The BEST episodes of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Every episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge!
Bear Grylls is taking it up a level by teaching his celebrity guests essential survival skills that they'll have to master and then prove they can use in a high stress situation.
#2 - Troy Kotsur in the Scottish Highlands
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2023
Bear takes his first deaf guest, Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur, on an adventure in the Scottish Highlands. Bear and Troy must find a new way to communicate as they push themselves to the limits, across steep mountains and raging rivers.
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#3 - Benedict Cumberbatch on the Isle of Skye
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2023
Bear Grylls takes Marvel superstar Benedict Cumberbatch on an adventure across the Isle of Skye in Scotland. They descend massive sea cliffs and brave freezing waterfalls. Bear teaches Benedict unique survival skills.
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#5 - Rita Ora in the Valley of Fire
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2023
Bear Grylls takes singer Rita Ora on an adventure in the Valley of Fire. The journey launches with the pair skydiving from 10,000 feet, plunging into desolate terrain. Bear teaches Rita how to navigate, find water, and rock climb.
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#6 - Simu Liu in the Canadian Rockies
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/1/2022
Bear takes Marvel super-hero Simu Liu to The Rocky Mountains in Canada, in the middle of winter. They are dropped of on a mountain top, where Bear teaches Simu how to get himself down from the mountain, and survive in nature.
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#7 - Ashton Kutcher in the Coastal Jungles of Costa Rica
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2022
Ashton Kutcher joins Bear in the jungles of Costa Rica. As they traverse through rivers, swamps and jungles, Bear teaches Ashton essential survival skills including how to travel with fire, traverse a mangrove forest, and do a commando crawl. On Day 2 Bear sets up a rope challenge and Ashton use the commando crawl skill to cross over a 300ft high gorge.
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#10 - Tatiana Maslany in the Laramie Mountains
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2023
Bear invites "She-Hulk" star Tatiana Maslany on a journey across Wyoming's Laramie Mountains. Tatiana admits that she's fearless on the screen, but can she tap into that same bravery in the real world?
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#11 - Daveed Diggs in the Great Basin Desert
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2023
Bear takes "Hamilton" star Daveed Diggs on an adventure in the Great Basin Desert to teach him to track, climb and eat whatever the desert provides. On day two, Daveed must fly solo and put his skills to the test.
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#13 - Cynthia Erivo in the Brecon Beacons Mountains
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2023
Bear takes singer-actress Cynthia Erivo to the highest mountains in Wales, where Bear trained in Special Forces. Bear teaches Cynthia how to rappel and navigate a labyrinth of caves before traversing a frigid and thunderous waterfall.
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#14 - Russell Brand in the Hebrides Islands
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2023
Bear takes actor Russell Brand on an adventure down the jagged coast of a Scottish isle. Along the way, Bear teaches Brand survival skills that dredge up a long-forgotten but highly charged fear he must overcome to reach his extraction.
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