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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!

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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

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10.0/10(1 votes)
#1 - Episode 1
S5:E14/2/2018
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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8.0/10(2 votes)
#2 - Episode 5
S1:E56/2/2014
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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8.0/10(2 votes)
#3 - The Women's Island
S2:E95/6/2015
It's almost four weeks into the experiment and the women are entering dangerous medical territory. They're given a 36-hour deadline to turn things around.
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8.0/10(2 votes)
#4 - The Women's Island
S2:E115/14/2015
Hunger and disorganisation is causing the group to fragment. Lauren and Beth make a push for leadership but Jaime and Belinda push back.
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8.0/10(2 votes)
#5 - The Men's Island
S2:E125/20/2015
After five weeks on the island, the men are low on food and energy. They make a last bid to hunt for food before Bear arrives to take them back to civilisation.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#6 - Episode 4
S3:E44/18/2016
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The 20 WORST Episodes of The Island with Bear Grylls

8.0/10(1 votes)
#7 - Episode 2
S5:E24/9/2018
After a class war on the Pacific desert island, the wealthy and less well-off teams go their separate ways and set up two camps at opposite ends of the same beach.
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7.7/10(3 votes)
#8 - Episode 2
S3:E24/4/2016
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7.7/10(3 votes)
#9 - Episode 5
S3:E54/25/2016
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7.5/10(2 votes)
#10 - The Men's Island
S2:E14/8/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#11 - The Women's Island
S2:E24/9/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#12 - The Men's Island
S2:E34/15/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#13 - The Women's Island
S2:E44/16/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#14 - The Men's Island
S2:E54/22/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#15 - The Women's Island
S2:E64/23/2015
Starving and seriously dehydrated, the group leave camp looking for water. They find two pigs, but can't agree whether to adopt them, or eat them.
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7.5/10(2 votes)
#16 - The Men's Island
S2:E74/29/2015
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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7.5/10(2 votes)
#17 - Episode 6
S3:E65/2/2016
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7.3/10(3 votes)
#18 - Episode 1
S1:E15/5/2014
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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7.3/10(3 votes)
#19 - Episode 2
S1:E25/12/2014
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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7.3/10(3 votes)
#20 - Episode 3
S1:E35/19/2014
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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7.3/10(3 votes)
#21 - Episode 4
S1:E45/26/2014
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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7.0/10(2 votes)
#22 - Surviving the Island
S1:E66/2/2014
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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7.0/10(1 votes)
#23 - The Women's Island
S2:E84/30/2015
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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7.0/10(1 votes)
#24 - The Men's Island
S2:E105/13/2015
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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7.0/10(2 votes)
#25 - Surviving the Island
S2:E135/21/2015
Bear meets the men and women who made it through six weeks on a Pacific island, to see how they coped battling hunger, thirst, and each other, in one of the biggest tests of their lives
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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Island with Bear Grylls". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/2/2018. This episode scored 2.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 5".