Running Wild with Bear Grylls
World-renowned survivalist Bear Grylls returns to the wild with some of Hollywood’s most beloved celebrities for a no-holds-barred journey through some of the most extreme environments Mother Nature has to offer.
- 2014-2026
- 9 seasons
- National Geographic Channel
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Reality, Talk & Interview
- TV-14
World-renowned survivalist Bear Grylls returns to the wild with some of Hollywood’s most beloved celebrities for a no-holds-barred journey through some of the most extreme environments Mother Nature has to offer.
Season 5 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2019 - 2020
Episode 1
Brie Larson in the Pearl Islands
Tue, Nov 5, 2019 43 mins
Bears serves a relatively light version of jungle ordeal to actress Brie Larson, helicopter-dropped on one of the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama. Grubs are the best available food in the mangrove coast, where a rhino-like layer of mud is needed as mosquito repellent. A steel cable is the safest way over a crocodile-infested river, a canoe their way out of the swamp, when it leaks Bear twig-fixes it. A treat is feasting on freshly caught crab from an improvised fire with coconut as desert. The sting is in the tail of the tale: cliff repelling to their extraction vessel.
Episode 2
Joel Mchale in Arizona Slot Canyons
Tue, Nov 12, 2019 47 mins
Apart from a Bowie knife he brings, TV comedian Joel McHale seems to make a joke of the gear and preparations for his journey with Bear in some of the deeper sloth canyons of Arizona. Bear lowers them in from a tow truck, which they also raid for supplies -in Joel's backpack, like all further finds- and tests his agility to run for a flood in seconds. They progress painstakingly, testing Bear's brand new sand anchor technique, filtering horror-green stagnant water and collecting a rotting bird as dinner, to be cooked from a fire started with lenses. Finally the greatest muscle strain is climbing up again to the evacuation point.
Episode 3
Cara Delevingne in Sardinia Mountains
Tue, Nov 19, 2019 46 mins
Bear and his guest, model and actress Cara Delevingne, take on the mountains and waterfalls of Sardinia, Italy. They also catch a rat for dinner.
Episode 4
Rob Riggle in Iceland
Tue, Nov 26, 2019 47 mins
Bear and his guest, ex 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' correspondent and former U.S. marine who served in Afghanistan, comedian Rob Riggle, take on Iceland's biggest glacier in midwinter. They also try pemmican and a reindeer head.
Episode 5
Armie Hammer in Sardinia
46 mins
Bear takes Hollywood star Arnie Hammer to the wild Sardinian coast and learns he enjoyed a fairly wild rural youth, spelling some survival-helpful skills and confidence, which prove true. Helicopter-dropped, the men swim to high cliffs and climb them aptly, pleasantly surprised to find high waves even washed up a giant sea bass, somewhat decomposing but still worth harvesting their tasty fish dinner. They make their way trough the typical Mediterranean island bush, and spotting a wild goat Bear catches it by hand to enable startled Arnie to try his hand and mouth at liking it. Hammer is treated to a surprise sequel as the helicopter which picks them up actually drops them on a tiny column-shaped grant island, which they must climb down from to be picked up by boat.
Episode 6
Dave Bautista in Glen Canyon, Arizona
47 mins
Bear and Dave compare rich scars collections testifying to their physically adventurous careers and bond easily on the-is mission to start on one side of the huge Glen Canyon in Arizona, follow the river down deep and climb the other side to extraction point. Bear cleverly uses the wrestler turned actor's ursine strentgh as beast of burden to climb using heavy logs. Dave grew up in poverty with a single mother who often had bad boyfriends and moved from crime-infested DC to SF but provided the emotional nest warmth during his slum youth. After abseiling and rope-running they reach the river and fish by hand before weaving from willow angling rafts Indian style. They cook their catch at a camp fire with urine lenses. Climbing the rope Bear lays proves hardest for Dave, given his immense size and weight.
Episode 7
Channing Tatum in the Mountains of Norway
47 mins
After their adventure in season one, Bear Grylls and actor Channing Tatum reunite to explore the mountains of Norway.
Episode 8
Alex Honnold in the Swiss Alps
47 mins
Free Solo rock-climber Alex Honnold joins Bear Grylls for a breathtaking adventure through the Swiss Alps! Alex is no stranger to dizzying heights, but he's not use to falling from them, so Bear kicks off the journey with a skydive into the jagged mountains.
Episode 9
Bobby Bones in Norway Fjords
46 mins
On-Air radio personality Bobby Bones joins Bear Grylls for the adventure of a lifetime in a massive Norwegian Fjord. A helicopter ride into the mountains is where their journey begins but from there, danger lurks at every turn - from giant rock domes and deadly bogs to raging rivers with currents strong enough to move cars. On top of that, the only way to reach their extraction is a 300-foot waterfall rappel that leaves even Bobby speechless.
Episode 10
Zachary Quinto in the Panama Jungle
47 mins
Actor Zachary Quinto and Bear battle the Panama jungle
