Series synopsis
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell is a British reality action & adventure television series that premiered on Discovery on October 7, 2013. It ended on November 11, 2013. It stars Bear Grylls.
Bear Grylls takes his survival expertise one step further as he reveals the incredible stories of ordinary people stranded in devastatingly dire situations.
Coupled with incredible archive footage and interviews with the survivors, Bear will pit himself against the very same dangers and scenarios, reliving their journeys through first-hand experience and showing us how to survive through some of the world's most desolate landscapes.
Premise
Bear Grylls takes his survival expertise one step further as he reveals the incredible stories of ordinary people stranded in devastatingly dire situations.
Coupled with incredible archive footage and interviews with the survivors, Bear will pit himself against the very same dangers and scenarios, reliving their journeys through first-hand experience and showing us how to survive through some of the world's most desolate landscapes.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Bear Grylls as Himself - Host
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | October 7, 2013 | November 11, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jungle Bear Grylls enters the Guatemalan jungle to re-live the experiences of three groups of jungle survivors: A team of Mexican archaeologists are attacked by bandits, stripped of their belongings and forced across a dangerous river. |
October 7, 2013 |
| 2 |
Snow In this high octane, no holds barred episode, extreme survival expert Bear Grylls goes to Canada's snow covered Pacific Coast mountain range to explore incredible real life survival stories in this hostile, unforgiving terrain. |
October 14, 2013 |
| 3 |
Desert Bear Grylls heads to Morocco's searing Sahara Desert to explore gripping survival stories in this hostile, unforgiving terrain. Bear recreates the brute force of a Saharan sandstorm, scales crumbling desert cliffs and drinks the blood from a snake. |
October 21, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 7, 2013 |
| Last aired | November 11, 2013 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | ended |