Season 4
Ultimate Survival (known in the USA as Man vs. Wild and in the UK as Born Survivor: Bear Grylls), is a British reality television series produced by Diverse Bristol in which survival expert Bear Grylls demonstrates and narrates techniques for wilderness survival in regions around the globe.
The series premiered in the USA on the Discovery Channel on 10 November, 2006. There are four seasons to date.
Ultimate Survival premiered in South Africa on DStv's Discovery Channel on Saturday 16 June 2007, at 21h00. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 4 premiered on Discovery on Monday 9 November 2009, at 22h00. There are 13 episodes in the fourth season, although only eight will air due to a hiatus in the USA.
Season 4
Bear Grylls returns for more adventures which use his military training and daring spirit to demonstrate a variety of survival strategies.
Facing extreme and dangerous conditions, Bear leads viewers through remote locations, including the Arctic Circle, Alabama, the jungles of Vietnam, Alaska and the deserts of south-western Texas.
Bear begins the new season of Ultimate Survival in the woods of Alabama.
Dropped by a helicopter at the top of a 700ft canyon, he climbs down an enormous tree to reach a white-water river. Building a raft out of flood debris, he travels down the rapids before capsizing at the top of a perilous waterfall.
In the woods, he comes face-to-face with a vicious wild boar, braves a raging forest fire and gets trapped without light deep in the heart of an enormous limestone cave.
Further episodes show Bear heading for the Arctic Circle, tackling frozen waterfalls, hunting wild reindeer and battling against some of the coldest conditions on the planet.
This season also includes a special episode featuring American actor and comedian Will Ferrell. Bear takes Will on an adventure into the Swedish wilderness and shows him what it takes to stay alive in the ice-bound mountains and glacier ranges, armed with the most basic survival equipment.
This season is the most action-packed yet as Bear shows us how to survive in the most extreme environments on Earth.
Seasons
Season 1 (15 episodes)
Premiere: 16 June 2007 | Finale: 22 September 2007 | Saturdays, 21h00
Season 2 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 16 June 2008 | Finale: 8 September 2008 | Mondays, 21h00
Season 3 (12 episodes)
Premiere: 30 March 2009 | Finale: 15 June 2009 | Mondays, 21h00
Season 4 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 9 November 2009 | Finale: 28 December 2009 | Mondays, 22h00