Series synopsis
Naked and Marooned with Ed Stafford is a British documentary television series that premiered on Discovery on March 14, 2013. It ended on November 6, 2013. It was created by Ed Stafford. It stars Ed Stafford.
Ed Stafford undertakes an extreme survival challenge as he washes up naked and alone on a desert island, Olorua, south east of Fiji. He has only his brain, bare hands and a camera to keep him alive. He'll take no food, water, clothes, knife or tools, so from the moment he arrives he is on a race to stay alive. As man can only last three days without water and three weeks without food, Ed will attempt to survive on the island physically and mentally, for 60 days.
Premise
Ed Stafford undertakes an extreme survival challenge as he washes up naked and alone on a desert island, Olorua, south east of Fiji. He has only his brain, bare hands and a camera to keep him alive. He'll take no food, water, clothes, knife or tools, so from the moment he arrives he is on a race to stay alive. As man can only last three days without water and three weeks without food, Ed will attempt to survive on the island physically and mentally, for 60 days.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ed Stafford as Self - Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 5 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | September 6, 2013 | September 6, 2013 |
| Season 1 | 4 | March 14, 2013 | November 6, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 0 | April 23, 2014 | May 21, 2014 |
| Season 3 | 0 | October 9, 2014 | October 23, 2014 |
| Season 4 | 0 | May 8, 2016 | October 6, 2016 |
| Season 5 | 0 | January 23, 2025 | February 27, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ed Bares All After surviving 60-days on a desert island, Naked Castaway Ed Stafford, is safely back home and ready to tell all about his amazing island adventure - the highs and the lows, what he has learned about survival and about himself. |
September 6, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stranded Arriving on a remote, uninhabited Fijian island with nothing, the first man to walk the Amazon, explorer Ed Stafford has to quickly establish his priorities of water, shelter, food and fire to have any chance of surviving his 60-day challenge. |
March 14, 2013 |
| 2 |
Give Me Shelter As Ed's physical health deteriorates, so does his mental state, and loneliness begins to take its toll. Constantly hungry and dehydrated, he desperately needs to move out of his exposed caveman home and build a shelter inland. |
March 21, 2013 |
| 3 |
Swimming with Sharks Finally, Ed's beginning to master the island, and is living almost comfortably. But he's still got two challenges: to kill and eat a feral goat, and to build a raft and enter the shark-infested waters to catch fish. |
March 28, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Botswana Ed Stafford has to survive 10 days in the dangerous Okavango Delta in Botswana. |
April 23, 2014 |
| 2 |
Venezuela Ed is marooned in the rainforest surroundings of Venezuela. He's stranded with nothing; No food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope for 10 days? |
April 30, 2014 |
| 3 |
Australia Ed is marooned on the unforgiving coast of Western Australia. He's completely on his own with nothing; No food, no water, not even a knife. How will he cope for 10 days? |
May 7, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Thailand Ed Stafford is marooned for 10 days with nothing in a mountainous area of the Golden Triangle. It's the tail end of the monsoon and Ed is caught out, leaving himself exposed and vulnerable. Keen not to make the same mistake again he uses all his skill and ingenuity to tap into the resources the jungle has to offer |
October 9, 2014 |
| 2 |
Rwanda Ed Stafford is marooned for 10 days with nothing, on the African savannah in Rwanda. Dropped at 2000 metres on the high grasslands of Central Africa, Ed finds himself in a bid to live in harmony with Africa's biggest game. Surrounded by antelope, warthogs, elephant and giraffe, the grasslands are a harsh environment to thrive in, and food is scarce. |
October 16, 2014 |
| 3 |
Arizona Under the searing summer sun, Ed takes on Arizona's Sonoran Desert. As temperatures exceed 40 degrees C, and the local monsoon season threatens to bring potentially deadly flash floods, he battles against the threat of rattlesnakes and mountain lions in a bid to tread in the footsteps of ancient indigenous Americans who thrived in this harsh habitat. |
October 23, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Gobi Desert Ed tackles an epic mountain climb in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Going five days without a solid meal, can he thrive in one of earth's most isolated spots? |
May 8, 2016 |
| 2 |
Guatemala Survival expert Ed lands in the snake and crocodile-infested Guatemalan jungle, and goes to extreme measures to find food, like the ancient Mayans who lived there. |
May 15, 2016 |
| 3 |
Namibia Ed heads to the deserts of Namibia to test his survival skills. It's the end of the dry season, and Ed has to build his strength in the fierce heat to hunt the elusive warthog. |
May 22, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Orinoco River Encircled by raging forest fires, Ed Stafford struggles to survive in the arid savannah and dense jungles along Colombia's Orinoco River. |
January 23, 2025 |
| 2 |
Changbai Mountain Stuck in nearly two metres of powder, Ed must work out how to survive long enough to make his way off the peak of Changbai Mountain in Northern China. |
January 30, 2025 |
| 3 |
Erongo Mountains In Namibia's Erongo Mountains: hundreds of kilometres of scorching, rocky desert, but the San bushmen have survived here for millennia. Can Ed? |
February 6, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 14, 2013 |
| Last aired | November 6, 2013 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |