EPISODES SEASON 1 (2006-2007)

№	#	Title	Directed by	Survival expert(s)	Original air date
1	1	"The Rockies" "Pilot"	Mike Warner	Ron Hood & Mike Johnston	March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10)
Edward 'Bear' Grylls gets dropped in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and must find his way back to civilization. On his way out, he must evade the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and abseil down a cliff.
2	2	"Moab Desert"	Dominic Stobart	Terry Moore	November 10, 2006 (2006-11-10)
Bear Grylls is dropped by a helicopter into the Moab Desert in Utah in 110 degree temperatures, with nothing but a knife, a canteen, and a flint. He battles dehydration by soaking his t-shirt in urine, and eats two raven eggs, one raw. Lastly, he demonstrates how to escape from quicksand before swimming across the Colorado River. He also explains how to use the flow of rivers as tools to find civilization.
3	3	"Costa Rican Rain Forest"	Chris Richards	Jorge Salaverri Henriquez	November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)
Grylls parachutes into a Costa Rican rainforest in the Osa Peninsula, with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful about the water he drinks, but gets violently ill anyway. He climbs down a waterfall using a vine, and floats down a river to the ocean on a raft he crafts out of balsawood to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it to civilization. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents.
4	4	"Alaskan Mountain Range"	Scott Tankard	Tim Smith	November 24, 2006 (2006-11-24)
Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship.
5	5	"Mount Kilauea"	Dominic Stobart	Jack Lockwood	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
Grylls is dropped by helicopter at the top of Mount Kilauea. Made up of an expanse of solidified lava which stretches for 33,000 acres, this environment is one of the world's most inhospitable. He first traverses lava fields, which catch his boots on fire, then heads into the jungles of Hawaii. Grylls uses a kukui nut torch to explore a lava tube and finds water, then uses smoke to placate a bee hive to get honey. Ultimately, he finds the sea (and people) by following seabirds.
6	6	"Sierra Nevada"	Wayne Derrick	Mark Wienert	December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine.
7	7	"African Savannah"	Marc Westcott	Phil West	December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)
Grylls parachutes into Northern Kenya. He comes into close contact with lions, elephants, hyenas and rhinoceros, being careful not to get too close. Grylls demonstrates squeezing water from elephant dung and how to find people in Africa. In most areas, one follows a river downstream, but in Africa people are found upstream.
8	8	"European Alps"	Matt Dickinson	Mac MacKay	December 22, 2006 (2006-12-22)
Grylls parachutes into the French Alps with a knife, a canteen, a cup and a flint, taking the parachute with him. He demonstrates how to survive falling into a frozen lake, how to build a snow shelter, and how to use a self arresting device to stop from plummeting into a crevasse. He also eats maggots and uses them to catch a trout. He performs a Tyrolean traverse and makes himself a pair of snow shoes out of young trees and parachute lines.
9	9	"Desert Island"	Graham Strong	Mark Wienert	December 29, 2006 (2006-12-29)
Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife.
10	10	"Everglades"	Scott Tankard	Kris Thoemke	June 15, 2007 (2007-06-15)
Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a muddy sinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style.
11	11	"Iceland"	Tony Lee	Thor Kjartansson & Sigrun Nikulasdottir & Jon Gauti Jonsson	June 22, 2007 (2007-06-22)
Grylls parachutes into the extreme landscape of Iceland, the site of vicious blizzard, 50 mph (80 km/h) winds, icy glacial waters, boiling hot mud and volcanic springs. He demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in volcanic underground tunnels and avoid frostbite. To find food in this subarctic environment, Grylls scavenges a sheep for its eyeballs and mutton fat, and catches a ptarmigan. He demonstrates with his shoelaces the boiling of the eyeballs and mutton in the geysers, to save digestion energy and disinfect the scavenged food.
12	12	"Mexico" "Copper Canyon"	Scott Tankard	David Holladay	June 29, 2007 (2007-06-29)
In Mexico, Grylls must find his way out of Copper Canyon, and his only supplies are a water bottle, a flint and a knife. He demonstrates how to build a simple compass and climb sheer cliffs safely. For shelter, he uses ancient caves and makes fire with a traditional "fire saw." Grylls also demonstrates techniques for finding scorpions or grubs and fishing without a rod or line.
13	13	"Kimberley, Australia"	Alexis Girardet	Nick Vroomans	July 6, 2007 (2007-07-06)
In the Kimberley region of Australia, an area with a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs full of deep gorges, Grylls faces extreme heat, poisonous snakes and the ever present danger of dehydration. Survival tips include how to forage for food (bush tucker), build a shelter and how to prevent sunstroke. He explains why he believes drinking ones own urine can prevent death from dehydration. During his journey, Grylls observes saltwater crocodiles and endures a lightning storm.
14	14	"Ecuador"	Matt Dickinson	Hazen Audel	July 13, 2007 (2007-07-13)
Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, observing huge colonies of spear-nosed bats, giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of the Amazon on a single tree trunk.
15	15	"Scotland" "Cairngorms"	Clare Dornan	Lawrence Clark	July 20, 2007 (2007-07-20)
Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to cross ravines.