At last!
Sitting here in South Africa, reading all this I was beginning to wonder if there was anybody sane enough to mention the above.
Having seen some of the first series and trailers for the latest, I think he is a few cards short of a full pack, sure he has a penchant for wearing grass skirts and is adept at making a few tools to survive, but hold the presses!
He is only lost/stranded in Thailand because he arranged for it to be so!
With the deepest of respect Midas, these are not the skills you need for a walk in the Yorkshire moors and I doubt such a fine learned fellow as yourself would be pulling up tussocks of grass to try and fashion a grass skirt any time soon!