Series synopsis
Ed Stafford: First Man Out is a British reality television series that premiered on Discovery on January 31, 2019. It ended on January 5, 2023. It stars Ed Stafford.
Ed Stafford takes on a series of head-to-head challenges against some of the biggest names in survival, risking life, limb, and reputation along the way. Over miles of hostile terrain in Asia, Ed and his opponents will face high stakes survival challenges as they race to reach a predetermined extraction point, in a bid to prove they are top of their game and be the first man out.
Premise
Ed Stafford takes on a series of head-to-head challenges against some of the biggest names in survival, risking life, limb, and reputation along the way. Over miles of hostile terrain in Asia, Ed and his opponents will face high stakes survival challenges as they race to reach a predetermined extraction point, in a bid to prove they are top of their game and be the first man out.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ed Stafford as Self
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | January 31, 2019 | March 7, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 6 | April 24, 2020 | May 29, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 7 | November 24, 2022 | January 5, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Borneo Ed Stafford challenges ultra-fit ex-Marine and ropes expert Aldo Kane to a race across the tangled wilds of Borneo's crocodile-infested mangrove swamps. |
January 31, 2019 |
| 2 |
Kazakhstan Ed flies to Kazakhstan to take on ex-South Korean special forces soldier KhenRhee, where he encounters life-threatening navigation errors. |
February 7, 2019 |
| 3 |
Mongolia Ed Stafford heads to the deadly Gobi desert with endurance athlete Matt Graham, where the pair face sand storms and extreme dehydration. |
February 14, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ed Vs Will Lord Ed faces his old bushcraft teacher, Will Lord, in Bashan, central China. Both without a knife, they must navigate huge cliffs and Asia's largest bamboo forest. |
April 24, 2020 |
| 2 |
Ed Vs Josh James Ed takes on the 'Kiwi bushman', Josh James, in the Three Parallel Rivers plateau of Yunnan Province. Josh draws on his Maori-heritage to make fire in the mountains. |
May 8, 2020 |
| 3 | Ed Vs Ky Furneaux | May 22, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scotland Ed Stafford challenges endurance athlete Matt Graham to a rematch in the cold and brutal highlands of Scotland |
November 24, 2022 |
| 2 |
Amazon Jungle A former US Marine intelligence officer and primitive skills expert, Donny Dust, joins Ed Stafford in a race across the wild and unforgiving Amazon jungle. |
December 1, 2022 |
| 3 |
Turkana Ed Stafford will risk his life in scorching hot north Kenya in the volcanic barrier to compete against Max Djenohan, a young, elite survivalist who's out to prove he has what it takes to match the best. |
December 8, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 31, 2019 |
| Last aired | January 5, 2023 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |