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'''''[[Man vs. Wild]]''''' is a television series on [[Discovery Channel|<span lang="hi" dir="ltr">Discovery</span> Channel]] in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, India and Europe. The show is called ''[[Born Survivor]]'' in parts of Europe, including the UK, where it was originally broadcast by [[Channel 4]], but latterly moved to [[Discovery Channel (UK TV channel)|Discovery Channel UK]]. In Africa, Asia and eastern parts of Europe, it is titled ''Ultimate Survival'' and also broadcast by Discovery Channel. 

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==Series overview==
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Season
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! colspan="2" |Originally aired
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! First aired
! Last aired
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 |style="background: #FF5F5F;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 1 (2006–2007)|1]]
 |15
 |{{Start date|2006|3|10}}
 |{{End date|2007|7|20}}
|-
 |style="background: #0000ff;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 2 (2007–2008)|2]]
 |13
 |{{Start date|2007|11|9}}
 |{{End date|2008|6|6}}
|-
 |style="background: #006600;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 3 (2008–2009)|3]]
 |12
 |{{Start date|2008|8|6}}
 |{{End date|2009|2|23}}
|-
 |style="background: #00bfff;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 4 (2009–2010)|4]]
 |14
 |{{Start date|2009|8|12}}
 |{{End date|2010|2|17}}
|-
 |style="background: #ff7f00;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 5 (2010)|5]]
 |7
 |{{Start date|2010|8|11}}
 |{{End date|2010|9|22}}
|-
 |style="background: #813A94;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 6 (2011)|6]]
 |6
 |{{Start date|2011|2|17}}
 |{{End date|2011|3|24}}
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 |style="background: #785028;"|
 |[[List of Man vs. Wild episodes#Season 7 (2011)|7]]
 |6
 |{{Start date|2011|7|11}}
 |{{End date|2011|11|29}}
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==Episodes==
=== Season 1 (2006–2007) ===
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 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = The Rockies
 |AltTitle = Pilot
 |DirectedBy = Mike Warner
 |Aux2 = Ron Hood & Mike Johnston
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|3|10}}
 |ShortSummary = [[Bear Grylls]] gets dropped in the middle of the [[Canadian Rocky Mountains]] in [[British Columbia]] and must find his way back to civilization. On his way out, he must avoid the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and [[Abseiling|abseil]] down a cliff.
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 |EpisodeNumber = 2
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = Moab Desert
 |DirectedBy = Dominic Stobart
 |Aux2 = Terry Moore
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|10}}
 |ShortSummary = [[Bear Grylls]] is dropped by a helicopter into the [[Moab, Utah|Moab Desert]] in [[Utah]] in almost 45 degree temperatures, with nothing but a knife, a [[Canteen (bottle)|canteen]], and a [[flint]]. He battles dehydration by soaking his t-shirt in urine, and eats two [[raven]] eggs, one raw. Lastly, he demonstrates how to escape from quicksand before swimming across the [[Colorado River]]. He also explains how to use the flow of rivers as tools to find civilization.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 3
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Costa Rican Rainforest
 |DirectedBy = Chris Richards
 |Aux2 = Jorge Salaverri Henriquez
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|17}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls parachutes into a [[Costa Rica]]n [[Tropical rainforest|rainforest]] in the [[Osa Peninsula]], with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful about the water he drinks, but gets violently ill anyway. He climbs down a waterfall using a [[vine]], and floats down a river to the ocean on a raft he crafts out of balsawood to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it to civilization. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents.
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 |EpisodeNumber = 4
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = European Alps
 |DirectedBy = Matt Dickinson
 |Aux2 = Mac MacKay
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|24}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls shows viewers how to survive the Alps, Europe's greatest mountain range. 120 million people visit every year, thousands becoming stranded. Bear Grylls parachutes in and demonstrates specialty survival techniques.
