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No. of series 1 Running time 60 minutes Final episode date 15 June 2008 Number of episodes 4 | 8.1/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 4 First episode date 2008 Cast Ray Mears | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by John Miller, Ben Southwell Similar Extreme Survival, Wild Britain with Ray Mears, Wild Food, Survival with Ray Mears, Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ray Mears Goes Walkabout is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears, showing Mears in Australia. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States.
A book of the same title was released concurrently with the series. In the series Mears met one of his heroes: Les Hiddins (aka "The Bush Tucker Man").
Synopsis
Ray Mears journeys through the wilderness of the Australian outback to learn about the people, the wildlife, and the culture. He is joined by Australian survival experts who enrich his journey and deepen Mears's understanding of Australian bushcraft. These journeys encompass many of the themes of Mears's world discovery: the natural world, indigenous culture, adventure and survival.