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1 15 March 10, 2006 July 20, 2007 December 20, 2007[1] 0

2 13November 9, 200

7June 6, 2008 January 13, 2009[2] 1

3 10 August 6, 2008February 16, 200

9August 18, 2009[3] 3

4 11 August 12, 2009 February 17, 2010 May 4, 2010[4] November 15, 2010[5] 3

5 6 August 11, 2010 September 22, 2010 March 22, 2011[6] 2

6 6 February 17, 2011 March 24, 2011 July 3, 2012[7] 0

7 5 July 11, 2011 November 29, 2011 2

Season 1 (2006–2007)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s) Original air date

1 1"The Rockies"

"Pilot"Mike Warner Ron Hood & Mike Johnston March 10, 2006

Bear Grylls gets dropped in the middle of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in British Columbia and must find his way back

to civilization. On his way out, he must evade the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and abseildown a

cliff. 

2 2 "Moab Desert" Dominic Stobart Terry Moore November 10, 2006

Bear Grylls is dropped by a helicopter into the Moab Desert in Utah in almost 45 degree temperatures, with nothing but a

knife, a canteen, and a flint. He battles dehydration by soaking his t-shirt in urine, and eats two raven eggs, one raw.

Lastly, he demonstrates how to escape from quicksand before swimming across the Colorado River. He also explains

how to use the flow of rivers as tools to find civilization. 

3 3"Costa Rican Rain

Forest"Chris Richards Jorge Salaverri Henriquez November 17, 2006

Grylls parachutes into a Costa Rican rainforest in the Osa Peninsula, with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful

about the water he drinks, but gets violently ill anyway. He climbs down a waterfall using a vine, and floats down a river

to the ocean on a raft he crafts out of balsawood to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it to

civilization. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents. 

4 4"Alaskan Mountain

Range"Scott Tankard Tim Smith November 24, 2006

Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he

traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and

finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship. 

5 5 "Mount Kilauea" Dominic Stobart Jack Lockwood December 1, 2006

Grylls is dropped by helicopter at the top of Mount Kilauea. Made up of an expanse of solidified lava which stretches for

33,000 acres, this environment is one of the world's most inhospitable. He first traverses lava fields, which catch his

boots on fire, then heads into the jungles of Hawaii. Grylls uses a kukui nut torch to explore a lava tube and finds water,

then uses smoke to placate a bee hive to get honey. Ultimately, he finds the sea (and people) by following seabirds. 

6 6 "Sierra Nevada" Wayne Derrick Mark Wienert December 8, 2006

Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there

each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the

mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono

Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held

together by grape vine. 

7 7 "African Savannah" Marc Westcott Phil West December 15, 2006

Grylls parachutes into Northern Kenya. He comes into close contact with lions, elephants, and rhinoceros, being careful

not to get too close. Grylls demonstrates squeezing water from elephant dung and how to find people in Africa. Bear

observes the deadly puff adder. In most areas, one follows a river downstream, but in Africa people are found upstream. 

8 8 "European Alps" Matt Dickinson Mac MacKay December 22, 2006

Grylls parachutes into the French Alps with a knife, a canteen, a cup and a flint, taking the parachute with him. He

demonstrates how to survive falling into a frozen lake, how to build a snow shelter, and how to use a self arresting device

to stop from plummeting into a crevasse. He also eats maggots and uses them to catch a trout. He performs aTyrolean

traverse and makes himself a pair of snow shoes out of young trees and parachute lines. 

9 9 "Deserted Island" Graham Strong Mark Wienert December 29, 2006

Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long

distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is

surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the

reflection produced by his polished knife. 

10 10 "Everglades" Scott Tankard Kris Thoemke June 15, 2007

Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He

trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a

muddysinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style. 