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 |EpisodeNumber = 5
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = Mount Kilauea
 |DirectedBy = Dominic Stobart
 |Aux2 = Jack Lockwood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|1}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls is dropped by helicopter at the top of [[Kilauea|Mount Kilauea]]. Made up of an expanse of solidified lava which stretches for 33,000 acres, this environment is one of the world's most inhospitable. He first traverses [[lava]] fields, which catch his boots on fire, then heads into the [[Hawaiian tropical rainforests|jungles]] of Hawaii. Grylls uses a [[Candlenut|kukui]] nut torch to explore a [[lava tube]] and finds water, then uses smoke to placate a [[bee hive]] to get honey. Ultimately, he finds the sea (and people) by following [[seabirds]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 6
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Sierra Nevada
 |DirectedBy = Wayne Derrick
 |Aux2 = Mark Wienert
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|8}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear travels to America's greatest mountain range-the Sierra Nevada. Bear uses his knowledge of American Indian survival techniques to build shelters, calm wild horses, and find food.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 7
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7
 |Title = African Savannah
 |DirectedBy = Marc Westcott
 |Aux2 = Phil West
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|15}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls shows how to survive on the African Savannah by becoming a lost tourist. Every year 40 U.S. citizens die after being attacked by wild animals. Bear shows how to find water, avoid predators, and find food in this parched and dangerous environment.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 8
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8
 |Title = Alaskan Mountain Range
 |DirectedBy = Scott Tankard
 |Aux2 = Tim Smith
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|22}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls faces the icy peaks of the Chugach Mountains, Alaska, one of the toughest known environments. Each year, over one million people visit and 500 become stranded. Bear uses his specialist survival skills and knowledge to journey across Alaska.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 9
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9
 |Title = Desert Island
 |DirectedBy = Graham Strong
 |Aux2 = Mark Wienert
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|29}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a [[deserted island]] in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and [[coconut]] harvesting. Grylls builds a [[bamboo]] raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by [[tiger shark]]s. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 10
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10
 |Title = Everglades
 |DirectedBy = Scott Tankard
 |Aux2 = Kris Thoemke
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|15}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls drops into the swamps of [[Florida]]'s [[Everglades]], where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp [[Cladium|sawgrass]], get out of a muddy [[sinkhole]] and avoid [[alligators]] and [[rattlesnakes]]. He eats frogs and cooks a [[turtle]] [[Seminole]]-style.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 11
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11
 |Title = Iceland
 |DirectedBy = Tony Lee
 |Aux2 = Thor Kjartansson & Sigrun Nikulasdottir & Jon Gauti Jonsson
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|22}}
 |ShortSummary = Adventurer Bear Grylls shows how to survive in Iceland's Arctic conditions. Bear demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in deep tunnels, and avoid frostbite. Half million tourists visit every year to see the freezing glaciers.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 12
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12
 |Title = Mexico
 |DirectedBy = Scott Tankard
 |Aux2 = David Holladay
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|29}}
 |ShortSummary = In Mexico's Copper Canyon Adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to survive by using traditional cave shelters, fishing without lines or nets, and finding scorpions and grubs to eat.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 13
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13
 |Title = Kimberley, Australia
 |DirectedBy = Alexis Girardet
 |Aux2 = Nick Vroomans
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|6}}
 |ShortSummary = Adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to survive in the harsh Australian outback by taking extreme measures to avoid sun stroke, finding food, and avoiding the deadly 'Salties' - salt water crocodiles.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 14
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14
 |Title = Ecuador
 |DirectedBy = Matt Dickinson
 |Aux2 = Hazen Audel
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|13}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls demonstrates how to survive in Ecuador's jungles by building bamboo bridges, making a bow and arrow, and showing which plants are poisonous.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 15
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15
 |Title = Scotland
 |DirectedBy = Clare Dornan
 |Aux2 = Lawrence Clark
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|20}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in Scotland's Cairngorm Mountains where he has to face arctic blizzards, use a deer skin for shelter, and trap rabbits to eat.
