Heights, and not getting along with people.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
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b. 1990
Born in Sudan, Hamza Yassin, 33, came to the UK at the age of eight. He studied zoology with conservation at Bangor University and, after a master’s in photography, became a wildlife cameraman. In 2020, he made his first television appearance, as Ranger Hamza on the CBeebies show Let’s Go for a Walk. He is a BBC regular on Countryfile and Animal Park, and his latest documentary is Hamza’s Birds of Prey. In 2022, he won Strictly Come Dancing. He hosts the podcast Get Birding and his new book is Be a Birder. He is single and lives in the West Highlands.
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Heights, and not getting along with people.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Lack of confidence in speaking to the opposite sex.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Not being honest.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Natural, caring, thoughtful.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
There’s a tweet somewhere saying, “If you like Africa so much, why don’t you go back there.” It was because I dedicated one of my dances to my three mothers – Mother Africa, Mother Nature and my mother.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
My last dance with Jowita, my dance partner. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster; she’s taught me so much about myself and I grew as a result. I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Finding a partner.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Stress, love, people not understanding me, me not understanding people.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
That life is tough and unfair; that life is beautiful.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
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