Ben Anderson (journalist)

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A veteran reporter and presenter, in 2005, Ben Anderson reported for Frontline Football – six films for the BBC that followed national football teams beset by turmoil during the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. In the previous year, he was a reporter on Holidays in the Danger Zone - The Violent Coast. This four part series for BBC2 focused on travelling along West Africa's notoriously dangerous coast. Back in 2003, Ben was a reporter on Correspondent - Terror in South East Asia, which profiled Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's time in Manila with Ramsi Yousef, prior to the September 11 attacks.

Perhaps most famous for Holidays in the Axis of Evil, the hit BBC show; Ben is also the presenter of World's Toughest Tribes – a six part television documentary series for Discovery Channel that focuses on unique modern day tribes.

One of the most travelled people in the world, Ben is a native of Middlesbrough, and is a fan of Middlesbrough F.C.