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Hamza Ahmed Yassin (born 22 February 1990) is a Sudanese-British wildlife
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and presenter, known for his role as Ranger Hamza on the children's television channel
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and his work on shows such as ''
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'' and ''
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'', as well as presenting programmes about Scottish wildlife. In 2022, he won the twentieth series of the
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contest ''
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''.


Early life

Born in Sudan on 22 February 1990, Yassin moved to
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in the UK aged eight, not knowing any English. After being diagnosed as
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as a teenager while a student at
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, he was supported throughout the rest of his studies. He went on to achieve a degree in Zoology with Conservation from
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and a Masters in Biological Photography and Imaging from the
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. When he was 21, Yassin moved to the
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to study the local wildlife and develop his career; he now lives in
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.


Television

Yassin is known for the
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shows ''Let's Go for a Walk'', in the role of Ranger Hamza, and he has written a book based on the series. In late 2020, he presented ''Scotland: My Life in the Wild'', a one-off Channel 4 documentary about his life and the wildlife living on the
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in the Highlands of Scotland. Yassin has appeared on ''
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'' and as a guest presenter on ''
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'', and in 2021 he joined the BBC series ''
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'' about the lives of keepers and animals at
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. In the same year, he presented ''Scotland: Escape to the Wilderness'', a four-part Channel 4 series in which he took four celebrities (
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,
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,
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and
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) to wild locations around Scotland, showing them the local wildlife. In 2022, he appeared as a contestant on the twentieth series of ''
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'', partnering with
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. On 17 December 2022, despite finishing bottom of the leaderboard in the final, they were announced as winners of the series, which also meant Jowita won the Glitterball the first time she had a celebrity partner.''''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yassin, Hamza 1990 births English photographers Nature photographers Living people English people of Sudanese descent Sudanese photographers Alumni of Bangor University Alumni of the University of Nottingham People educated at Wellingborough School Strictly Come Dancing winners People from Lochaber