SAS: WHO DARES WINS SERIES 7 PRESS PACK

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10 April 2022

TX: Sundays at 9pm on Channel 4 from 10 April 2022

6 x 1 hour episodes

The toughest show on TV is back.

This seventh series of SAS: Who Dare WIns is led by a new elite team of ex-special forces operators from the UK and, for the first time, the USA. Combining their skills, this new elite ‘Brotherhood’ has created the most gruelling course yet, played out in the unforgiving and epic backdrop of the Jordanian desert. With 15 years’ experience in multiple war zones, Chief Instructor and ex-US Recon Marine Rudy Reyes and new Directing Staff team-member, ex-US navy SEAL Remi Adeleke will join Billy and Foxy to push 20 recruits to challenge their physical and psychological limits.

It’s the ultimate endurance test. Who will have the mental fortitude to make it to the end?

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8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Rudi Reyes – CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Rudy was born in 1971 on Richard’s Gebauer Air Base in Missouri while his father, a US Marine, was fighting in Vietnam. After his parents’ divorce, Rudy and his three brothers were raised by his grandparents, and later by the Omaha Home for Boys.

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Remi Adeleke - DS

Remi was born into riches in Nigeria, but following the death of his father and the unjust seizing of his family’s wealth by the Nigerian Government, Remi, his mother, and brother permanently relocated to Bronx, New York in 1987. After years of making regrettable decisions, Remi joined the Navy in 2002 and later joined the Navy SEALs where he specialized in combat medicine and HUMINT (Human Intelligence/tradecraft).

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham - DS

Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham MBE joined the Parachute Regiment in 1983 and served until 1991 holding an array of positions, including Patrol Commander for operational tours in many worldwide locations and also served as a training instructor for the Regiments as a military specialist. Billy joined the SAS in 1991 as a Mountain Troop specialist and has been responsible for planning and executing strategic operations and training at the highest level in numerous locations (Iraq, Afghanistan, South America and Africa) and has led countless hostage rescues. Billy is a certified Special Forces and Counter Terrorist Sniper Instructor, Advanced Evasive Driving Instructor, Tracking/Jungle Warfare/Navigation Instructor, Demolition/Sabotage Instructor, Ski Mountaineering/Rock Climbing/Abseiling/Ice climbing Instructor, Combat Survival/RTI Instructor, Counter Terrorist Instructor (all options) and has worked as a Patrol Medic/Trauma Life Support agent for five hospital attachments.

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Jason Fox – DS

Jason Fox is a former Royal Marine Commando and Special Forces Sergeant, serving with the Special Boat Service. Jason has planned and led operations including hostage rescue, counter terrorism, counter insurgency, maritime counter terrorism, surveillance, body guarding and counter narcotic missions. Jason is also trained as a combat swimmer, demolitions expert, Special Forces dog handler and jungle survival expert. After leaving the Special Forces, Jason moved into the TV and Film industry, initially using his wealth of experience in the Special Forces to support production crews who were working in environmentally hostile areas, such as the jungle, the Arctic or the desert.

10 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

THE RECRUITS

Abigail Recruit: 4 Age: 27 Profession: Personal Trainer Hometown/Region: Swansea Interesting fact about yourself: I can do the worm forwards & backwards Biography: Abigail is a powerlifter, bodybuilder and personal trainer who lives with her long-term boyfriend in Swansea. Abigail first stepped into

10 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

SAS 7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Location: The series was filmed in the protected desert area of Wadi Rum in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan. Also known as the Valley of the Moon it’s a dramatic desert landscape of sandstone and granite and has been the backdrop for many epic feature films – from Lawrence of Arabia to The Martian & recently Dune.