In the absence of fear there is little faith.

Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.

There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk across deserts or cycle across the Antarctic - like Ranulph Fiennes, who just does it because it's there. And then there are people like me, who are just genuinely curious about the world.