Top Ten list of adventurer | Bear Grylls has been named as TV's top adventurer

The previous SAS officer-turned-telecaster triumphed in a survey for Radio Times, completing in front of runner-up Ben Fogle.

Other profoundly positioned names included Ray Mears at number three, while the late Steve Irwin - who was executed by a stingray while shooting a narrative in 2006 - came fourth.

Bear - who makes his film presentation, voicing Disney's Planes: Fire & Rescue - was most as of late seen in Channel 4's The Island in which contenders needed to battle for themselves in the wake of being dropped in a remote area.

More than 4,000 votes were thrown in the study by Radiotimes.com/Travel.

The magazine's travel manager, Jade Bremner, said: " Bear Grylls has figured out how to make his brand of experience TV. He's aced the craft of getting viewers to flinch and squirm, while abandoning them enticed to really attempt the alarming tricks and unusual bugs on their own ventures."

:: Top 10 globe-trotters:

1. Bear Grylls

2. Ben Fogle

3. Ray Mears

4. Steve Irwin

5. Kate Humble

6. Simon Reeve

7. James Cracknell

8. Ed Stafford

9. Nigel Marven

10. Henry Cole


Update 10.Aug.2014

Posted in: Celebrity