11 11 "Iceland" Tony LeeThor Kjartansson & Sigrun

Nikulasdottir & Jon Gauti JonssonJune 22, 2007

Grylls parachutes into the extreme landscape of Iceland, the site of vicious blizzard, 50 mph (80 km/h) winds, icy glacial

waters, boiling hot mud and volcanic springs. He demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in volcanic

underground tunnels and avoid frostbite. To find food in this subarctic environment, Grylls scavenges a sheep for its

eyeballs and mutton fat, and catches a ptarmigan. He demonstrates with his shoelaces the boiling of the eyeballs and

mutton in the geysers, to save digestion energy and disinfect the scavenged food. 

12 12"Mexico"

"Copper Canyon"Scott Tankard David Holladay June 29, 2007

In Mexico, Grylls must find his way out of Copper Canyon, and his only supplies are a water bottle, a flint and a knife. He

demonstrates how to build a simple compass and climb sheer cliffs safely. For shelter, he uses ancient caves and makes

fire with a traditional "fire saw." Grylls also demonstrates techniques for finding scorpions or grubs and fishing without a

rod or line. 

13 13 "Kimberley, Australia" Alexis Girardet Nick Vroomans July 6, 2007

In the Kimberley region of Australia, an area with a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs

full of deep gorges, Grylls faces extreme heat, poisonous snakes and the ever present danger of dehydration. Survival

tips include how to forage for food (bush tucker), build a shelter and how to prevent sunstroke. He explains why he

believes drinking ones own urine can prevent death from dehydration. During his journey, Grylls observessaltwater

crocodiles and endures a lightning storm. 

14 14 "Ecuador" Matt Dickinson Hazen Audel July 13, 2007

Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, is attacked by huge colonies

of spear-nosed bats[disambiguation needed], and observes giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow

and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of theAmazon on

a single tree trunk. 

15 15"Scotland"

"Cairngorms"Clare Dornan Lawrence Clark July 20, 2007

Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how

to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he

traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to

cross ravines. 

Season 2 (2007–2008)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s) Original air date

16 1 "Sahara" (Part 1) Tony LeeKevan Palmer & Authentic

MoroccoNovember 9, 2007

In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and

a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand. 

17 2 "Desert Survivor" (Part 2) Tony LeeKevan Palmer & Authentic

MoroccoNovember 16, 2007

In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water. 

18 3 "Panama" (Part 1) Justin Kelly Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio November 23, 2007

Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and

endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite. 

19 4"Jungle" (Part 2)

"Panama (Part 2)"Justin Kelly Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio November 30, 2007

Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle. 

20 5 "Patagonia" (Part 1) Carl Hindmarch Daniel Gomez December 7, 2007

Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then

forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water. 

21 6"Andes Adventure" (Part

2)Carl Hindmarch Daniel Gomez December 14, 2007

In Patagonia, Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier,

a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses. 

22 7 "Bear Eats" December 21, 2007

Grylls offers tips on dining in the wild, with some unusual offerings that are not necessarily palatable. 

23 8 "Zambia" Chris Richards Andrew Wood May 2, 2008

Grylls drops into the mighty Zambezi river, in the Second Gorge below Victoria Falls 

24 9 "Namibia" Chris Richards Andrew Wood May 9, 2008

Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. 

25 10

"Ring of Fire (Part 1)"

"Castaway (Part 1)"

"Jungle Swamp"

Stephen Shearman Andrew Wood May 16, 2008

Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into

several types of wildlife, including lizards and the deadly mangrove snake. 

26 11"Ring of Fire (Part 2)"

"Castaway (Part 2)"Stephen Shearman Andrew Wood May 23, 2008

Dropped by helicopter, Grylls has to survive on a remote island located in Indonesia. He hunts for stingrays and land

crabs[disambiguation needed] while drinking whatever fresh clean rain water he may get. In the end he builds a small raft out of

drift wood of bamboo and heads to the sea. 

27 12 "Siberia (Part 1)" Tony LeeLena Yakovleva & Sergey

GluhovMay 30, 2008

With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his

food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive

without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in. 

28 13"Siberia (Part 2)"

"Land of Ice"Tony Lee

Lena Yakovleva & Sergey

GluhovJune 6, 2008

Grylls is in Siberia, learning survival techniques from the Tuvans and, eating raw yak liver as well as drinking its bloodfor

food. 

