''Safari School'' is a
BBC Two reality television
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series presented by
Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek in which eight celebrities take part in a four-week ranger training course in the
Shamwari Game ReserveShamwari Game Reserve
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.
Synopsis
The celebrities have to learn how to become game rangers. Every day they have to undertake tasks set by their instructors, both experienced rangers, and at the end of each week the two worst trainees face a head-to-head challenge to remain in Africa
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.
Each week, one of them has to go home until the fourth week when one leaves every day. When it gets down to the final two, each one has to take a group of three top conservationists on a game drive which might include changing a tyre or having to face down a charging elephant. The conservationists then decide the winner by judging who has learnt the most in four weeks of training and delivered the most convincing performance as a ranger. And then the winner gets to release two big cats
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Despite enormous differences in size, various cat species are quite similar ...
, a lion and a leopard, into a new Born Free Foundation
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enclosure in the African bush.
Contestants
The celebrities taking part are:
*Carrie Grant
Caroline Vanessa Grant, (''née'' Gray, born 17 August 1965) is an English vocal coach, television presenter and session singer.
Career
Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests ''Fame Academy'', '' Comic Relief Does Fame A ...
(vocal coach) -Winner
* Jeremy Sheffield (actor- Holby City) -Runner Up
*Claire King
Jayne Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed; 10 January 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Karen Betts in '' Bad Girls''. She has appeared in the fourth series of ''Stric ...
(actress- Emmerdale
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and Bad Girls) eliminated week four (day three)
*Jamie Baulch
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(athlete) eliminated week 4 (day two)
* Blair McDonough (actor- Neighbours) - Eliminated week 4 (Day One)
*Brooke Kinsella
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(actress- EastEnders) - Eliminated Week 3
*Jan Leeming
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Early life and personal life
Leeming was born in Barnehurst, Kent, and educated at the Assumption Convent, Charlton and St Joseph's Convent Gr ...
(former newsreader) - Eliminated Week 2
*Paul Usher
Paul Usher (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Barry Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera '' Brookside'' and Des Taviner in the ITV drama ''The Bill''. In 2019, he began appearing in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnd ...
(actor- Brookside Brookside may refer to:
Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Br ...
and The Bill
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The programme focused o ...
) - Eliminated Week 1
Safari School Instructors
* Andrew Kearney
* Graeme McLeod
Production Team
* Paul Coueslant - Series Producer
* Sam Eastall, Rebecca Welsh, Holly Flynn - Producer-Directors
* Amy Mangion - Production Manager
* Nick Samwell-Smith - Executive Producer for Initial
* Alison Kirkham - Executive Producer for BBC
References
External links
Interview with Uhlenbroek re series
Resource
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BBC Television shows
British reality television series