Castaway returns seven years on
Joe - castaway
Name: Joe
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Age: 33
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From: Kent
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Occupation: Occupational therapist
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Relationship status: Single
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Star sign: Aries
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Motto: "Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you aren't – whatever your luck,
people still smile if you smile at them."
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Why Castaway: "I view this is an opportunity for me to experience a unique
situation: a testing set of circumstances calling on skills, reserves and
initiatives rarely used in modern life."
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Joe, a 33-year-old who lives in London, can't wait to be cast away. A self-confessed entertainer, he is spontaneous and enjoys the absurd.
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He regards himself as an open, honest and trustworthy man who has a keen sense
of ethics. Joe worked for six years as an occupational therapist with teenagers
suffering substance misuse, and then became a pub manager. He recently returned
to occupational therapy.
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He considers "being able to facilitate change in
people and instilling confidence and pride" as one of his biggest achievements
so far in life.
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Joe's ambition is to get his foot on the property ladder and settle down with
the love of his life. A vegetarian and member of a dolphin society, Joe has
great sympathy for animals and environmental issues. As a socialist he admits
he "foolishly" believes the world can live in harmony.
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Joe is keen to be part of the Castaway team and, with hobbies such as kayaking,
swimming in the sea and cycling, he expects to be able to cope with the
physical hardship of life on the island. He considers himself to be pretty fit
but admits it's vanity rather than discipline that makes him do 30 press-ups a
day.
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Joe is going on Castaway to test himself but doesn't take the idea of island
life too seriously. "I will occupy myself by playing hide and seek, telling
jokes, doing treasure hunts and dancing like a doughnut!"
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Did you know? Joe has often been compared to Alan Partridge.
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