7.5/1023 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2017
Old and young go head to head for the fourth series of Bear Grylls epic survival show. With just the clothes on their backs and a handful of basic tools, which generation has what it takes to survive when pushed to the limits of human endurance?
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7.4/1033 votesLoading...#2 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2014
The men enter their fourth week of living on the island with the group hungry and divided. They elect an island leader. But will everyone back him? With island life starting to fall apart, even when a stingray arrives in the fishing nets, arguments follow close behind. But as their time on the island draws to a close and a return to civilisation beckons, there are moments of redemption for some.
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7.3/1040 votesLoading...#3 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2014
It's been 48 hours since the men had a meal and hunger grips the group. The race is on to bring food back to camp before they become too weak to hunt. The men take greater and greater risks in the pursuit of vital calories, desperate to seek new ways to chase, trap and outsmart the island's elusive wildlife. Ryan lashes out in anger and Craig is left deflated. And then they come face to face with one of the island's most fearsome predators - the caiman crocodile.
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7.3/1034 votesLoading...#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2014
Three weeks into their survival experience and the group is barely getting by on a meagre diet of snails and coconuts. Willing to take ever greater risks for food, Mike and Chris battle with dangerous tides, while tempers fray as it appears that not everyone is pulling their weight. Frustrated by their failure to find another caiman croc, a hunting party risks a trip to the treacherous mangroves at night.
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7.3/1030 votesLoading...#5 - Surviving the Island
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/2/2014
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. Bear also reveals the secrets of how the show was made, with a unique behind-the-scenes look at managing the medical risks to maintaining camera kit in extreme conditions. Bear gets to see first-hand how the men have been living for the past four weeks. He tours the camp and reflects with the men on their personal approaches to surviving. When pushed to the very limit, what did they learn about themselves and each other?
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7.2/1040 votesLoading...#6 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2014
After being dropped off on the island by Bear, the men are in danger of being overwhelmed by the tides. Battling through the dense undergrowth, the enormity of the task ahead dawns on them. As they try to get to know each other, daylight is quickly fading and tempers fray as doubts set in during the search for shelter for the night. With dehydration and hunger taking hold, the men are up against it. They need to find water and make fire or their time on the island will be over. The battle for survival is on.
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7.2/1037 votesLoading...#7 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2014
With the men losing weight on a diet of just 300 calories a day, Ryan heads off alone in search of food. But without water, he soon finds himself lost and in imminent danger. With Ryan's actions now affecting the whole group, the men have a choice. Do they bring him back into the fold? Or do they cast him out?
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7.2/1030 votesLoading...#8 - The Men's Island
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2015
The men have barely slept or had a real meal since landing. And a bitter rivalry between the island's two builders, Paul and Andy, has turned into all-out war.
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#10 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2017
The young group's campsites turns into a swamp in the rain. They join up with the orders but immediately there's a row. Freddie kills a snake, and Kaggy goes on a turkey hunt.
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#12 - Episode 3
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2017
With the old and young living side by side, the islanders hope to hit their stride. But hunger and frayed tempers lead to bust-ups as the islanders turn on one of their own.
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6.9/1031 votesLoading...#14 - The Men's Island
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2015
The men swim ashore. Hammered by a succession of tropical storms, they must find a safe place away from deadly scorpions, snakes and caiman crocodile. And less than a week in, a fierce row breaks out.
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6.9/1028 votesLoading...#15 - The Men's Island
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2015
The men come face to face with a fearsome predator. And, as the group's body weight and energy levels plummet, there's division and conflict in the camp.
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6.9/1027 votesLoading...#16 - The Men's Island
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2015
The men build a raft to go fishing. But, as Vic gets dragged towards razor-sharp rocks, he faces a life and death struggle to turn the raft around.
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6.8/1032 votesLoading...#19 - The Women's Island
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2015
The camp has split in two and is dangerously low on water. As the main group head into the jungle, looking for lost members, they're in for a nasty surprise.
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6.8/1025 votesLoading...#20 - The Men's Island
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2015
Malnourished, exhausted and under pressure, the group turn on each other. Vic and Sam argue, while a fishing venture goes disastrously wrong for Will.
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6.7/1030 votesLoading...#21 - The Women's Island
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2015
Bear Grylls abandons 14 women on a desert island in the Pacific. As night falls on Day 1, they make camp in the jungle - at the mercy of deadly creatures and voracious sand flies.
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6.7/1029 votesLoading...#22 - The Women's Island
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/30/2015
The extreme conditions are taking their toll, with the women on the brink of starvation. Lauren, Beth and Belinda go pig hunting in the jungle.
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#23 - Episode 4
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 5/8/2017
The islanders face mother nature at her most violent and brutal. Having endured a series of torrential downpours which have ravaged their campsite, unknown to them a hurricane is brewing 100 miles to the north.
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#25 - Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2018
Bears drops the 16 castaways in caiman-infested mangroves and deep water. The two teams soon meet, and it quickly becomes clear that the island isn't their biggest challenge, at the prospect of living together kickstarts a class war.
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The Best Episodes of The Island with Bear Grylls
Every episode of The Island with Bear Grylls ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Island with Bear Grylls!
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...
Genre:Reality
Network:Channel 4
Best Episodes Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Island with Bear Grylls". It scored 7.5/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/23/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 5".