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Season 1 – The Island

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Adventurer Bear Grylls abandons 13 people on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island for a month.
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The Island — Season 1

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Andy Dehnart Reality Blurred 02/27/2020
Still, watching the participants navigate survival with minimal supplies and no human contact makes for a strong hour of television-one that can be surprisingly emotional or hilarious. Go to Full Review Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media 06/02/2015
2/5
Macho posturing, real dangers in reality survival show. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Vip P @RT12093182 01/10/2023 The show is so fake. They found Yuca in the first day without knowing how yuca plant looks like (cause yuca grow underground). Also yuca in nature comes in two varianys and the common one is dangerous and poisonous. See more Read all reviews
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Bear Grylls

Host

Bear Grylls

Executive Producer

Delbert Shoopman

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 5, 2014 A group of men are left on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island and as they battle through the dense undergrowth, the enormity of the tasks ahead quickly dawn on them. Details Episode 2 Aired May 12, 2014 The group hasn't had a meal in 48 hours and hunger takes its toll as the harsh reality of island life is dawning. Details Episode 3 Aired May 22, 2014 With their survival hanging in the balance, the castaways lose patience with those they feel are not doing their fair share. Details Episode 4 Aired May 26, 2014 Three weeks into their survival experience, the group is barely getting by on a diet of snails and coconuts; Mike and Chris battle dangerous tides. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 2, 2014 The men enter their fourth week on the island and their bodies and minds are beginning to show the strain of the experiment. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 2, 2014 Surviving the Island Bear Grylls visits the men at the end of their stay on the island to explore how they coped and how the experience has affected them. Details

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The Island — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman
Network
Channel 4
Genre
Reality, Adventure, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
May 5, 2014