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July 2017
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Bear Grylls examines how the two groups from different generations survived their five weeks as castaways to determine if it was the wisdom of age or the energy of youth that proved the most valuable.
June 2017
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After four weeks on the island, the castaways have collectively lost almost 200 kilograms and are increasingly beleaguered as they enter their last days on the island. After one last ditch hunting foray, the islanders finally stumble across a caiman crocodile, a vicious adversary, and rich in calories. Aran and Jacqui face...
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This time the islanders face mother nature at her most violent and brutal. Having endured a series of torrential downpours which have ravaged their campsite, unknown to them a hurricane is brewing just over 100 kilometres to the north. The future of the community is left hanging in the balance. The problems don't end there...
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With the old and young living side by side, the islanders hope to hit their stride. But the hunger and frayed tempers lead to bust-ups as the islanders turn on one of their own.
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The younger group realise they've chosen the wrong campsite when rain turns into a swamp, and they decide to throw in their lot with their older members, who aren't entirely pleased by their surprise new arrivals. A huge row kicks off. Eighteen-year-old Freddie turns snake killer and provides a precious meal, while Kaggy g...
July 2016
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In this special episode, Bear returns to the Island to see how the men and women managed to survive for the past five weeks, both as individuals and as part of a mixed group. He hears their reflections on their time on the island and shares his thoughts on how they have coped with the extremes. (S.3 Ep.7) (From the UK) (Do...
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Despite being marooned for a month, the men and women are barely managing to survive. Without a sustainable food source and insufficient shelter to protect them from the brutal tropical storms, the islanders are on the brink of disaster as their bodies start to fail them. In desperation, the women muster the energy to make...
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After Patrick’s horrifying fall, the Island is in crisis. Dr Dan's expedition party is now trapped in a tiny cove, with a tropical storm on the way. When the safety team arrive to evacuate Patrick, they find the stormy sea too rough to land their boat. The only escape route for the expedition party is a perilous climb bac...
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Since catching the shark the remaining castaways have been unable to repeat their success at sea and the search for food continues. As hunger and exhaustion set in singletons Patrick and Sarah seek comfort in each other and begin to grow close, but the rest of the men and women start to fall apart. Tempers reach fever pit...
June 2016
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The islanders have been marooned for 10 days with barely anything to eat. Patrick dramatically collapses from hunger and exhaustion, and Rob bravely leads a group of the strongest swimmers into the sea to set a fishing net in the perilous deep water. In their weakened state they quickly get into trouble. Those left on the ...
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After being marooned for almost a week, the women catch sight of a man in the distance, and go to investigate. Following an emotional encounter on the beach, both groups help each other: the women feed the starving men, whilst the men stop the women drinking poisonous water. As a vicious tropical storm rolls in, Hannah, an...
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In the new season of this ultimate test of endurance, Bear Grylls abandons two groups, one of eight men and the other of eight women, to see if they can survive on an uninhabited island armed with just the clothes they stand up in and a few basic tools. In this first episode, both groups face immediate life-or-death search...
September 2015
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In the series, The Island, Bear Grylls conducted the ultimate survival challenge to see if 14 men and 14 women could survive for six weeks on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. They were completely alone, filming everything themselves, with only a handful of basic tools and the clothes they stood up in. In this sp...
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The women are starving as they enter their sixth and final week on the island. Having plundered all the resources in the vicinity of their beach, the group are now looking to the ocean to sustain them. The women are pinning all their hopes on their fishing net catching a major haul but so far it’s eluded them. Chaos has b...
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After five weeks on the island, the men are struggling to find enough to eat as the island's already depleted resources fail to deliver the coconuts and limpets that have become their staple diet. With energy levels at rock bottom, the island's oldest castaway - 58-year-old Phil - is forgotten when an unsatisfying watery f...
August 2015
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As the group approaches the four week mark of the experiment, the ten remaining women are entering dangerous medical territory. It’s now more important than ever that they keep up their food and water supply otherwise they risk long term damage to their vital organs. Yesterday the women feasted on their first big kill - a ...
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The men have now been on the island for more than a month. Unable to find a sustainable source of food, they are getting weaker and more desperate by the day. Malnourished, exhausted and under pressure, the group turn on each other. 47-year-old Vic tears strips off cameraman, Sam Farmer, who he believes is shirking the har...
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The extreme conditions on the island are taking their toll on the 11 remaining women and they are now on the brink of starvation. They are living on an extremely low calorie diet, surviving on snails and limpets and scraps of scavenged yucca and coconut. With the need to find a protein-rich meal now critical, Lauren, Beth ...
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It’s been four days since the men trapped and killed a crocodile, and they haven’t been able to repeat their success. Most of the meagre meals they are eating are coming from cleaning facilities manager, Vic, who is the only member of the group to have mastered his improvised fishing rod. But the pressure of being the grou...
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Two weeks in and the men are in rapid physical decline. Despite their best efforts to hunt and fish, they haven't yet managed to catch themselves a substantial meal. As they slowly starve, the men's body weight is plummeting along with their energy levels. As the men start to doubt their ability to survive in this tropical...
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