Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Wild

Man vs. Wild

2006 7 Seasons 66 Episodes ⭐ 7.1 Action & Adventure Documentary

Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.

Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Rockies

Host Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.

EP 2

Moab Desert

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

EP 3

Costa Rican Rain Forest

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

EP 4

Alaskan Mountain Range

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

EP 5

Hawaii – Mount Kilauea

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

EP 6

Sierra Nevada

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

EP 7

African Savanna – Kenya

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

EP 8

European Alps

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

EP 9

Deserted Island

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

EP 10

Everglades

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

EP 11

Iceland

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

EP 12

Mexico

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

EP 13

Kimberly, Australia

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

EP 14

Ecuador

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

EP 15

Scotland

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

EP 1

Sahara

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

EP 2

Desert Survivor

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

EP 3

Panama (1)

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

EP 4

Jungle (2)

Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.

EP 5

Patagonia

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

EP 6

Andes Adventure

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

EP 7

Bear Eats

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

EP 8

Zambia

Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows yo

EP 9

Namibia

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

EP 10

Jungle Swamp (1)

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

EP 11

Castaway (2)

Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrifie

EP 12

Siberia (1)

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

EP 13

Land of Ice (2)

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

EP 1

Baja Desert

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

EP 2

The Deep South

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

EP 3

Ireland

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

EP 4

South Dakota

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

EP 5

Belize

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

EP 6

Yukon

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

EP 7

Oregon

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

EP 8

Dominican Republic

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

EP 9

Turkey

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

EP 10

Romania

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

EP 1

Arctic Circle

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

EP 2

Alabama

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

EP 3

Vietnam

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

EP 4

Texas

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

EP 5

Alaska

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

EP 6

Pacific Island

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

EP 7

China

Bear does all his usual acrobatics while suffering through Typhon Parma in China including swinging on a vine, monkey cl

EP 8

Big Sky Country

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

EP 9

Guatemala

EP 10

Urban Survivor

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

EP 11

North Africa

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

EP 1

Western Pacific

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

EP 2

Northern Australia

In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in t

EP 3

Canadian Rockies

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

EP 4

Republic of Georgia

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

EP 5

Fan vs. Wild

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

EP 6

Extreme Desert

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

EP 1

Arizona Sky Islands

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

EP 2

Cape Wrath, Scotland

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

EP 3

Norway: Edge of Survival

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

EP 4

Borneo Jungle

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

EP 5

Malaysian Archipelago

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

EP 6

Global Survival Guide

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

EP 1

Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal

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

EP 2

New Zealand: South Island

This week Bear braves the remote wilderness of New Zealand's South Island, crossing the country's tallest mountains and

EP 3

Iceland: Fire and Ice

Bear returns to Iceland to demonstrate the challenge of surviving its many pitfalls. His trek begins on an ice cap cover

EP 4

Red Rock Country

Bear Grylls -- lasso in hand -- crosses a raging river and descends rock pinnacles in Utah.

EP 5

Land of the Maori

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

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