Falling overboard following a fit of food poisoning, Brett Archibald survived 28 hours alone in the Indian Ocean.

In this extraordinary interview with Olly, he re-lives his onslaught of hallucinations, his encounter with a shark and how he contemplated certain death...

Read more about Brett's amazing story on his website, and in his book, Alone. 

This episode first aired in October 2017. Now remastered, we have paired this episode with our latest episode, Naked And Exhausted, for reasons known only to our producer.

Watch the moment he's rescued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOq5g0O9v9s

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