Man vs. Wild (2006–2011)

1. S01E01Season's bestThe RockiesOctober 27, 2006 7.0Host Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.
2. S01E02Moab DesertNovember 8, 2006 5.5Bear Grylls is dropped by a helicopter into the Moab Desert in Utah in almost 45 degree temperatures, with nothing but a knife, a canteen, a
3. S01E03Costa Rican Rain ForestNovember 17, 2006 5.5Grylls parachutes into a Costa Rican rainforest in the Osa Peninsula, with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful about the water he dri
4. S01E04Alaskan Mountain RangeNovember 24, 2006 5.5Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glac
5. S01E05Hawaii – Mount KilaueaNovember 30, 2006 5.5Grylls 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
6. S01E06Sierra NevadaDecember 8, 2006 6.0Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped
7. S01E07African Savanna – KenyaDecember 14, 2006 6.3Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped
8. S01E08European AlpsDecember 22, 2006 5.5Grylls parachutes into the French Alps with a knife, a canteen, a cup and a flint, taking the parachute with him. He demonstrates how to sur
9. S01E09Deserted IslandDecember 29, 2006 5.5Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelt
10. S01E10EvergladesJune 15, 2007 5.5Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp
11. S01E11IcelandJune 22, 2007 3.3Grylls parachutes into the extreme landscape of Iceland, the site of vicious blizzard, 50 mph (80 km/h) winds, icy glacial waters, boiling h
12. S01E12MexicoJune 29, 2007 5.5In 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
13. S01E13Kimberly, AustraliaJuly 6, 2007 3.3In the Kimberley region of Australia, an area with a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs full of deep gorg
14. S01E14EcuadorJuly 13, 2007 5.5Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, is attacked by huge colonies of spear-nosed bats
15. S01E15ScotlandJuly 20, 2007 5.5Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01SaharaNovember 8, 2007 5.5In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He als
2. S02E02Desert SurvivorNovember 15, 2007 5.5In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water.
3. S02E03Season's bestPanama (1)November 22, 2007 7.0Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquit
4. S02E04Jungle (2)November 29, 2007 5.5Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.
5. S02E05PatagoniaDecember 6, 2007 5.5Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech
6. S02E06Andes AdventureDecember 13, 2007 5.5In Patagonia, Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier, a vast frozen l
7. S02E07Bear EatsDecember 20, 2007 5.5In 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 G
8. S02E08ZambiaMay 1, 2008 5.5Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive som
9. S02E09NamibiaMay 9, 2008 5.5Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. He eats a puff adder and encounters the indigenous bushmen.
10. S02E10Jungle Swamp (1)May 15, 2008 5.5Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into several types of wil
11. S02E11Castaway (2)May 22, 2008 5.5Bear Grylls spends a week showing how to survive the challenges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. He is dropped into petrified swamps devastated
12. S02E12Siberia (1)May 29, 2008 5.7With 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
13. S02E13Land of Ice (2)June 5, 2008 5.5Grylls is in Siberia, learning survival techniques from the Tuvans and, eating raw yak liver as well as drinking its blood for food.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Baja DesertAugust 6, 2008 5.5Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is stung by a bee and h
2. S03E02The Deep SouthAugust 27, 2008 5.5Grylls enters the swamps of Louisiana where he kills an alligator with a knife, and catches a catfish with his bare hands
3. S03E03IrelandSeptember 3, 2008 5.5Grylls 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
4. S03E04South DakotaSeptember 10, 2008 5.5Grylls 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 Gry
5. S03E05BelizeDecember 11, 2008 5.5Grylls heads to the jungle where he tackles a boa constrictor, he gets stuck over raging waters, and then he takes to the trees.
6. S03E06YukonJanuary 18, 2009 5.5Grylls 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
7. S03E07Season's bestOregonJanuary 25, 2009 5.7Grylls takes on the deepest river based canyon, Hell's Canyon and the dangerous Snake River.
8. S03E08Dominican RepublicFebruary 1, 2009 5.5Grylls 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 t
9. S03E09TurkeyFebruary 8, 2009 5.5Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water.
10. S03E10RomaniaFebruary 15, 2009 5.5Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Arctic CircleAugust 12, 2009 3.8Grylls goes to the Arctic Circle, where he encounters a frozen waterfall, wild reindeer and some of the coldest conditions on the planet.
2. S04E02AlabamaAugust 19, 2009 3.3Grylls wrestles a pig, squeezes through some tight spots, and survives a forest fire in the swamps of Alabama. It is revealed that Grylls br
3. S04E03Season's bestVietnamAugust 26, 2009 5.5Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.
4. S04E04TexasSeptember 2, 2009 5.5In Western Texas, Grylls falls to earth from an upturned biplane into the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep gorges, locates an oa
5. S04E05AlaskaSeptember 9, 2009 5.5Grylls returns to the wilderness of Alaska to survive the dangerous terrain of the Last Frontier.
6. S04E06Pacific IslandJanuary 6, 2010 5.5Grylls is on a deserted Panamanian island; he creates fresh water and chooses to use tribal fishing techniques before battling the sea on a
7. S04E07ChinaJanuary 13, 2010 5.5Bear does all his usual acrobatics while suffering through Typhon Parma in China including swinging on a vine, monkey climbing over a gorge
8. S04E08Big Sky CountryJanuary 20, 2010 5.5Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of abandoned debris before maki
9. S04E09GuatemalaJanuary 26, 2010 5.5
10. S04E10Urban SurvivorFebruary 3, 2010 5.5Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for a city environ
11. S04E11North AfricaFebruary 17, 2010 5.5Grylls crosses the Sahara desert to the North Africa coast, where he catches an octopus, fashions a shelter out of acacia trees and dines on

