Extreme Survival
Alt nameRay Mears' Extreme Survival
Runtime30 minutes (1999–2000)
50 minutes (2002)
CreatorRay Mears
DirectorDick Colthurst
PresenterRay Mears
CountryUnited Kingdom
CompanyBBC
NetworkBBC Two
First aired1999
Last aired2002
Num episodes18
Num series3
ProducerAndrew Graham-Brown
RelatedWorld of Survival, Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears Goes Walkabout

Extreme Survival (alternately titled The Ultimate Survival Guide) is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series was produced for the BBC. [1] In the series Mears demonstrates his wilderness skills and presents tales of survival from some of the world's most difficult environments. The show was first broadcast in 1999, after the success of World of Survival from 1997 to 1998, and ended in 2002.

Episodes

Series One

  1. Costa Rica
  2. Arctic Survival
  3. Psychology of Survival
  4. Sea Survival
  5. Geronimo
  6. Arnhemland

Series Two

  1. Morocco
  2. Rocky Mountains
  3. Australian Desert
  4. Royal Air Force
  5. Alps
  6. Desert Island

Series Three

  1. Belarus
  2. Rogers' Rangers
  3. Alaska
  4. Namibia
  5. Thailand
  6. New Zealand

DVD release

The first and second series DVD, containing two discs was released on 24 March 2003. The third series was released on DVD separately on 19 May 2003. Both sets were released by Mears' own studio, Woodlore.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ray Mears' Extreme Survival (TV Series)". Radio Times