Name: Alister Cooling
Age: 24
From: Leeds
Occupation: Unemployed Writer
Relationship Status: Single
Star Sign: Taurus
Motto: “Shut up and do it”

Alister describes himself as a science fiction fan writer. A self confessed couch potato, Al lists his friends to be the TV, the computer and the Hi-Fi.

Although he was educated to degree level, Alister does not have a job, but spends his days writing short stories. His influences are Buffy, Angle and 24.

Alister is hoping the Castaway experience will give him the opportunity tio tap into an inner potential that he has yet to recognise, and, although concerned that he will struggle without his PC and television, he is determined to succeed.