HE’S been heralded as a real-life Indiana Jones and the next Bear Grylls, but for Levison Wood’s army of female fans he is simply Britain’s Most Eligible Bachelor.
At 41, the Army officer may still be single – but that isn’t due to lack of offers since he started making his shows for Channel 4 in 2015.
Levison even gets advice, however unconventional, on landing a wife during his adventures, the most recent of which saw him travel to Namibia, in southern Africa, to film desert lions.
He said: “The lead woman in the Himba tribe initiated me into the tribe by putting clay dreadlocks in my hair, which she said would make me look a lot more stylish.
“They also have this test for men, a sort of coming of age ceremony when they are 12, where they get their bottom two front teeth knocked out with a brick.