HE’S COME A long way from Walford.

Having travelled the world, from Afghanistan to Africa and India, Ross Kemp’s Extreme World has led him closer to home, with tonight’s episode set to show last year’s Twelfth of July marches in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.

Pictures released from the filming show the former Grant Mitchell wearing what appears to be a skateboard helmet and paintball goggles as an injured PSNI officer is carried away from the scene of rioting.

Other pictures show Kemp posing with an Orangeman and being generally laissez faire about the whole thing while slouching against a riot van.

Kemp told TV3′s Ireland AM last month that people from England had very little grasp of the Troubles, but added that the Belfast he had seen now was a world away from the one he had visited in the early 90s.

“I still think it’s worth saying and celebrating the fact that I think Northern Ireland, and I went to Northern Ireland during the Troubles, that it’s a very different place and a far better place than it was.”

All pics: Paul Faith/PA Wire

Ross Kemp’s Extreme World airs tonight at 9pm on Sky1 HD

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