World's Toughest Expeditions with James Cracknell
Adventurer James Cracknell goes back in time to simulate the toughest expeditions taken by the world's most extreme explorers. He will attempt to survive as his predecessors did, using only the equipment they had available to them.
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- Documentary, Reality
Adventurer James Cracknell goes back in time to simulate the toughest expeditions taken by the world's most extreme explorers. He will attempt to survive as his predecessors did, using only the equipment they had available to them.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
The Lost City of Z
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
James Cracknell investigates the mysterious disappearance of one of the World's most famous Amazonian jungle explorers, Colonel Percy Fawcett.
Episode 2
Livingstone in Africa
43 mins
James Cracknell travels to Southern Africa, to tackle some of the defining moments of one of the World's most celebrated explorers, Dr David Livingstone.
Episode 3
Gold Rush
James Cracknell takes on one of the hottest and most extreme terrains in the world, as he investigates what the early pioneers of America's Gold Rush went through in pursuit of riches.
Episode 4
Shipwrecked
43 mins
James Cracknell is washed up on a remote island in the shark-infested waters of the South Pacific, as he explores how marooned crews of some of the worst shipping disasters survived.