Who narrates Take A Hike?
TAKE A HIKE follows five hikers each week on various routes throughout the UK.
The BBC Two show is enjoying its second season in 2023. Here is all you need to know.
Who narrates Take A Hike?
Take A Hike series one was narrated by comedian and author Rhod Gilbert.
Rhod was born October 18, 1968 in Carmarthen, Wales.
He has enjoyed years of success as a comedian, on television and radio and as an author.
In 2020 he was invited to host a brand new TV series for Comedy Central called Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains.
He regularly hosts Have I Got News For You and had his own panel show for BBC One, Ask Rhod Gilbert.
Rhod also sold out shows at the Edinburgh festival every year from 2005-2012.
After a six year hiatus he returned to the stand-up stage in 2019.
In July 2022 he announced to the world that he is battling stage four cancer.
His latest tour was rescheduled for summertime 2023.
Series two of the show is hosted by Robert Pugh.
Robert was born October 11, 1950 in Wales.
He is an actor who has appeared in many films and tv shows during his career.
He has appeared in Channel 4 drama Longford and in the 2006 BBC drama Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.
In his early career he frequently appeared in Welsh language productions.
In 2010 he appeared in the two part Doctor Who story as Tony.
In 2011 he joined HBO’s cast for Game of Thrones in the recurring role of Craster.
What is Take A Hike about?
Most Brits love to go out hiking through the vast and beautiful English landscape.
The show follows five hiking enthusiasts from all walks of life.
Each hiker leads the team on their favourite hike and the team judge the leader out of ten.
They’re judged on categories such as the difficulty of the walk, food provided, quality of the views and entertainment on the route.
Think Come Dine With Me, but a hiking edition.
“Everyone’s lying if they think they don’t want to win, cause everyone wants to win. Why would you not?” says Rosie in episode one.
Who said hiking isn’t a competitive sport!
At the end of the week, the winner is awarded a £500 voucher for walking gear and the highly coveted golden walking stick.
How can I watch Take A Hike?
You can watch new episodes of the show on BBC Two every weekday from 6.30pm.
Previous episodes of the series are also available to stream on BBC iPlayer