Season 3 (2008–2009)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s) Original air date

29 1"Mexico"

"Baja Desert"David O'Neil Stani Groeneweg August 6, 2008

Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is

stung by a bee and his face becomes severely swollen, nearly blinding him. 

30 2"Louisiana"

"The Deep South"Nicholas While Jeff Galpin August 27, 2008

Grylls enters the swamps of Louisiana where he kills an alligator with a knife,avoids venomous snakes, and catches

acatfish with his bare hands 

31 3 "Ireland" Scott Tankard Andrew Wood September 3, 2008

Grylls jumps from a boat a kilometre off the west coast of Ireland. He travels down the coast before turning inland to

cross the bogs. Here he retrieves a sheep carcass from a bog whose skin he uses as a sleeping bag (sheeping bag), a

waterproof sack, and a flotation device. 

32 4 "South Dakota" Chris Richards Stani Groeneweg September 10, 2008

Grylls is dropped on a granite peak in the Black Hills where he is caught in a thunder storm with inadequate shelter.

Down in the plains Grylls encounters a herd of Bison before entering the desolate area known as the Badlands. 

33 5 "Belize" Nick White Andrew Wood January 12, 2009

Grylls heads to the jungle where he tackles a boa constrictor, he gets stuck over raging waters, and then he takes to the

trees. 

34 6 "Yukon" Nick White Andrew Wood January 19, 2009

Grylls wraps up warm as he heads to the frozen wastelands of North Canada. He goes underground to search an

abandoned mine, and he takes to some fast moving water. 

35 7 "Oregon" Chris Richards Andrew Wood January 26, 2009

Grylls takes on the deepest river based canyon, Hell's Canyon and the dangerous Snake River. 

36 8 "Dominican Republic" Carl Hindmarch Andrew Wood February 2, 2009

Grylls has some tips on how to survive the hurricane season and he also eats a cooked tarantula to survive. He tells us

about the hairs on the tarantula's back legs and how they defend themselves using the hairs. 

37 9 "Turkey" Andrew Barron Andrew Wood February 9, 2009

Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water. 

38 10 "Romania" Stephen Shearman Andrew Wood February 16, 2009

Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels. 

Season 4 (2009–2010)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s) Original air date

39 1"Arctic Circle"

"Norway"Andrew Barron Andrew Wood August 12, 2009

Grylls goes to the Arctic Circle, where he encounters a frozen waterfall, wild reindeer and some of the coldest conditions

on the planet. 

40 2 "Alabama" Nick White Stani Groeneweg August 19, 2009

Grylls wrestles a pig, squeezes through some tight spots, and survives a forest fire in the swamps of Alabama. It is

revealed that Grylls broke his shoulder while in Antarctica two months previously. 

41 3 "Vietnam" Sid Bennett Andrew Wood August 26, 2009

Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. 

42 4"Texas"

"Texas Desert"Stephen Shearman Stani Groeneweg September 2, 2009

In Western Texas, Grylls falls to earth from an upturned biplane into the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep

gorges, locates an oasis, eats a lizard and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake. 

43 5 "Alaska" Nick White Ross Bowyer September 9, 2009

Grylls returns to the wilderness of Alaska to survive the dangerous terrain of the Last Frontier. 

44 6"Pacific Island"

"Panama"Stephen Shearman Ross Bowyer January 6, 2010

Grylls is on a deserted Panamanian island; he creates fresh water and chooses to use tribal fishing techniques before

battling the sea on a makeshift raft. Later in the episode he gives himself an enema in order to stay hydrated on the open

seas. 

45 7 "China" Graham Strong Andrew Wood January 13, 2010

In Southern China Grylls arrives in the aftermath of a tropical typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, scales slippery

limestone faces, avoids disaster with stinging ants, and utilizes ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food. 

46 8"Big Sky Country"

"Montana"Konrad Begg Stani Groeneweg January 20, 2010

Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of

abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train. 