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|}

===Season 2 (2007–2008)===
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 |EpisodeNumber = 16
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |RTitle = "Sahara" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy = Tony Lee
 |Aux2 = Kevan Palmer & Authentic Morocco
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|9}}
 |ShortSummary = In the vastness of the Sahara desert and the terrifying beauty of towering sand dunes, Bear Grylls tackles extreme survival challenges as he shows what it takes to get out alive even when it means eating one of the world's deadliest scorpions.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 17
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |RTitle = "Desert Survivor" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy = Tony Lee
 |Aux2 = Kevan Palmer & Authentic Morocco
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|16}}
 |ShortSummary = In the hottest place on earth, Bear Grylls shows how to get out alive as he tackles his biggest challenge yet - skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water, food and shelter for a night under the stars.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 18
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |RTitle = "Panama" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy = Justin Kelly
 |Aux2 = Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|23}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls travels to [[Panama]], where he travels in the equatorial heat through [[mangrove]] swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 19
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |RTitle = "Jungle" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy = Justin Kelly
 |Aux2 = Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|30}}
 |ShortSummary = In the lethal jungle of Panama, Bear Grylls tackles some extreme survival challenges and some grisly eats to show how to get out alive.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 20
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |RTitle = "Patagonia" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy = Carl Hindmarch
 |Aux2 = Daniel Gomez
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|12|7}}
 |ShortSummary = In the icy wilderness of Patagonia, Bear Grylls tackles some extreme survival challenges and wild weather eating  bugs and worms to show you how to stay alive.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 21
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |RTitle = "Andes Adventure" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy = Carl Hindmarch
 |Aux2 = Daniel Gomez
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|12|14}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls shows viewers how to survive the grueling conditions of Patagonia in South America. He parachutes onto a windblown Steppe where there is little to eat and almost no shelter. Bear spends the night sleeping under a rock in freezing conditions.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 22
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7
 |Title = Bear Eats
 |DirectedBy = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|12|21}}
 |ShortSummary = In this compilation episode, Grylls offers tips on dining in the wild, with some unusual offerings that are not necessarily palatable.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 23
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8
 |Title = Zambia
 |DirectedBy = Chris Richards
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|2}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 24
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9
 |Title = Namibia
 |DirectedBy = Chris Richards
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|9}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls shows viewers how to survive in one of the hottest, emptiest and driest places on earth: Namibia. Bear eventually meets up with the masters of desert survival, the San Bushmen, who reveal their secrets for survival.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 25
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10
 |RTitle = "Jungle Swamp" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|16}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls goes into the Pacific Ring of Fire as he takes on a week of challenges in an area devastated by the 2004 Tsunami. He is dropped into the Indian Ocean and has to survive a week of challenges on a deserted island with no running water.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 26
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11
 |RTitle = "Castaway" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|23}}
 |ShortSummary = Dropped by helicopter, Grylls has to survive on a remote island located in [[Indonesia]]. He hunts for [[stingrays]] and [[land crab]]s while drinking whatever fresh clean rain water he may get. In the end he builds a small raft out of drift wood of [[bamboo]] and heads to the sea.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 27
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12
 |RTitle = "Siberia" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy = Tony Lee
 |Aux2 = Lena Yakovleva & Sergey Gluhov
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|30}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls parachutes into the Siberian tundra, one of the coldest and harshest places on earth, where he must survive extreme challenges. Battling temperatures of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit, he must find shelter and food before night falls.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 28
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13
 |RTitle = "Land of Ice" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy = Tony Lee
 |Aux2 = Lena Yakovleva & Sergey Gluhov
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|6|6}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear is air lifted into the treacherous Sanyan mountains in Siberia. He meets the Tuvans; yak herder descended from Genghis Khan who have lived there for 20,000 years, and learns some survival techniques from these cold climate experts.
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===Season 3 (2008–2009)===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 29
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = Baja Desert
 |DirectedBy = David O'Neil
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|8|6}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in [[Baja California Peninsula|Baja]], Mexico. He tackles overwhelming odds to survive the challenges of the desert. The biggest threat to his survival comes from a bee sting that swells his eyes closed. Half blinded he battles a deadly diamond-back rattlesnake.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 30
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = The Deep South
 |DirectedBy = Nicholas While
 |Aux2 = Jeff Galpin
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|8|27}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls tackles the deadly swamps of the [[Deep South]]. He dodges alligator attacks, tangles with venomous snakes and uses his ingenuity to hook a catfish with his bare hands. He also follows the trail of destruction caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 31
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Ireland
 |DirectedBy = Scott Tankard
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|9|3}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls survives the rugged West Coast of Ireland where he has to scale 2000 ft high sea cliffs. Bear gets stuck in a peat bog retrieving a dead sheep for food and risks hypothermia when he's washed out of his shelter overnight by a rainstorm.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 32
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = South Dakota
 |DirectedBy = Chris Richards
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|9|10}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear's latest adventure takes him to [[South Dakota]], home to not one but three of America's most incredible wilderness areas: the [[Black Hills]], the Great Plains, and the inhospitable Badlands.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 33
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = Bear's Essentials{{efn|name="a"|This episode is exclusive to TV broadcast and not available on digital distributions.}}
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|9|17}}
 |ShortSummary = A clip-show from previous ''Man vs. Wild'' episodes highlighting important survival techniques.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 34
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Belize
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|12}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in the jungles of Belize where he plays Tarzan in the trees, comes face to face with a 9 foot boa constrictor and is left hanging by his fingertips over a raging white-water river.
