Seasons & episodes

S1 · E11Iceland 2007-06-22 · 45 min＋

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.

S1 · E12Mexico 2007-06-29 · 45 min＋

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.

S1 · E13Kimberly, Australia 2007-07-06 · 45 min＋

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 observes saltwater crocodiles and endures a lightning storm.

S1 · E14Ecuador 2007-07-13 · 45 min＋

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 the Amazon on a single tree trunk.

S1 · E15Scotland 2007-07-20 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E1Sahara 2007-11-08 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E2Desert Survivor 2007-11-15 · 45 min＋

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

S2 · E3Panama (1) 2007-11-22 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E4Jungle (2) 2007-11-29 · 45 min＋

Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.

S2 · E5Patagonia 2007-12-06 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E6Andes Adventure 2007-12-13 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E7Bear Eats 2007-12-20 · 45 min＋

In this special film Bear Grylls takes us to nature's kitchen. It seems nothing--except maybe the fat of on a camel's hump--is beyond Bear Grylls.

S2 · E8Zambia 2008-05-01 · 45 min＋

Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

S2 · E9Namibia 2008-05-09 · 45 min＋

Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. He eats a puff adder and encounters the indigenous bushmen.

S2 · E10Jungle Swamp (1) 2008-05-15 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E11Castaway (2) 2008-05-22 · 45 min＋

Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrified swamps devastated by the 2004 Tsunami and has to navigate his way out.

S2 · E12Siberia (1) 2008-05-29 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E13Land of Ice (2) 2008-06-05 · 45 min＋

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

S3 · E1Baja Desert 2008-08-06 · 45 min＋

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.

S3 · E2The Deep South 2008-08-27 · 45 min＋

Grylls enters the swamps of Louisiana where he kills an alligator with a knife, and catches a catfish with his bare hands

S3 · E3Ireland 2008-09-03 · 45 min＋

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.

S3 · E4South Dakota 2008-09-10 · 45 min＋

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.

S3 · E5Belize 2008-12-11 · 45 min＋

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

S3 · E6Yukon 2009-01-18 · 45 min＋

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.