This Week On The Farm presenter Helen Skelton, 37, has told how she was held up by pirates while kayaking across the Amazon river for Sport Relief, revealing that the marauders made a bizarre demand.

Helen Skelton is fighting the elements of the Amazon in her bid to become the first woman to solo kayak the 2010-mile long river - all in the name of Sport Relief. The Blue Peter presenter is into ...

The TV presenter reflects on her epic completion of the 78-mile Namibia Ultramarathon – and explains why anyone can be a runner if they want to be ...

26-year-old Helen Skelton, finished a 2,010 mile journey paddling down the Amazon river, a journey many experts said she would find impossible. On her way she paddled past alligators, anacondas ...

Television presenter Skelton started work on Blue Peter in 2008 and has since completed numerous extreme challenges for charity. In 2010 she kayaked over 2,000 miles along the Amazon River ...

Helen Skelton landed the role of a lifetime when ... World Records while kayaking down the entire length of the River Amazon for Sport Relief in 2010. The record holder completed the longest ...

Broadcaster Helen Skelton is appearing on Channel 4's SAS ... such as kayaking the entire length of the Amazon River alone, becoming the second woman ever to complete the Namibian ultra-marathon ...

Former Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton got herself onto the cobbles ... Records while kayaking down the entire length of the River Amazon for Sport Relief in 2010 - the longest solo journey ...