Survival shows are more relevant than ever: adventurer Ed Stafford

British explorer Ed Stafford believes a common man's everyday struggles, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, is akin to being in a survival television show where one must learn to adapt to overcome the difficulties.

Stafford has been part of a number of survival shows such as "Ed Stafford: First Man Out" and "Ed Stafford: Left For Dead" and he can understand what it feels like to live under a lockdown with strict rules that must be followed.

"I think lockdown and dealing with coronavirus is very much like being thrown into a survival show. Suddenly there are new parameters and rules, suddenly you have to adapt to overcome new difficulties.

"I think being resourceful, resilient and optimistic are traits that serve me well when I'm racing through remote parts of the world but they are also the things that make you a proactive and a positive person to be locked down with during a pandemic. Its more relevant than ever," Stafford told PTI.

In his brand new documentary "Ed Stafford: Man Woman Child Wild", which premiered on Discovery, Discovery HD and Discovery Plus App on May 11, the adventurer lives off-grid on a remote uninhabited island in Indonesia for one month.

However, this time, he will be joined by his wife Laura Bingham and their 20-month-old son Ran.

Stafford said that though having his wife and child with him made things a little bit difficult for him, he still would like to top this experience with another such adventure.

"Sure it was exhausting to stay alert enough in the month away to protect Ran (son), keep himsafe, and try and provide for us all, but I'm glad we did it and if there were opportunity in the future, we would love to do a far bigger experiment in more adverse conditions and for much longer so that we could really settle intothe new life."