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The Island with Bear Grylls
2014 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 5 seasons
Generations have wondered if they could survive being stranded on a desert island. But how would people cope if they had to do it, for real, and with only themselves to rely on? It's a role reversal for Bear Grylls in this adventure series. Instead of himself attempting to survive harsh conditions in a remote location, Grylls abandons groups of British men and women on remote, uninhabited Pacific islands for a month and more. They will be completely alone, filming themselves, and with only the clothes they're wearing and some basic tools. The island may look like paradise but behind the beaches it can be hell on earth. When stripped of all the luxuries and conveniences of 21st-century living, does modern British man still have the spirit and resources to survive?
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Season two of 'The Island with Bear Grylls' might be closest you can get to that. Though age diverse, men and women were put on separate islands and developed very different dynamics. But it is a tv show so there's only so much value to gain from it as an experiment. I haven't seen later seasons but the synopsizes sounds like producers were much more intent on crafting them as ratings friendly entertainment than what happened in season two.
Contestants on the reality TV show "The Island with Bear Grylls" get lightly starved. And if you get to the final round of "SAS: Who Dares Wins" you get to be lightly tortured (kept awake, loud music, people shouting at you, bound, blindfolded..). (But they do have medics on hand at least...)