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Background

Parry attended Wells Cathedral School as a boarder between 1978 and 1987. After finishing at Wells, Parry was commissioned as a Royal Marines officer at the age of 18. Soon after training, he became their youngest ever physical training and sports officer and his five year career culminated in the prestigious appointment as the officer in charge of all physical aspects of British Commando training. He left the Marines in 1993 and went on to become an expedition leader of Trekforce, before landing a job as a location manager for pop music videos. Parry eventually founded his own company, Endeavour Productions. Wells Cathedral School is a British independent school located in Somerset. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Reaction Force. ... The British Commandos were first formed by the Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but unregimented raider force employing unconventional and irregular tactics to assault, disrupt and reconnoitre the enemy in mainland Europe and Scandinavia. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

Television Host

In the television shows that he hosts he lives as a family member with a number of tribes in remote locales such as Ethiopia, Venezuela, Gabon, The Himalayas, Mongolia and West Papua, sleeping, working and eating with them. http://www. ... Himalaya, see Himalaya (film). ... Map showing West New Guinea region The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea or Papua, and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. ...

He has also been the expedition leader for Serious Jungle and Serious Desert on CBBC, the BBC channel for children. In these programmes children from the UK are chosen to form an expedition with a particular conservation objective to achieve within a time limit. These programmes are some of the most unusual reality TV programmes because firstly they feature very young people, and secondly, although the expedition members are well looked after by a team of adults, the actual environments in which they live for the duration of the programme are hostile. Serious Jungle (2002) and its sequels Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2004) and Serious Amazon (2005) are observational documentary series made by the BBC and broadcast as part of their childrens programming. ... Serious Jungle (2002) and its sequels Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2004), Serious Amazon (2005) and Serious Andes (2006) are observational documentary series made by the BBC and broadcast as part of their childrens programming. ... CBBC Logo CBBC - short for Childrens BBC - is the brand-name for the BBCs childrens television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ...

Key shows (UK names shown)

• Extreme Lives (2002)
• Serious Jungle (2002)
• Serious Desert (2003)
• Serious Arctic (2004)
• Tribe (2005/6) (Two seasons completed so far.)
• Serious Amazon (2006)
• The Great Race (2006)
• Blizzard-Race To The Pole (2006)

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General Television Appearances

• Guest on Danger! 50,000 Volts! (2002) with Nick Frost, as expert on desert survival.
• Guest on Last Call With Carson Daily 5th May 2006.
• Guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on 28th April 2006.
• Guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on 9 August 2007.

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See also

• Anthropology
• Tribe (BBC series)
• List of anthropologists
• Serious Jungle (television show)
• Reality television
• Trekforce Worldwide