Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge: Iceland
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Monday, January 19 on U&Dave ja vu (74)
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Iceland
Season 2, Episode 3
Actor Robson Green heads to Iceland, which has thousands of miles of uninhabited coastline and rivers, and where fishing accounts for around 70 per cent of the national income. While there he takes on some of the country's best anglers, going up against a retired professional opera singer and joining Elin - the head of the Icelandic sea-angling association - in a search for the bottom-dwelling wolf fish. In his final test, Robson takes on a man known as 'the Monk', who tracks brown trout for hours in arctic conditions
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Did You Know..
Robson Green
(Presenter)
Born:
December 18, 1964
in
Hexham, Northumberland
Best Known For:
His role in Soldier Soldier.
Early-life:
Born Robson Golightly Green in Hexham, Northumberland, on December 18, 1964, the son of a miner. He has two sisters and a brother. As a child, he harboured ambitions to become a pilot in the RAF and joined the Air Training Corps, but after leaving school, he took a draughtsman's apprenticeship at a shipbuilder's yard instead. However, after appearing in various amateur dramatic productions, he quit his job to take up acting full time.
Career:
Robson started out at Newcastle's Live Theatre, and was spotted in BBC production A Night on the Tyne, which led to a regular role in Casualty. He then spent four years in Soldier Soldier, during which he began a successful singing partnership with co-star Jerome Flynn. The pair also starred together in Ain't Misbehavin' in 1997. Other projects include The Student Prince, Touching Evil, Grafters, Northern Lights, Wire in the Blood, Close and True, Being Human and Waterloo Road. A keen fisherman, he has filmed several series of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, which has taken him across the globe. He also has a production company, Coastal.
Quote:
"Always turn up on time, know your lines and get to know the people you work with."
Trivia:
He supports Newcastle United FC.
Barry Egan
(Series producer)
Helen Nightingale
(Executive producer)
