Bear Grylls on staging dead animals and Running Wild’s move to NatGeo
Bear Grylls talks about the move of his show from NBC to National Geographic Channel for season 5, and also about how much of the show is planned, staged, and/or fake.
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Netflix’s next choose-your-own-adventure: Bear Grylls’ pseudo-reality show You vs. Wild
You’ll be able to choose what Bear Grylls does next on Netflix’s interactive, pre-taped show.
Running Wild with Bear Grylls is moving from NBC to NatGeo
National Geographic is returning to more conventional reality TV, picking up season five of a reality show that aired four seasons on NBC.
How real is NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls?
On the NBC reality show, Bear Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day journey through the wild. A reader asks, “How safe are the contestants? Do they know what their up for before showing up to film? And is their journey as spontaneous as it seems on TV?”
Obama on Running Wild: the President on reality TV is surreal
President Barack Obama appeared on NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls, and besides cracking jokes, participated in the rituals reality TV stars know well.
The Island with Bear Grylls has an unusual confession
The UK’s The Island with Bear Grylls has been the subject of controversy after contestants killed pigs. But where the pigs came from is rather surprising.