TV Credits / Documentary Films
‣ ‘Hard Talk’ BBC News 24
‣ ‘Saville Row’ BBC2
‣ ‘This is Your Life’ ITV
‣ ‘Parkinson’ BBC1
‣ ‘Jackanory’ BBC Childrens
‣ ‘Terry Wogan Show’ BBC
‣ Children’s Adventure Series - Central TV
‣ ‘The Last Great First’ (Blue Nile) ITV
‣ ‘El Tapon’ Canadian B.C. (Darien Gap)
‣ ‘The Darien Conquest’ or ‘The Stopper’ ITV
‣ ‘The Great Zaire River Expedition’ ITV
‣ ‘Operation Drake’ (ITV and US ABC)
‣ ‘The Fort George Volunteers’ BBC
‣ ‘Operation Raleigh’ series on BBC
‣ ‘Mammoth Hunt’ (The Giant Elephants of Nepal) on both
Bristol & USA
‣ ‘The Grand Adventure’ (a piano to the Wai Wai) BBC
‣ ‘The Challenge of Leadership’ BDFL
• Explorer & Motivational Speaker
Expeditions
‣ Operations Aphrodite (underwater archaeology,
Cyprus 1958-61)
‣ SE Libya Exploration 1963
‣ Sandhurst Ethiopian Expeditions 1964-66
‣ The Exploration of The Blue Nile 1968
‣ The Dahlak Quest, Ethiopia 1970
‣ The British Trans-Americas Expedition, Darien Gap
Panama 1971-72
‣ The Zaire River Expedition 1974-75
‣ Operation Drake 1978-80
‣ Operation Raleigh 1984-92
‣ Mongolia Amarsanaa Expedition 1992
‣ The Giant Elephant Quests, W. Nepal 1991-2001
‣ Exploration in Burma 1996-99
‣ The Kota Mama Expeditions. Reed boats and
exploration in
S. America 1995-2009
‣ The Wai Wai Expeditions, Guyana 1994-2002
‣ The Magdala Mission, Ethiopia 1996
‣ The Cofan Expeditions Ecuador 2008
‣ The Lago Roja Aguado 2008-9
Books
‣ ‘Weapons and Tactics’ (with Tom Wintringham)
‣ ‘Expeditions, the Experts’ Way’ (with Alistair Ballantine)
‣ ‘Where the Trails Runs Out’
‣ ‘In the Steps of Stanley’
‣ ‘A Taste for Adventure’
‣ ‘In the Wake of Drake’ (with Mike Cable)
‣ ‘Operation Drake’ (with Mike Cable)
‣ ‘Mysteries: Encounters with the Unexplained’
‣ ‘peration Raleigh: The Start of the Adventure’
‣ ‘Operation Raleigh: Adventure Challenge’ (with Ann Tweedy)
‣ ‘Operation Raleigh: Adventure Unlimited’ (with Ann Tweedy)
‣ ‘Something Lost Behind the Ranges’
‣ ‘Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal’ (with Rula Lenska)
‣ ‘Kota Mama’ (with Richard Snailham)
‣ ‘East to the Amazon: In Search of Great Piatiti’ (with Richard Snailham)
Radio Credits
‣ ‘Desert Island Discs’ BBC Radio 4
‣ ‘Today’ BBC Radio 4
‣ ‘John Dunn Show’ BBC Radio 2
Press Credits
‣ The Times
‣ Daily and Sunday Telegraph
‣ The Guardian
‣ The Daily Mail
‣ The Daily Express
‣ Evening Standard
‣ The Observer
‣ The Geographical Magazine
‣ The Traveller
‣ Country Life
Talks and Lectures
John has inspired and entertained people around the globe. He has hosted and chaired numerous events including the following:
‣ Cox and Kings - Expert Tour Guide
‣ Cunard, P&O, SAGA Cruises
‣ In Darkest Africa – the story of Stanley and Livingstone using
Stanley’s lantern slides and his voice
‣ The Quest for Leadership - inspirational talk on leading in the
face of adversity
‣ Coast to Coast lecture tours in USA
‣ Business Lectures toaudiences in Australia, Hong Kong and Europe
‣ Operation Drake
‣ The Eighth Wonder
‣ The Conquest of the Blue Nile
‣ The Dahlak Quest
‣ In the Steps of Stanley
‣ Operation Raleigh
‣ The Darien Breakthrough
‣ Mission to Magdala
‣ A Life of Adventure
‣ Andes to Atlantic – The Kota Mama Expedition
‣ The Grand Adventure
Corporate & After Dinner
John has lectured world wide for many large companies. He continues to lecture regularly on exploration, leadership and problem solving.
‣ ICI
‣ Shell
‣ The Royal Geographical Society
‣ The Rotary Club
‣ The Lions Club
‣ Round Table
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