TV-14
2006
7 Seasons
Adventure & Survival
Man vs Nature
Man vs. Wild
: Bear Grylls shows how to survive the toughest and most remote environments.
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1. European Alps
Bear Grylls shares how to survive in the Alps, Europe's greatest mountain range.
2. Sierra Nevada
Bear uses his knowledge of American Indian survival techniques in the Sierra Nev...
3. Alaskan Mountain Range
Bear Grylls uses his specialist survival skills to face the icy peaks of the Chu...
4. African Savannah
Bear Grylls shows how to survive in the parched and dangerous environment of the...
5. Everglades
Bear demonstrates how to stay alive when stranded in the beautiful but deadly Fl...
6. Ecuador
Bear Grylls braves the jungle to demonstrate how to survive in Ecuador's extreme...
7. Kimberley, Australia
Bear shares how to find food and avoid sunstroke and crocodiles in the harsh Aus...
8. Mexico
Bear Grylls shows how to survive Mexico's Copper Canyon by using traditional cav...
9. Iceland
Bear Grylls demonstrates the important skills needed to survive in Iceland's arc...
10. Scotland
Bear Grylls shares how to survive in the arctic environment of Scotland's Cairng...
Sahara
In the vastness of the Sahara desert and the terrifying beauty of towering sand dunes, Bear Grylls tackles extreme survival challenges to get out alive, even when it means eating one of the world's deadliest scorpions.
Desert Survivor
In the Sahara desert, Bear Grylls meets with people from the nomadic Berber tribes, who have lived in the desert for thousands of years and share some of their most extreme survival techniques with him.
Panama
Bear Grylls tackles some extreme survival challenges and some grisly eats in the lethal mangroves and infamous viper pits of Panama to demonstrate how to get out alive.
Jungle
In Panama, the searing heat and humidity of the jungle sorely tests Bear Grylls as he tackles plunging waterfalls and mudslides and forages for food. He also learns some of the legendary survival techniques of the Embera tribe.
Andes Adventure
Bear Grylls shares how to survive the grueling conditions of Patagonia in South America. After parachuting onto a windblown steppe where there is little to eat and almost no shelter, he spends the night in freezing conditions.
Patagonia
After parachuting into the Southern Patagonian Ice Field -- one of the largest expanses of ice in the world -- Bear Grylls tackles some extreme survival challenges and wild weather in the icy wilderness.
Siberia
Bear Grylls parachutes into the Siberian tundra, one of the coldest and harshest places on earth, where he must battle temperatures of minus 30 degrees and push himself to the limit to find shelter and food in the extreme cold.
Zambia
Bear ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. He demonstrates how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids, and then faces wild animals, difficult terrain and intense heat and humidity.
Namibia
Bear Grylls shares how to survive in one of the hottest, emptiest and driest places on earth: Namibia. Bear eventually meets up with the masters of desert survival, the San Bushmen, who reveal their secrets for survival.
Land of Ice
Bear is airlifted into the treacherous Sayan mountains in Siberia. He learns some survival techniques from the Tuvans: yak herders and cold-climate experts descended from Genghis Khan who have lived there for 20,000 years.
Jungle Swamp
Bear Grylls must navigate his way out of the Pacific Ring of Fire's petrified swamps devastated by the 2004 tsunami. He has to use all of his survival skills and ingenuity to survive the grueling terrain.
Castaway
Bear Grylls goes into the Pacific Ring of Fire as he takes on a week of challenges in an area devastated by the 2004 tsunami. He is dropped into the Indian Ocean and has to survive on a deserted island with no running water.
Bear Eats
Bear knows that to survive in the wilderness he has to put food prejudices to the side. If it can save his life, he will eat it! Bear heads to nature's kitchen and shares what's on the menu in the world's most remote places.
Baja Desert
Bear Grylls is in Baja, Mexico, where he tackles overwhelming odds to survive the challenges of the desert. The biggest threat to his survival comes from a bee sting that swells his eyes closed and leaves him half blind.
