13 Facts About Chris Ryan

Since retiring from the British Army Chris Ryan has published several fiction and non-fiction books, including Strike Back, which was adapted into a television series for Sky 1, and co-created the ITV action series Ultimate Force.

Chris Ryan has presented or appeared in numerous television documentaries connected to the military or law enforcement.

Chris Ryan's cousin was a member of the reservist 23 SAS Regiment and invited Chris Ryan to come up and "see what it's like to be in the army".

Chris Ryan did this nearly every weekend, almost passing selection several times, but was too young to do 'test week'.

Chris Ryan walked 300 kilometres, from an observation point on the Iraqi MSR between Baghdad and North-Western Iraq, to the Syrian Border.

On 29 June 1991 Chris Ryan was awarded the Military Medal "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Gulf in 1991" although the award was not gazetted until 15 December 1998 together with the equally delayed announcement of Andy McNab's Distinguished Conduct Medal.

Chris Ryan has written more than 70 books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Chris Ryan writes fictional books for teenage readers, including the Alpha Force Series and "Code Red", and has written a romantic novel, The Fisherman's Daughter, under the pseudonym Molly Jackson.

In 2002 Chris Ryan co-created and appeared in ITV's action series, Ultimate Force, playing the role of Blue Troop leader Staff Sergeant Johnny Bell in the first series.

In 2004 Chris Ryan produced several programmes titled Terror Alert: Could You Survive, demonstrating how to survive disasters including flooding, nuclear terrorist attack, mass blackouts, and plane hijackings.

In 2005, Chris Ryan presented a Sky One show called How Not to Die, detailing how to survive various life-threatening situations.

In 2007 Chris Ryan trained and managed a six-man team to represent Team GB at Sure for Men's Extreme Pamplona Chase in Spain during the Running of the Bulls and appeared in an episode of the Derren Brown series, Mind Control with Derren Brown, where he booby-trapped a course for Brown to follow whilst blindfolded.

Chris Ryan presented the television series Elite World Cops, broadcast as Armed and Dangerous, which aired on Bravo in 2008.