Team Building Company Helps BBC Create Extreme Dreams

PRLog (Press Release) – Jan 13, 2008 – The Visit Wales award wining “National Team Building Company of the Year” Call of the Wild have announced that they will be appearing in the BBC’s Extreme Dreams! In the show travel presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle gives more members of the public the chance to realise their dreams and conquer some of the world's most extreme environments in the second series of Extreme Dreams.

Embarking on a voyage of personal discovery each candidate will be tested mentally, physical and emotionally on this journey of a lifetime. Members of the public have been selected to go on once in a lifetime expeditions to some of the remotest parts of the World including Nepal, Uganda, Libya, Venezuela and Papua New Guinea. They will journey through extreme environments such as dense jungle, parched desert, high mountains and navigate little explored rivers.

Due to the tough conditions to be experienced on these trips the BBC decided to have a rigorous selection process seeking to eliminate those people who wouldn’t be up to the demanding physical and mental requirements of the expeditions.

Call of the Wild were asked to help design and deliver these 5 shows in South Wales. The programmes were based at their training centre in the Brecon Beacons National Park and each of the selection shows was themed to tie in with the expedition the individuals would go on. These programmes involved fun and demanding challenges, which put the candidates under the sort of pressure that would seek to highlight personality and behaviour.

They were asked to navigate high mountains, cross rivers and take part in fun challenges whilst experiencing a range of weather from warm sunshine to snow. At the end of each show the candidates went before a panel made up of Ben, a psychologist and a well known travel expert. They then selected 4 of the group to go on the trip of a lifetime. This part of the programme became very emotional with each person having to state their case as to why they should be selected.

About Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild (Corporate Training: http//www.corporate-training-events.co.uk) has years of experience working with organisations and businesses, such as Vodafone, Panasonic, Lloyds TSB, Admiral Insurance, Orange, E.On and BT to name but a few. The company typically arranges team building, management training and leadership training either in their Brecon Beacons training centre or at venues throughout the UK.

Programme Synopsis
Jan 14 – 18   Wales selection (Nepal, PNG, Uganda, Libya & Returners Show on Friday 18th)
Jan 21 – Jan 25   Nepal trip
Jan 28 – Feb 1   Uganda trip
Feb 4 – Feb 8   Libya trip
Feb 11 – 15   PNG trip
Feb 18 – 22 Venezuela trip