Will Millard

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Will Millard is a British expedition leader, writer and broadcaster. [1] He was born in Norfolk and grew up there before moving abroad to become a teacher. [2]

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Expeditions

Millard spent several years in New Guinea, leading several expeditions exploring the local area between 2008 and 2012. In 2013, he travelled down the rafts on the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. [3]

Presenting

2015 saw Millard present Hunters of the South Sea. Each episode saw him live with a community which still relied heavily on fishing, and investigated how these communities were adapting to the modern world. [4] [5] The series was broadcast on BBC Two. In 2016, Millard presented a three-part series The River Taff in which he examined the ecology of the Welsh River.

In 2017, Millard presented Hidden Cardiff, a one-off documentary investigating the history of the Welsh capital. In 2018 he continued to explore Wales, presenting Hidden Wales, while also presenting the three-part series, The River Wye.

2018 also saw present My Year with the Tribe, a documentary [6] in which Millard spends a year with a tribe in West Papua. During his time he learns that previous documentaries had filmed an unrealistic portrayal of the lives of the tribes and uncovered that their culture was changing rapidly due to interactions with the modern world. [7]

In 2019, he presented the six-part series Go Fish, which was broadcast on the BBC. 2020 saw him present Hidden Wales II. [8]

Books

In 2018, Millard had his first book published, titled The Old Man and the Sand Eel. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Up close and personal with BBC's Will Millard". Epwales.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "TV explorer Will Millard's journey from Norfolk Fens to uncharted rainforest". Edp24.co.uk. 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stories from the Rainforest | an Interview with Jungle Explorer Will Millard". Sidetracked.com. 17 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hunters of the South Seas review: 'a lovely, touching, very human little film'". TheGuardian.com . 20 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Meet the tribe still hunting whales armed with only a flimsy home-made harpoon". Daily Mirror . 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "My Year with the Tribe wins twice at the Realscreen Awards 2019". Keofilms.com. 30 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "My Year with the Tribe review – an ethical quagmire in the Indonesian jungle". TheGuardian.com . 15 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Will Millard heads to Dan-yr-Ogof for new series of Hidden Wales". Brecon-radnor.co.uk. 2 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Shakespeare, Nicholas. "Hooked for life | The Spectator". Spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  10. ↑ The Old Man and the Sand Eel.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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