 |LineColor = 006600
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 35
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7
 |Title = Yukon
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|19}}
 |ShortSummary = Like the pioneers who came in search of gold, Bear fights his way across the frozen wastelands of North America's Yukon. He battles to stay afloat in treacherous white water and finds himself deep underground in an abandoned gold mine.
 |LineColor = 006600
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 36
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8
 |Title = Oregon
 |DirectedBy = Chris Richards
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|26}}
 |ShortSummary = Deep in the Oregon wilderness, Bear takes on [[Hell's Canyon]] -- the deepest river canyon in the world. Huge snowdrifts, frozen lakes, burnt out forests, 150 foot clifts and the frigid white water rapids of the Snake River stand between him and civilization.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 37
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9
 |Title = Dominican Republic
 |DirectedBy = Carl Hindmarch
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|2}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls eats a tarantula for breakfast and shows you how to survive hurricane season in the [[Dominican Republic]].
 |LineColor = 006600
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 38
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10
 |Title = Turkey
 |DirectedBy = Andrew Barron
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|9}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls heads for Turkey; from the freezing mountain tops to the lifeless Steppes, Bear battles white water rapids, takes on 100 foot climbs and confronts the locals; poisonous snakes and death stalker scorpions.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 39
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11
 |Title = Romania
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|16}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls enters the heart of Dracula country; forest of Transylvania, where he encounters steep ravines, cavernous underground water systems, and comes face to face with a large adult brown bear.
 |LineColor = 006600
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 40
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12
 |Title = Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Part 1
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|23}}
 |ShortSummary = From falling into the ice of Siberia, to battling sharks to make it off a desert island in Indonesia and skinning and eating snakes in the mangroves of Panama, Bear offers a guide to survival for the most dangerous of places in this compilation episode.
 |LineColor = 006600
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===Season 4 (2009–2010)===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 41
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = Arctic Circle
 |DirectedBy = Andrew Barron
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|8|12}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls goes to the Arctic Circle, where he encounters a frozen waterfall, wild reindeer and some of the coldest conditions on the planet.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 42
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = Alabama
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|8|19}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is deep in the back-woods of Alabama where he tackles freezing white-waters, 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.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 43
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Vietnam
 |DirectedBy = Sid Bennett
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|8|26}}
 |ShortSummary = Deep in the heart of Vietnam, Bear Grylls encounters blood-sucking leeches, a deadly spitting cobra, eats a forest scorpion and avoids a violent mountain river flood as he tangles with the worst the jungle can throw at him.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 44
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = Texas
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|9|2}}
 |ShortSummary = In Western Texas, Bear falls to earth from an upturned bi-plane, to lock horns with the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 45
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = Alaska
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|9|9}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in the wilds of Alaska where he ice-hops onto a glacier, is left hanging by his fingertips over a forest waterfall and narrowly avoids getting crushed between an iceberg and his rescue vessel.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 46
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Part 2{{efn|name="b"|On some digital distributions, this episode is in Season 3.}}
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|9|16}}
 |ShortSummary = In this compilation episode, Bear takes on some of the world's most dangerous snakes, fishes for catfish using his finger as bait and joins tribes who survive in the world's toughest terrains, eats raw goat's testicles in the Sahara, and hunts porcupines.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 47
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7
 |Title = The Inside Story
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|9|23}}
 |ShortSummary = The ''Man vs. Wild'' crew who follow Grylls on his travels across the globe, tell how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal just how they make ''Man vs. Wild''.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 48
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8
 |Title = Pacific Island
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|6}}
 |ShortSummary = On a deserted Panamanian island, Bear Grylls creates critical fresh water and uses tribal techniques to fish before taking his chances at sea on a homemade raft.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 49
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9
 |Title = China
 |DirectedBy = Graham Strong
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|13}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls takes on Southern China in the aftermath of a typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, climbs limestone gorges, is attacked by stinging ants, and uses ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 50
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10
 |Title = Big Sky Country
 |DirectedBy = Konrad Begg
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|20}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls takes on Big Sky Country—paragliding above the Rockies, traversing vast gullies, and making the most of abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 51
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11
 |Title = Guatemala
 |DirectedBy = Alexis Girardet
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|27}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala, navigates a waterfall in a cave, creates a nest to safely sleep in but gets an unwelcome bed buddy, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 52
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12
 |Title = Urban Survivor
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|3}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls finds himself in a new kind of jungle—a concrete jungle. Bear uses the same wilderness survival techniques to stay alive in a city post-disaster.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 53
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13
 |Title = Shooting Survival
 |DirectedBy = Ben Holder
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|10}}
 |ShortSummary = Behind the scenes of ''Man vs Wild''. Meet Bear's stalwart crew and follow along as they go to extremes to fearlessly—and sometimes fumblingly—film Bear trekking to the ends of the earth.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 54
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14
 |Title = North Africa
 |DirectedBy = Nick Fletcher
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|17}}
 |ShortSummary = In the North African Sahara, Bear gets creative finding water. He treks to the coast, catches an octopus, makes shelter with acacia trees, and eats a stomach-turning bug burger breakfast of locusts and moths.
