Survivorman (2004– )

No food, no shelter, no fresh water - one man alone in the wild for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him.

Creator:

Les Stroud

Stars:

Les Stroud

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Les Stroud	...	Himself (25 episodes, 2005-2008)

Storyline

Survivalist Les Stroud places himself in unique survival situations. In each challenge he demonstrates how one might survive alone in a remote location with minimal supplies until being rescued. Finding food, water, and materials to make fire and shelter pose the main challenge of each episode. Les not only needs to survive for a week with no supplies, but he must film everything himself, dragging 50 pounds of camera gear and batteries every inch of the way. Armed with a unique one-person camera rig and an abundance of wry humor, Les documents his struggles to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in climates as diverse as the Costa Rican rainforest, Georgia swampland, high Sonoran desert and Arctic ice floes.

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Plot Keywords:

wilderness survival

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Discovery Channel Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cream Productions, Wilderness Spirit Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Spoofed in _"The Office" Survivor Man (2007)_.

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Connections

Referenced in Bill Engvall: Aged & Confused (2009)

User Reviews

If Les has written a guide...

If Les has written a guide on how to survive in the Wilderness...I want to buy it. The show is fantastic and informative. He never sugar coats any situation. He does not take unreasonable risks much like a normal person wouldn't. Les takes you there and you feel the experience. He also shows you how to use what is available. In one episode they haul in a crashed single engine plane. The show scenario is that Les has just crashed and is assessing his situation. He shows you how to salvage it and use most all of the plane for his shelter, clothing and trip back to civilization. He has shown how to make fire in more situations than I have ever seen. I have seen and enjoyed a lot of survivor shows...this one is tops!