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Last broadcast on Wednesday, 00:00 on BBC HD (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Presenter Ben Fogle, Olympian James Cracknell and Hollywood actor Jonny Lee Miller come together to run the London Marathon - part of their training for the race to the South Pole. But after less than expected results, the team start to fracture and then Jonny pulls out due to work commitmnents, leaving Ben and James in desperate need of a third team mate.
With the race start only months away, they hold a public selection weekend and start to whittle down the hopeful applicants to the final few. After more rigourous testing, they finally select Dr Ed Coats, a 27-year-old gynaecologist from Bristol. But the team have a lot of catching up to do, and after a week of hell on a glacier in Switzerland, where they finally learn to work together as a team, all seems well - until Ben discovers he has a potentially lethal tropical illness that could stop them in their tracks.
Photo: Tyre Pulling
To build up strength and stamina in readiness for their Arctic adventure, new team member Ed Coats, Ben Fogle and James Cracknell exert themselves with some tyre pulling in Devon.
Photo: Glacier Training
The three-man ski-ing in the winter sun during their glacier training in Switzerland.
Credits
- Presenter
- Alexis Girardet
- Participant
- James Cracknell
- Participant
- Ben Fogle
- Participant
- Jonny Lee Miller
- Director
- Alexis Girardet
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Edwards
- Executive Producer
- Melanie Leach
Broadcasts
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Sun 5 Jul 200921:00
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Mon 6 Jul 200920:00
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Wed 8 Jul 200900:20
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Thu 16 Jul 200900:30
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Tue 21 Jul 200900:30
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Wed 4 Nov 200900:00
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