mears' World of Survival (BBC and Discovery Civilization Channel. Also one of his books.)
- The Essential Guide to Rocks (BBC Education)
- Ray Mears' Ultimate Survival Guide (BBC)
- Ray Mears' Extreme Survival (Edited and released from Ultimate Survival Guide BBC series by Discovery Travel Channel with a few new episodes. Series 1, 2 and 3)
- Trips Money Can't Buy (With actor Ewan McGregor)
- Bushcraft (2005)
- Real Heroes of Telemark (2005)
- The Disco and Weatherman Show (2006) BBC Education Channel
- Ray Mears' Wild Food - started on 4th January 2007 at 8pm on BBC2
- The New Paul O'Grady Show - Guest(11th January 2007)
[edit] Books
- The Outdoor Survival Handbook (1992)
- Essential Bushcraft (2003)
- The Real Heroes of Telemark: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Stop Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2003)
- Ray Mears' World of Survival (2004)
- Ray Mears' Bushcraft Survival (2005)
[edit] See also
- Les Stroud, the Survivorman
- Jeff Corwin
- Les Hiddins, the Bush Tucker man
- Tom Brown
- Bear Grylls
