Bear Grylls is marooned on a desert island somewhere south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot passing drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 1 of Man vs. Wild resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Man vs. Wild Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Western Pacific
• s05e02 - Northern Australia
• s05e03 - Canadian Rockies
• s05e04 - Georgia-Eastern Europe
• s05e05 - Fan vs. Wild
• s05e06 - Extreme Desert
• s05e07 - Behind the Wild

Man vs. Wild Show Summary

Bear Grylls is a seasoned adventurer who served with the Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British army, where he was trained as a survival expert. His experiences include climbing Mount Everest, crossing the freezing North Atlantic Ocean in a small, open boat and climbing a Himalayan peak described by Sir Edmund Hillary as 'unclimbable'. He has been places and done things that would defeat most normal people. But now, he is up against something completely different...