In honor of Bear Gryllis' new show "Get Out Alive" on NBC, I'm taking a look back at previous survival shows that might be of interest. So far I have:
- Survivorman- seasons 1-3 on NetFlix, season 4 available on Google Play. See also iTunes, Vudu and Amazon. Several episodes are also on YouTube. See YouTube video of Les and his family building their completely off the grid house. Its solar and wind powered.
- Man Vs Wild- see previous review- currently available on Discovery Channel, Netfix, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Instant Video, and Amazon Prime.
- Dual Survival- episodes available on NetFlix (season 1 only), Amazon, iTunes and VuDu. There are also a number of episodes on YouTube.
- Man, Woman, Wild- seasons 1-2 on NetFlix, season 2 on Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video. Some episodes on YouTube.
See the Survivorman website: http://lesstroud.ca/survivorman/home.php A list of Les' books are also available here: http://www.amazon.com/Les-Stroud/e/B001JRV55M
Wikipedia:
Season 1[edit]
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Canadian Boreal Forest" | April 6, 2005 |
| Les Stroud simulates becoming stranded after a canoeing accident in a Northern Ontario forest. | ||
| 02 | "Arizona Desert" | April 13, 2005 |
| A broken down dirt bike provides the scenario for surviving in the Sonoran Desert. | ||
| 03 | "Costa Rica" | April 20, 2005 |
| Marooned on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, Les must survive on a tropical beach and in dense jungle. | ||
| 04 | "Georgia Swamp" | April 27, 2005 |
| Les is stranded in the swamplands of Georgia's Altamaha River Basin. | ||
| 05 | "Canadian Arctic" | May 4, 2005 |
| Les must survive after his snowmobile breaks down in the Canadian arctic, near Pond Inlet. | ||
| 06 | "Mountain" | May 11, 2005 |
| Hiking gone wrong leads to a week in the Canadian Rockies. | ||
| 07 | "Canyonlands" | May 18, 2005 |
| A broken bicycle strands Les in the Utah canyons. | ||
| 08 | "Plane Crash" | May 25, 2005 |
| Les simulates survival as a plane crash survivor in Temagami, Ontario in the winter, simulating a broken arm. | ||
| 09 | "Lost at Sea" | June 1, 2005 |
| Les must survive on a raft in the middle of the ocean near Belize for several days in temperatures of 102 °F (39 °C), then washes ashore on an uninhabited island. | ||
| 10 | "Behind the Scenes" | June 8, 2005 |
| Les presents clips and outtakes from the previous nine survival episodes. | ||
Season 2[edit]
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | "Kalahari" | August 10, 2007 |
| Les' 4x4 runs out of gas, leaving him to survive extreme heat in the Kalahari Desert. | ||
| 12 | "Amazon" | August 17, 2007 |
| Les pays a visit to one of the densest, deepest parts of the Amazon rainforest. | ||
| 13 | "Labrador" | August 24, 2007 |
| Les is paired with a team of sled dogs as he travels along the Labrador coast. | ||
| 14 | "African Plains" | August 31, 2007 |
| Les lands his hot air balloon in the Northern part of South Africa. | ||
| 15 | "Alaska" | September 7, 2007 |
| Les kayaks into a remote Alaskan bay. | ||
| 16 | "South Pacific" | September 14, 2007 |
| Les is shipwrecked on a small atoll (Aitutaki) in the Cook Islands. | ||
| 17 | "Behind the Scenes" | September 21, 2007 |
| Les explains his preparation for each locale in this behind the scenes look at the episodes of season 2. | ||
Season 3[edit]
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | "Sierra Nevada" | November 7, 2008 |
| Les plays the role of a backpacker in California's Sierra Nevada mountains and challenges search and rescue teams to find him. | ||
| 19 | "Colorado Rockies" | November 14, 2008 |
| Les survives in Colorado's Rocky Mountains accompanied by two horses. | ||
| 20 | "Arctic Tundra" | November 21, 2008 |
| Les goes north to the Arctic Baffin Island equipped as a researcher with some advanced survival gear. | ||
| 21 | "Temagami Hunting (Deep Woods)" | December 5, 2008 |
| Les Stroud is joined by his friend Bob Wilson as they simulate being hunters lost in the forests of Temagami, Ontario. | ||
| 22 | "Australian Outback" | December 12, 2008 |
| After his ultralight airplane runs out of fuel, Les Stroud is stranded in the Australian Outback. | ||
| 23 | "Papua New Guinea" | December 19, 2008 |
| In his last episode, Les is stranded in Hewa territory in the Papua New Guinea jungle and left to survive alone. | ||
Specials[edit]
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | "Norway Mountain – Part 1" | June 30, 2012 |
| 25 | "Norway Mountain – Part 2" | July 7, 2012 |
| 26 | "Tiburón Island Coast – Part 1" | July 14, 2012 |
| 27 | "Tiburón Island Coast – Part 2" | July 21, 2012 |
| 28 | "Survivorman's Top Ten" | September 16, 2012 |
Grade: No grade is assigned since this is a reality show.
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