Call of the WILD

ED STAFFORD on why he's setting up an extreme survival school in Belize

- SEAN MARLAND

INTO THE JUNGLE WITH ED STAFFORD

NEW TUE, 9.30PM, C4 REALITY

Can roughing it in a Central American wilderness help a group of struggling dads connect better with their children?

This is the question posed by new six-part C4 reality show Into the Jungle with Ed Stafford, which sees the explorer and former British Army captain set up a survival school in Belize free from the distractions of modern-day life where six fathers and their kids will face challenges designed to test them as individuals as well as their relationship with each other.

Here, in an exclusive interview, Ed, 48, who lives in Costa Rica with wife Laura Bingham and their four young children, tells TV Times what to expect...

You came up with the idea for this show after relocating to Central America last year. What inspired the move?