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Season's bestWestern PacificJune 1, 2009 5.5Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, l
2. S05E02Northern AustraliaJune 1, 2009 5.5In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in this sweltering lands
3. S05E03Canadian RockiesJune 1, 2009 5.5While in the Canadian Rockies, Grylls is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake, and is airvac-ed to
4. S05E04Republic of GeorgiaJune 1, 2009 5.5Grylls lands in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of a hovering helicopter. H
5. S05E05Fan vs. WildJune 5, 2009 5.5Grylls takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They face their fears head on, trek down dangerous
6. S05E06Extreme DesertSeptember 2, 2009 5.5In the Mojave Desert Grylls puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm, takes on the full force of a man-made flash flood and HALO jum

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Season's bestArizona Sky IslandsFebruary 17, 2011 5.5In Arizona, Bear transforms into a one man high speed glider with a cutting edge wingsuit and flies into the Arizona Sky Islands. Bear shows
2. S06E02Cape Wrath, ScotlandFebruary 24, 2011 5.5In 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 mus
3. S06E03Norway: Edge of SurvivalMarch 3, 2011 5.5Bear and his team are in Norway. Armed with the latest technology they'll be creating the harshest conditions possible while sensors monitor
4. S06E04Borneo JungleMarch 10, 2011 5.5In Borneo, Bear heads directly into the wild jungles. Without a place to land his helicopter, he is forced to rappel into the treetops. As t
5. S06E05Malaysian ArchipelagoMarch 17, 2011 5.5Bear Grylls is dropped in an archipelago of islands off the coast of Borneo. Fighting dense jungle and scaling towering escarpments, Bear st
6. S06E06Global Survival GuideMarch 24, 2011 5.5Bear Grylls travels the world to give you the best tips and techniques so you can survive wherever you're stranded. From skin diving without

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Season's bestMen vs. Wild with Jake GyllenhaalJuly 10, 2011 6.7Bear brings along a companion, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature.
2. S07E02New Zealand: South IslandJuly 17, 2011 5.5This week Bear braves the remote wilderness of New Zealand's South Island, crossing the country's tallest mountains and attempting to start
3. S07E03Iceland: Fire and IceJuly 24, 2011 4.6Bear returns to Iceland to demonstrate the challenge of surviving its many pitfalls. His trek begins on an ice cap covering an active volcan
4. S07E04Red Rock CountryAugust 11, 2011 5.5Bear Grylls -- lasso in hand -- crosses a raging river and descends rock pinnacles in Utah.
5. S07E05Land of the MaoriAugust 18, 2011 5.5Over 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 journ

Season 7 ranked & reviewed