47 9 "Guatemala" Alexis Girardet Ross Bowyer January 27, 2010

Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala, navigates a waterfall in an underground cave, creates a nest to safely

sleep in but gets an unwelcome bed buddy, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins. 

48 10"Urban Survivor"

"Poland"Nick White Andrew Wood February 3, 2010

Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for

a city environment keep him alive in a concrete wasteland in Gdynia, Poland. 

49 11"North Africa"

"Morocco"Nick Fletcher Ross Bowyer February 17, 2010

Grylls crosses the Sahara desert to the North Africa coast, where he catches an octopus, fashions a shelter out of acacia

trees and dines on moths and locusts. 

Season 5 (2010)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s) Original air date

50 1"Western Pacific"

"Torres Strait"Nick White Stani Groeneweg August 11, 2010

Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs

crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape. 

51 2"Northern Australia"

"Northern Territory, Australia"David O'Neil Ross Bowyer August 18, 2010

In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in this

sweltering landscape dominated by crocodiles. 

52 3"Canadian Rockies"

"British Columbia"Scott Tankard Andrew Wood August 25, 2010

While in the Canadian Rockies, Grylls is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake,

and is airvac-ed to the hospital when an icy glissade goes horribly wrong. 

53 4"Georgian Republic"

"Georgia, Eastern Europe"Stephen Shearman Andrew Wood September 1, 2010

Grylls lands in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of

a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves and trudges through swampy wetlands. 

54 5"Fan vs. Wild"

"Canadian Wilderness"Hugh Ballentyne Ross Bowyer September 8, 2010

Grylls takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They face their fears head on,

trek down dangerous glaciers and across a frigid glacial river, build a rustic shelter, and try to swallow typical Grylls fare. 

55 6"Extreme Desert"

"Mojave Desert"Stephen Shearman Ross Bowyer September 15, 2010

In the Mojave Desert Grylls puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm, takes on the full force of a man-

madeflash flood and HALO jump from 30,000 feet. His body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus

40 to 110 degrees. 

Season 6 (2011)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s)U.S. viewers

(thousand)Original air date

56 1"Arizona"

"Arizona Sky Islands"David Holroyd Ross Bowyer February 17, 2011

In Arizona, Bear transforms into a one man high speed glider with a cutting edge wingsuit and flies into the Arizona Sky

Islands. Bear shows viewers how to find water in the parched desert landscape, builds a sand-buggy from a wrecked

aircraft and crosses heart-stopping rock drops. 

57 2"Scotland"

"Cape Wrath"

Stephen

ShearmanStani Groeneweg 1414 February 24, 2011

In Scotland off the rugged coast of Cape Wrath, Bear is dropped into open ocean. After getting ashore, he realises he's

on an island and must swim to the mainland. Bear fashions a wetsuit from a seal's hide to withstand the frigid crossing.

Well into the trek, he is forced to turn back as an incoming estuary tide nearly cuts him off. After he makes it to dry land,

Bear has a close call with the steep treacherous Scottish rock terrain. 

58 3

"Norway"

"Norway: Edge of

Survival"

Ben Duncan Andrew Wood 1025 March 3, 2011

Bear and his team are in Norway. Armed with the latest technology they'll be creating the harshest conditions possible

while sensors monitor how Bear copes trying to survive in one of the world's most beautiful but wettest countries. 

59 4"Borneo"

"Borneo Jungle"David Johnson

Stanislaw

GroenewegMarch 10, 2011

In Borneo, Bear heads directly into the wild jungles. Without a place to land his helicopter, he is forced to rappel into the

treetops. As the heli peels away, Bear is 100 feet up in the canopy. After finding his way down to the jungle floor, Bear

tackles raging waters, big mudslides and deep caves as he fights his way through this impenetrable place. 

60 5

"Malaysia"

"Malaysian

Archipelago"

Hugh Ballantyne Andrew Wood 1455 March 17, 2011

Bear Grylls is dropped in an archipelago of islands off the coast of Borneo. Fighting dense jungle and scaling towering

escarpments, Bear struggles to find freshwater. In his search for food, he tries to spear fish at depths of 30ft and traps a

wild boar. 

