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- Man vs. WildFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia• Have questions? Find out how to ask questions and get answers. •Jump to: navigation, searchMan vs. WildMan vs. Wild title screenFormat AdventureStarring Bear GryllsCountry of origin UKNo. of episodes 15 (List of episodes)ProductionRunning time 45 Minutes (without commercials)BroadcastOriginal channel Discovery ChannelOriginal run October 27, 2006 -- PresentExternal linksIMDb profileMan vs. Wild, also called Born Survivor: Bear Grylls,[1] is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel in the US and on Channel 4 in the UK.In the shows, Grylls both demonstrates and narrates techniques for wilderness survival. Throughout each episode, Bear also tells about successful and failed survivals in the area he is in. The program has shown him eating raw meat and live fish, staving off hypothermia after intentionally jumping in a frozen lake, and drinking the fluids of elephant feces and his own urine for hydration. In advertisements for Season Two of Man vs. Wild, the screen has shown a disgusted Grylls eating an enormous grub while the announcer stated, "Does Bear Grylls really need to do these things? Probably not. But you might."The series is produced by British television production company Diverse Bristol. The show premiered on November 10, 2006 after airing a pilot episode titled The Rockies on October 27, 2006.After a series of exposés by the Daily Mail,[2][3][4] the show was put on hiatus while Discovery reviewed claims that it deceived viewers.[5] The show resumed on September 24, 2007, with a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode, scenes removed, and altered voiceover indicating where situations were staged. The decision to rebroadcast the show on Channel 4 is yet undecided. [6]Use of crew and simulations of dangerGrylls has stated numerous times on camera that he is not to receive any assistance unless his life is in danger. However, in July 2007 it was reported in the mainstream media that at least portions of some episodes were staged and that Bear did not always survive without help. The Discovery Channel said that future airings would be edited to reflect such things.[9][10][11][12] Other reported instances of outside influence or staged situations include the following: * Grylls admitted wearing a flotation device in the pilot episode to ride down a river in a staged shot, citing safety reasons. He claimed that he was displeased with the decision, which came from Discovery producers, and has since been able to avoid the use of such devices.[13] * The director of the Desert Island episode, Graham Strong, noted that a diver was at hand who checked for sharks while Bear was adrift (he did not spot the tigers, only reef sharks), and that "we" beat on the raft to scare the tiger sharks away. Also, in the Copper Canyon, Mexico episode, director Scott Tankard says that the local Indian tribe, the Rarámuri Indians, acted as their guides.[14] * According to the survival consultant for the show's Sierra Nevada and Desert Island episodes, Mark Wienart of Lifesong Adventures, the "wild" horses in the Sierra Nevada episode were shipped in for a choreographed feature.[15][16][8] * The Desert Island raft was not made by Bear; it was made by a team of people over a week and a half, using rope, and was dissembled for Bear to put together on camera.[17][16][8] * Crew members simulated molten lava by using smoke machines and hot coals. The smoke machines were used to simulate poisonous sulphur dioxide, though Grylls was not in fact facing real danger.[6] * Hiring a man in a bear suit because they could not get a tame bear, running the show with a "script" (with scheduled scenes such as "Scene 10 - Grizzly Attacks Camp"), pretending that a snake found dead on the side of a road was alive, eating steak inside a badger skin, and hoisting Bear into a tree to make it look like his parachute "snagged".[3]According to a C4 executive, "If what has been alleged is proven to be true, I think the channel would have to think very seriously about its future relationship with him."[6]On August 3 of 2007, Grylls posted on his blog that the "press accusations of motels and stagings in the show that have been doing the rounds, all I can say is they don't always tell the full story, but that's life and part of being in the public eye I guess."[18]
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