Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice

Overview

Three iconic adventurers - newsman John Simpson, polar explorer Ranulph Fiennes and solo yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston - go on a newsgathering trip to war-torn Afghanistan, attempt to sail around the most notorious of all maritime landmarks, Cape Horn, situated at the southernmost tip of South America, and man-haul sledges across the frozen sea ice of the Canadian Arctic.

Created by Dee Kruger, John Simpson

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• Ranulph Fiennes

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

• 

  John Simpson

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

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  Robin Knox-Johnston

  Self - Presenter

  3 eps

Themes

• afghanistan
• arctic polar circle region
• travel
• circumnavigation
• cape horn
• southern ocean

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