BRATTON’S Aimee Berrington swapped laptops and iPhones for sticks and stones after taking part in Channel 5’s TV show 10,000BC Two Tribes.

The 25-year-old, who lived in Wiltshire until the age of 18, was thrust from her life in London as a performer into the Bulgarian jungle for two months along with 23 other people.

Split into two tribes, the Brits were forced to survive and compete against each other during the Stone Age period as they attempted to find food, make shelter and live off the land.

“Both my grandparents died last year and it was a shock to us all so I decided every single year I was going to do a challenge and I thought what a great way to push myself this would be,” said Ms Berrington, who attended Matravers School in Westbury and studied dancing and singing in Swindon.

“On the whole it was the hardest thing I have ever done, I pushed myself to the limit. I was going in there with 12 complete strangers who were all completely different to me and it was really serious when we went in there, as we did have to survive.

“I think the hardest thing was the lack of food, I thought they might sneak us some pasta or something if we had nothing but we did have to live off the land.

“I think it was definitely more a mental challenge than physical.

“I ring my mum all the time and for me not to speak to her was extremely difficult because I had no idea what was going on with them.”

The ten-part series will begin on Wednesday [January 20] at 10pm and follows the adventurers as they are stripped of all their modern comforts and faced dehydration, extreme weight loss and near-death experiences.

“I think the biggest thing after I’ve done it is I won’t say no to any opportunity,” said Ms Berrington.

“Before I would have said I can’t do that but now I say I can do it."

“If you have done something that has changed your life nothing phases you anymore, I want to do more challenges and I’m thinking what’s the next thing I can do?”