61 6 "Global Survival Guide" 1203[8] March 24, 2011

Bear Grylls travels the world to give you the best tips and techniques so you can survive wherever you're stranded. From

skin diving without a mask in the tropics, to finding water in the desert, this is the best of Bear's never before seen

footage. 

Season 7 (2011)

No. # Title Directed by Survival expert(s)U.S. viewers

(thousand)Original air date

62 1"South Island"

"New Zealand"Matt Brandon Andrew Wood 896[9] July 18, 2011

Bear Grylls must fling himself out of a plane and parachute to safety to reach this remote area. Crossing the country's

highest mountain range and starting a fire in a waterlogged forest are just some of the unpredictable things he faces in

this terrain. 

63 2"Fire And Ice"

"Iceland"Ben Duncan Andrew Wood 1140[10] July 25, 2011

Bear Grylls is dropped on an ice cap covering an active volcano. In blizzard conditions he struggles to make headway,

and the barren land offers little food. Can he reach civilization when faced with swollen river crossings and ever present

flash floods? 

64 3"Red Rock Country"

"Southern Utah"Nick White Ross Bowyer 944[11] August 12, 2011

Bear Grylls is in red rock country - southern Utah. Armed only with a lasso, he descends a rock pinnacle and gets

trapped in a narrow gorge. Crossing an arid wilderness, he's left hanging 100 ft above a ravine. And Bear's craziest

airplane stunt ever! 

65 4"Land of The Maori"

"New Zealand"Stephen Shearman Ross Bowyer 972[12] August 19, 2011

Over 100 people drown each year in New Zealand, and Bear must cross a raging river on a tree trunk to head toward

civilization. On his journey to safety he runs out of water, is forced to climb up active volcanic ranges and scale down a

waterfall. 

66 5 "Working the Wild" N/A November 29, 2011

Bear Grylls takes the viewer behind the scenes to meet the crew that follows his every step. Whether he's jumping from

helicopters or eating the unimaginable, the camera is never far away from the action. Now the crew gets to tell their side

of the story. 

Special episodes

Title Survival expert(s) Original air date

"Bear's Mission Everest Special" September 11, 2007

In this special, Bear attempts his most daring mission to date when he tries to fly a paramotor glider over the world's

highest mountain. 

"Bear's Essentials" September 17, 2008

A clip-show from previous Man vs Wild episodes highlighting important survival techniques. 

"Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Special Part 1" February 23, 2009

Grylls offers tips for surviving in some of the world's most unforgiving places. 

"Sweden"

"Will Ferrell"Andrew Wood June 2, 2009

This episode features Will Ferrell in a special titled Men vs. Wild, where Ferrell tags along with Grylls as they journey

through the frozen wilderness of Sweden. The episode is a tie-in to help promote Ferrell's new movie, Land of the Lost. 

"Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Special Part 2" September 16, 2009

In his ultimate survival guide Grylls takes on dangerous snakes, fishes for catfish using his finger as bait and joins tribes

who survive in the worlds toughest terrains, eats raw goats testicles in the Sahara, and hunts porcupines. 

"Man vs. Wild: The Inside Story" September 23, 2009

The Man vs. Wild crew who follow Grylls on his travels across the globe, tell how it feels to follow in his footsteps and

reveal just how they make Man vs. Wild. 

"Shooting Survival" February 10, 2010

Behind the scenes with Grylls's crew. 

"Bear's Top 25 Man Moments" June 19, 2010

Grylls reveals his top 25 moments -- he sleeps in a camel in the northern Sahara and takes on a risky drop off onto an

active volcano in Guatemala. 

"Behind The Wild" September 22, 2010

Bear's crew give us another behind the scenes peek at how Bear's adventures are filmed. 

"Iceland"

"Jake Gyllenhaal"Andrew Wood July 11, 2011

Bear brings along actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature.

Jake will go where Bear goes and eat whatever Bear eats, if he's going to cope with some of the worst conditions known

to man.