 |LineColor = 00bfff
}}
|}

===Season 5 (2010)===
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! style="background: #ff7f00; color: #ffffff; width:23%"| Title
! style="background: #ff7f00; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Directed by
! style="background: #ff7f00; color: #ffffff; width:35%"| Survival expert(s)
! style="background: #ff7f00; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Original air date
|-
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 55
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = Western Pacific
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|8|11}}
 |ShortSummary = 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 death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 56
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = Northern Australia
 |DirectedBy = David O'Neil
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|8|18}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls skydives from a wartime cargo plane into Australia's Northern Territory. He will rely on many of the survival skills honed by the aboriginal people who live in Arnhemland to survive in this sweltering landscape where 100,000 crocodiles rule.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 57
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Canadian Rockies
 |DirectedBy = Scott Tankard
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|8|25}}
 |ShortSummary = While in the [[Canadian Rockies]], Bear is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake, and is airvac-ed to the hospital when an icy glissade goes horribly wrong.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 58
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = Georgian Republic
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|1}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls begins his adventure in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves, and trudges swampy wetlands.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 59
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = Fan vs. Wild
 |DirectedBy = Hugh Ballentyne
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|8}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They'll face their fears head on, trek  down dangerous glaciers and across a frigid glacial river, build a rustic shelter, and try to swallow typical Bear fare.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 60
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Extreme Desert
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|15}}
 |ShortSummary = In the Mojave Desert, Bear puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm takes on the full force of a flashflood and jumps form 30,000 feet; his body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus 40 to one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 61
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7
 |Title = Behind the Wild
 |DirectedBy = Ben Duncan
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|22}}
 |ShortSummary = Take a look at the person who films Bears leaping from helicopters, crossing crocodile infested rivers, sliding down ice falls and generally risk life and limb. In this behind the scenes viewers get the chance to meet the team and see how they stay in one piece.
 |LineColor = ff7f00
}}
|}

===Season 6 (2011)===
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! style="background: #813A94; color: #ffffff; width:23%"| Title
! style="background: #813A94; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Directed by
! style="background: #813A94; color: #ffffff; width:35%"| Survival expert(s)
! style="background: #813A94; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Original air date
|-
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 62
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = Arizona Sky Islands
 |DirectedBy = David Holroyd
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|17}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in Arizona, land of the Apache, showing how to survive in its hundred thousand square miles of scorching deserts and freezing mountains.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 63
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = Cape Wrath
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Stani Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|24|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear is in Scotland off the coast around Cape Wrath. Spotting a dead seal on the rocks, Bear fashions a wetsuit from its hide and faces a chilly swim. He has a close call with a deadly rock fall before making camp in an old, upturned boat.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 64
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Norway: Edge of Survival
 |DirectedBy = Ben Duncan
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|3|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear and his team are in Norway. Armed with the latest technology, they'll be creating the harshest conditions possible while sensors monitor how Bear copes trying to survive in one of the world's most beautiful but wettest countries.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 65
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = Borneo Jungle
 |DirectedBy = David Johnson
 |Aux2 = Stanislaw Groeneweg
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|10|}}
 |ShortSummary = After rappelling into the forbidding Borneo jungle, Bear Grylls must descend soaking wet cliffs, battle snakes and leeches and deal with torrential rain to survive here.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 66
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = Malaysia Archipelago
 |DirectedBy = Hugh Ballantyne
 |Aux2 =  Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|17|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is dropped in an archipelago of islands off the coast of Borneo. Fighting dense jungle and scaling towering escarpments, Bear struggles to find freshwater. In his search for food, he tries to spear fish at depths of 20ft and traps a wild boar.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 67
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Global Survival Guide
 |DirectedBy = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|24|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls travels the world to give you the best tips and techniques so you can survive wherever you're stranded.  From skin diving without a mask in the tropics, to finding water in the desert, this is the best of Bear's never before seen footage.