The Deep South
Bear Grylls tackles the deadly swamps of the Deep South. He dodges alligator attacks, tangles with venomous snakes and hooks a catfish with his bare hands. He also follows the trail of destruction caused by hurricane Katrina.
Ireland
Bear Grylls survives the rugged West Coast of Ireland where he has to scale 2,000-foot-high sea cliffs. He gets stuck in a peat bog retrieving food and risks hypothermia when his shelter is compromised by a rainstorm.
South Dakota
Bear Grylls' latest adventure takes him to South Dakota, home to not one but three of America's most incredible wilderness areas: the Black Hills, the Great Plains, and the inhospitable Badlands.
Belize
Bear Grylls is in the jungles of Belize where he swings from the vines like Tarzan, comes face-to-face with a nine-foot boa constrictor and is left hanging by his fingertips over a raging white-water river.
Yukon
Like the pioneers who came in search of gold, Bear fights his way across the frozen wastelands of North America's Yukon. He battles to stay afloat in treacherous white water and finds himself underground in an abandoned gold mine.
Oregon
Deep in the Oregon wilderness, Bear takes on Hell's Canyon: the deepest river canyon in the world. Snowdrifts, burnt-out forests, 150-foot cliffs and the white water rapids of the Snake River stand between him and civilization.
Dominican Republic
Bear Grylls shows how to survive hurricane season in the Dominican Republic. From eating a tarantula for breakfast to heading into a mosquito-infested mangrove, he tackles the many challenges of this rugged terrain.
Turkey
Bear Grylls takes on the Anatolian plateau in Turkey. From the freezing mountain tops to the lifeless steppes, he battles white water rapids, takes on 100-foot climbs and confronts lethal wildlife.
Romania
Bear Grylls enters the heart of Dracula country: the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. The forests are teeming with ferocious predators, and before long he comes face to face with a large adult male brown bear.
Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Part One
Bear Grylls reveals the survival tips necessary to stay alive in extreme situations in some of the toughest locations on earth, such as falling into the ice of Siberia or battling sharks to make it off an Indonesian island.
Arctic Circle
Bear Grylls heads for the icy wastes of the Arctic Circle, where he tackles a frozen waterfall, hunts wild reindeer and battles against some of the coldest conditions on the planet.
Alabama
Bear Grylls is deep in the back-woods of Alabama, where he tackles freezing white-waters and a vicious wild boar, braves a raging forest fire and gets trapped without light deep in the heart of an enormous limestone cave.
Vietnam
Deep in the heart of Vietnam, Bear Grylls encounters blood-sucking leeches and a deadly spitting cobra, eats a forest scorpion and avoids a violent mountain river flood as he tangles with the worst the jungle can throw at him.
Texas
In Western Texas, Bear Grylls falls to earth from an upturned bi-plane and takes on the parched Chihuahuan Desert. To survive, he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake.
Alaska
Bear Grylls is in the wilds of Alaska where he ice-hops onto a glacier, is left hanging by his fingertips over a forest waterfall and narrowly avoids getting crushed between an iceberg and his rescue vessel.
The Inside Story
The Man vs. Wild crew who follow Bear Grylls on his travels across the globe share how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal just how they survive alongside him.
Pacific Island
Bear Grylls is dropped on a sandbar in the Pacific ocean west of the Panama coast. He swims to a deserted island and begins his quest for enough food and -- more importantly -- water to keep him alive.
Big Sky Country
Bear Grylls takes on Big Sky Country in Montana, one of the last untouched and remote areas in the US. After paragliding above the Rockies, he negotiates difficult terrain before making his great escape on a moving train.
China
Bear Grylls takes on Southern China in the aftermath of a typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, climbs limestone gorges, is attacked by stinging ants and uses ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food.
Guatemala
Bear Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala. In order to survive, he navigates a waterfall in an underground cave, tackles an unwelcome overnight guest, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins.
Urban Survivor
Bear finds himself in a new kind of jungle: a concrete jungle. Just because he's partially inside doesn't mean he's out of the woods. He must use all of his wilderness survival techniques to stay alive in a post-disaster city.
