- Safari School
infobox television
show_name = Safari School
rating = TV-PG
format =Reality Television
runtime = 30 minutes
creator = BBC/Initial
starring =Charlotte Uhlenbroek and eight celebrities
country = UK
filmed = .
network =BBC
first_aired =22 January 2007
last_aired =16 February 2007
num_episodes = Twenty
website =
imdb_id =
tv_com_id ="Safari School" is a
BBC Two reality television series presented by Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek in which eight celebrities take part in a four week ranger training course in theShamwari Game Reserve inSouth Africa .ynopsis
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 .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 , alion and aleopard , into a newBorn Free Foundation enclosure in the African bush.Contestants
The celebrities taking part are:
*Carrie Grant (vocal coach) -Winner
*Jeremy Sheffield (actor-Holby City ) -Runner Up
*Claire King (actress-Emmerdale andBad Girls ) eliminated week four (day three)
*Jamie Baulch (athlete) eliminated week 4 (day two)
*Blair McDonough (actor-Neighbours ) - Eliminated week 4 (Day One)
*Brooke Kinsella (actress-EastEnders ) - Eliminated Week 3
*Jan Leeming (former newsreader) - Eliminated Week 2
*Paul Usher (actor-Brookside andThe Bill ) - Eliminated Week 1afari 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
External links
* [http://travel.independent.co.uk/africa/article2172982.ece Interview with Uhlenbroek re series]
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