Ruth England Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in Documentary Filmmaking and Photography
• Started out as a reporter for a news station in London after graduation
• One of her first major assignments was to spend several months living with the Iban tribe in Borneo, where she documented the impact of logging in the area
• Quote: "It's very, very strange․ To come back from risking your life in these ridiculous situations, and then go to the grocery store and dropping your boy off․․․There's no one at my little boy's school I can talk to about my tropical infections․"
• Quote: "(On her dangerous line of work): "You know, every day I go into work, I wonder to myself if today will be the day I die․""
• Best known as a survivalist and television presenter who has hosted "World's Most Extreme Homes," "Forever Eden," and "Lost Survivors․"
• Has hosted a number of travel and adventure shows, including "Wish You Were Here" and the National Geographic Channel's "Explorer's Journal․"