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Into the Unknown: Episode 4

Episode 4

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Karen Darke talks to Benedict Allen, an adventurer who has used up all nine of his lives.

Karen Darke talks to Benedict Allen, an adventurer who has used up all nine of his lives, having been initiated into a New Guinea tribe, lost in the desert, and forced to eat a dog.

Benedict Allen is the man who is as strong as a crocodile. Initiated by a lost New Guinea tribe he was beaten and stabbed for 6 weeks, the scars form a crocodile skin on his back. He has been shot at, lost in the desert and had to eat his own dog to survive in the jungle. Forming friendships with the most unlikely of animals he found solace with the camels that accompanied him across the Gobi Desert. Karen Darke talks to the adventurer who has used all 9 (and more) of his lives.

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