Shooting Survival
The stalwart crew behind Bear Grylls' amazing adventures share how they fearlessly -- and sometimes fumblingly -- go to extremes to film Bear trekking to the ends of the earth.
Western Pacific
Bear Grylls is marooned on a desert island south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.
Northern Australia
Bear Grylls skydives from a wartime cargo plane into Australia's Northern Territory. He will rely on many of the survival skills honed by the aboriginal people who live in Arnhem Land to survive in this sweltering landscape.
Canadian Rockies
Bear Grylls and his team head into the Canadian Rockies to face the elements at their worst and see what they really do to the body. When an icy glissade goes horrible wrong, Bear must be evacuated to the hospital.
Georgia-Eastern Europe
Bear begins his adventure in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out of a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves and trudges through swampy wetlands.
Fan vs. Wild
Bear takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They'll face their fears head on by trekking down dangerous glaciers, building a rustic shelter and trying to swallow typical Bear fare.
Extreme Desert
In the Mojave Desert, Bear puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm and takes on the full force of a flashflood. His body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus 40 to 110 degrees.
Behind the Wild
Ever wonder who films Bear Grylls leaping from helicopters, crossing crocodile-infested rivers, sliding down ice falls and generally risk life and limb? Go behind the scenes to meet the team.
Arizona Sky Islands
Bear is in Arizona, the land of the Apache. From its extraordinarily dry deserts to the bone-breaking Sky Islands Mountains, Bear takes on snakes, scorpions and terrifying vertical drops to survive in this challenging landscape.
Borneo Jungle
After rappelling into the forbidding jungles of Borneo, Bear Grylls must descend soaking wet cliffs, battle snakes and leeches and deal with torrential rain to survive here.
Cape Wrath, Scotland
Bear is dropped into the open ocean near Cape Wrath off Scotland's coast. After enduring the stomach-churning misery of a life raft, he fashions a wetsuit from the hide of a dead seal and has a close call with a deadly rock fall.
Norway: Edge of Survival
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 while trying to survive in one of the world's wettest countries.
Malaysian Archipelago
Bear is dropped in an archipelago of islands off the coast of Borneo. Fighting dense jungle and scaling towering cliffs, Bear struggles to find fresh water. In his search for food, he tries to spear fish and traps a wild boar.
Global Survival Guide
Bear travels the world to offer the best tips and techniques so anyone can survive when stranded. From skin diving in the tropics to finding water in the desert, this is the best of Bear's never-before-seen adventures.
Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal
Bear brings along Jake Gyllenhaal to test how the actor measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature. Jake will go where Bear goes and eat whatever Bear eats to cope with some of the worst conditions known to man.
New Zealand South Island
Bear must parachute in to reach the remote New Zealand South Island. 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.
Iceland Fire and Ice
Bear Grylls is dropped on an Icelandic ice cap covering an active volcano. He struggles to make headway in blizzard conditions, and the barren land offers little food as he faces swollen rivers and the threat of flash floods.
Red Rock Country
Bear Grylls is in the red rock canyons of southern Utah, the heart of America's Wild West. Armed only with a lasso, he descends a major rock pinnacle and gets trapped in a narrow slot canyon as he navigates this arid wilderness.
Land of the Maori
Over 100 people drown each year in New Zealand, and Bear must cross a raging river to head toward civilization. On his journey to safety, he runs out of water, climbs up active volcanic ranges and scales down a waterfall.
Working the Wild
Bear Grylls takes the viewer behind the scenes to meet the crew that follows his every step. No matter what dangers he faces, the camera is never far away from the action. Now, the crew gets to tell their side of the story.
Man vs. Wild
Genres
Adventure & Survival, Man vs Nature, Reality
Episodes
7 Seasons Available (65 Episodes)
Release Year
2006
About This Series
Bear Grylls has served with the British Special forces, climbed Everest and explored the Arctic. He shares how to survive the toughest and most remote environments by putting himself in the position of a stranded tourist.
Cast and Crew
Starring: Bear Grylls
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