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Baja Desert

Episode number: 1

Overview: Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is stung by a bee and his face becomes severely swollen, nearly blinding him.

The Deep South

Episode number: 2

Overview: Grylls enters the swamps of Louisiana where he kills an alligator with a knife, and catches a catfish with his bare hands

Ireland

Episode number: 3

Overview: Grylls jumps from a boat a kilometre off the west coast of Ireland. He travels down the coast before turning inland to cross the bogs. Here he retrieves a sheep carcass from a bog whose skin he uses as a sleeping bag (sheeping bag), a waterproof sack, and a flotation device.

South Dakota

Episode number: 4

Overview: Grylls is dropped on a granite peak in the Black Hills where he is caught in a thunder storm with inadequate shelter. Down in the plains Grylls encounters a herd of Bison before entering the desolate area known as the Badlands.

Belize

Episode number: 5

Overview: Grylls heads to the jungle where he tackles a boa constrictor, he gets stuck over raging waters, and then he takes to the trees.

Yukon

Episode number: 6

Overview: Grylls wraps up warm as he heads to the frozen wastelands of North Canada. He goes underground to search an abandoned mine, and he takes to some fast moving water.

Oregon

Episode number: 7

Overview: Grylls takes on the deepest river based canyon, Hell's Canyon and the dangerous Snake River.

Dominican Republic

Episode number: 8

Overview: Grylls has some tips on how to survive the hurricane season and he also eats a cooked tarantula to survive. He tells us about the hairs on the tarantula's back legs and how they defend themselves using the hairs.

Turkey

Episode number: 9

Overview: Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water.

Romania

Episode number: 10

Overview: Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels.