BEN AND JAMES IN THE ARABIAN DESERT BBC2

Dir: David Harrison
Prod Co: Indus Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Format: 2x60min
Christmas 2013 special

A Christmas Special this series swept the Boxing Day audience away to the Empty Quarter.

James Cracknell and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred Thesiger. They train with Bedouin tribesman and, with only four grumpy camels for company, pushing themselves and their friendship to the limit.

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