Fear By Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He's crossed both Poles on foot. He's been a member of the SAS, and fought a bloody guerrilla war in Oman.

Yet he confesses that his fear of heights is so great that he'd rather send his wife up a ladder to clean the gutters than do it himself.

The world's greatest explorer delves into his own experiences to try to explain what fear is, how it happens and how he has overcome it so successfully.

Sir Ranulph analyses his own fear of heights - despite being a highly accomplished mountaineer.

He looks back at fears haunting him while at Eton school, plus the terrors he confronted while in the SAS - as he considers the psychology of our irrational fears.

Omnibus of five parts.

Written and read by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes reads from his new book about fear - particularly his own.