Born in Essex in 1964, Ross Kemp worked for the BBC for ten years and ITV for four years as an actor. He then had a change of career and started making documentaries and has subsequently been nominated for three BAFTAs for his series on Afghanistan, Gangs and Africa. He and his team won the BAFTA for Best Factual Series in 2006. Ross is a patron of Help for Heroes and has spent time on the front line in Afghanistan with1 Royal Anglian, 5 Scots, 16 Air Assault and 45 Commando.