Ben Fogle "LOVE, ADVENTURE AND DOG WALKING: The Royal Parks are my desert, my jungle, my ocean, my mountains, my countryside but above all my escape. I was born within crawling distance of Hyde Park which in turn has been the stage to my life. Loves and losses. Happiness and sorrow. Excitement and trepidation. In my lifetime I have walked nearly 20,000 miles of Hyde Park. I know every tree and each blade of grass. I have revised for exams and failed exams, walked puppies and mourned the loss of older dogs, courted and split up, trained for arctic expeditions and desert adventures. I even met the love of my life in Hyde Park.

The inspiration for my canvas is the recycling of life. Like my canvas, The Royal Parks have inspired countless brush strokes in my life. Others' discarded litter becomes another's treasure. My deckchair, like my park, represents my life so far. It is a story of adventure, dog walking and marriage."

Ben Fogle was born in 1973, the son of actress Julia Foster and broadcast vet Bruce Fogle. Educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, Ben went on to study Latin American Studies at the University of Costa Rica and University of Portsmouth.

In 2000 Ben volunteered to be marooned on Taransay in the Outer Hebrides as part of the BBC's big millennium project Castaway 2000. Ben has since presented numerous programmes including the BBCís Animal Park, Countryfile, Wild in Africa, Crufts, One Man and His Dog, Holiday, and Extreme Dreams. He is also a published author.

Ben has completed the Marathon Des Sables, a 160 mile, six-day race across the Sahara Desert. He has also rowed across the Atlantic Ocean with Olympic athlete James Cracknell, in a record breaking 49 days.