Discovery Networks International has now commissioned a brand-new show from Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls: Ultimate Survivors. The first season of Bear Grylls: Ultimate Survivors will have 6 hour long episodes and will be shown on The Discovery Channel in 217 markets worldwide including South Africa.
In Bear Grylls: Ultimate Survivors, he will tell the incredible stories of survival of ordinary people stranded in dire situations, by using archive footage and interviews. Bear Grylls will then place himself in their same position and circumstances to show how survival was possible.
Bear Grylls says he is "super excited to be working with Discovery again".
"Ultimate Survivors, and any future endeavors, will be intense — but that's where the fun is! Ultimate Survival took me to some of the toughest climates and terrains out there, and this new series is an exciting evolution of that. The aim is to follow incredible real-life survival stories and demonstrate dynamic life-saving know-how along the way," says Bear Grylls.
Bear Grylls: Ultimate Survivors is produced by Discovery's production company Betty TV.
"We are thrilled to welcome Bear back to the Discovery fold," says Luis Silberwasser, the chief content officer and executive vice president of Discovery Networks International. "He is a true game-changer in the survival genre, integral in shaping it into the programming powerhouse that it is todat. We are now poised to push the limits even further for our international audience."