 |LineColor = 813A94
}}
|}

===Season 7 (2011)===
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! style="background: #785028; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Directed by
! style="background: #785028; color: #ffffff; width:35%"| Survival expert(s)
! style="background: #785028; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Original air date
|-
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 68
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1
 |Title = Men vs. Wild With Jake Gyllenhaal
 |DirectedBy = David Johnson
 |Aux1 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|11|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear brings along actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature. Jake will go where Bear goes and eat whatever Bear eats, if he's going to cope with some of the worst conditions known to man.
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 69
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2
 |Title = New Zealand: South Island
 |DirectedBy = Matt Brandon
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|18|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls must fling himself out of a plane and parachute to safety to reach this remote area. Crossing the country's highest mountain range and starting a fire in a waterlogged forest are just some of the unpredictable things he faces in this terrain.
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 70
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3
 |Title = Iceland: Land Of Fire And Ice
 |DirectedBy = Ben Duncan
 |Aux2 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|25|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is dropped on an ice cap covering an active volcano. In blizzard conditions he struggles to make headway, and the barren land offers little food. Can he reach civilization when faced with swollen river crossings and ever present flash floods?
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 71
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4
 |Title = Utah: Red Rock Country
 |DirectedBy = Nick White
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|8|12|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls is in red rock country - southern Utah. Armed only with a lasso, he descends a rock pinnacle and gets trapped in a narrow gorge. Crossing an arid wilderness, he's left hanging 100 ft above a ravine. And Bear's craziest airplane stunt ever.
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 72
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5
 |Title = New Zealand: Land Of The Maori
 |DirectedBy = Stephen Shearman
 |Aux2 = Ross Bowyer
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|8|19|}}
 |ShortSummary = Over 100 people drown each year in New Zealand, and Bear must cross a raging river on a tree trunk to head toward civilization. On his journey to safety he runs out of water, is forced to climb up active volcanic ranges and scale down a waterfall.
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 73
 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6
 |Title = Working The Wild
 |DirectedBy = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |Aux2 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|29|}}
 |ShortSummary = Bear Grylls takes the viewer behind the scenes to meet the crew that follows his every step. Whether he's jumping from helicopters or eating the unimaginable, the camera is never far away from the action. Now the crew gets to tell their side of the story.
 |LineColor = 785028
}}
|}

==Special episodes==
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! style="background: #5A5858; color: #ffffff; width:6%"| Special<br>No.
! style="background: #5A5858; color: #ffffff; width:44%"| Title
! style="background: #5A5858; color: #ffffff; width:35%"| Survival expert(s)
! style="background: #5A5858; color: #ffffff; width:15%"| Original air date
|-
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 1
 |Title = Bear's Mission Everest Special
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|11}}
 |ShortSummary = In this special, Bear attempts his most daring mission to date when he tries to fly a paramotor glider over the world's highest mountain.
 |LineColor = 5A5858
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 2
 |Title = Arctic Tundra
 |Aux1 = Andrew Wood
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|6|2}}
 |ShortSummary = This episode features [[Will Ferrell]] in a special titled ''Men vs. Wild'', where Ferrell tags along with Grylls as they journey through the frozen wilderness of [[Sweden]]. The episode is a tie-in to help promote Ferrell's new movie, [[Land of the Lost (film)|''Land of the Lost'']].
 |LineColor = 5A5858
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 3
 |Title = Bear's Top 25 Man Moments
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|19}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls reveals his top 25 moments - he sleeps in a camel in the northern Sahara and takes on a risky drop off onto an active volcano in Guatemala.
 |LineColor = 5A5858
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 4
 |Title = Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls and Prime Minister Modi
 |Aux1 = {{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|8|12}}
 |ShortSummary = Grylls appeared with Indian Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi]] in a special episode shot in the India's [[Jim Corbett National Park]], [[Uttarakhand]].
 |LineColor = 5A5858
}}
|}

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb episodes|0883772|Man vs. Wild}}
* List of [http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=284391&more=ucepisodelist ''Man vs. Wild'' episodes] at [[TV Guide]]
* List of [https://www.moviefone.com/tv/man-vs-wild/166536/main/ ''Man vs. Wild'' episodes] at [[Moviefone]]
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