The Island with Bear Grylls 2x3

1. - Two uninhabited Pacific islands.

2. More than 5,000 miles from the UK.

3. One will be inhabited by 14 British men,

4. while a separate island will be home to 14 British woman.

5. For six weeks, they'll be happily alone.

6. - Holy shit!

7. - With only the clothes they stand up in

8. and a handful of basic tools.

9. Filming everything themselves.

10. When pushed to the limits of human endurance,

11. will it be brute power,

12. or mental strength that wins the day.

13. - We just caught a pre-historic animal.

14. - Who will have what it takes to stay alive.

15. Tonight, we follow the mens island.

16. - This is crazy, this is absolutely crazy.

17. - This could be the worst decision we've ever made.

18. - This time it'll be harder than ever.

19. They'll have to endure the height

20. and harsh tropical storm season.

21. - Bring it on mother nature I say,

22. if this is the worst you can do.

23. - They'll have

24. to find their own water and hunt for their own food.

25. - You lazy bunch of bone idol bastards.

26. - Have these modern day men got

27. what it takes to survive?

28. - That's the hardest thing we've done.

29. - Four days ago

30. I dropped 14 ordinary British men

31. on a remote Pacific island.

32. - Yes!

33. - Yes!

34. - They've eaten next to nothing.

35. - Limpets are horrendous.

36. - And after three days

37. of brutal tropical storms, the group began to fracture.

38. - What is the matter with you?

39. - Nothing the matter with me, son.

40. - Leaving three people threatening

41. to walk off the island.

42. - I cannot face another day on here.

43. - I am not gonna make the rest of the time on the island.

44. - I've been having a laugh up until I heard one

45. of my team mates say they wanted me to go.

46. He's just being a (beeping) prick.

47. Bollocks, absolute bollocks.

48. I'm not having it, I am going off this island

49. because I'm not being held responsible for that.

50. - 22 year old graphic designer, Joe, builder,

51. Andy and now construction manager,

52. Paul are all threatening to leave the island.

53. - It's effected you more than I thought it would have.

54. - I came here to get away from shit like this,

55. not deal with it every day.

56. - So we are three men down in one day

57. when the odds are against us at the moment and

58. without a full compliment of people,

59. we're gonna really struggle,

60. you just made this survival thing probably twice as hard.

61. - Okay, slightly left crack for you guys.

62. We stood here and talked for an hour,

63. if there really is gonna be 11 of us today,

64. that's 11 that's got a lot of work to do

65. to get through the rest of the day

66. so if you guys are not prepared to commit

67. to the rest of the group, boom, go.

68. - Sweet.

69. I've made my decision, I've had enough.

70. I wanna go now.

71. - Basically we've realized that a candle lit dinner

72. and a glass of wine is a bit better than being here.

73. - Look, we knew it was never gonna be easy

74. but it's not the survival bit that's got to me,

75. it's just all the (beeping) bullshit.

76. - I think that's genuinely shitty like,

77. guys walking away and leaving the rest

78. of us and letting the rest of us down in a big way.

79. Not only is it a selfish thing to do,

80. I think it's the most selfish possible time

81. you could go away, like all hands are needed.

82. - With Paul having made a definitive decision

83. to go, the group are hoping their other builder Andy,

84. will now change his mind about leaving.

85. - Don't leave because of someone else,

86. if he's going anyway, stay and get amongst us.

87. - How can I possibly stay here

88. when a guy is leaving because of me?

89. - If you had left, he would have still gone.

90. - Andy, you staying, we're gonna accomplish six things

91. at a time instead of five.

92. - I'll stay, I'll stay.

93. - Well done Andy.

94. - I'll stay.

95. - Yeah!

96. - That's a relief, I'm really pleased about that.

97. It's less worry and it's a heartache

98. to see the others go but you know what?

99. We're stronger with 12 than 11.

100. - As the weather breaks,

101. Paul uses the emergency satellite phone

102. to request his evacuation, along with Joe.

103. - This is Paul, I would like to come off of the island,

104. it's either me or one of the others go

105. and I don't want me to be used as a scapegoat so,

106. I believe I am stronger than

107. that person and wouldn't regret this decision.

108. - It's gonna make everything so much harder.

109. We've not been here for five minutes really

110. and we're losing two members of the team.

111. - I'm an happy man, I'm gonna

112. be a happy man with a tub of Pringles and a Mars bar.

113. - You can only encourage them so much

114. before you end up spending a third

115. of your day encouraging somebody not

116. to leave when that could be better spent time

117. getting the things we need, water, fire, shelter, food.

118. - Having lost valuable time,

119. the priority for the 12 remaining men is

120. to finish a shelter before another storm hits.

121. - We are running on empty

122. but we are being stubborn and persistent.

123. - Fortunately, Andy decided

124. to change his mind about leaving,

125. at this point there's still so much to do,

126. we need all hands on deck,

127. so losing three people would have been a massive blow.

128. - Right Piers, I'm off.

129. - You off mate?

130. - See you again hey.

131. - Yeah, see (murmurs).

132. - I mean, look at you.

133. - I'd turn round and shake your hand mate—

134. - No it's fine, (beeping) you—

135. - It's all structurally integral at the moment.

136. - See you later.

137. - I don't wanna spoil fun gents

138. but is there any possibility you could step out

139. of the area while we just star running these struts across?

140. - Continue your conversation just sort

141. of 10 feet over there.

142. - Andy.

143. He didn't even acknowledge me.

144. - Did he not?

145. - Nah didn't even turn around and say (murmurs).

146. - Unbelievable, spineless wonders.

147. Fucking hell lads, what were you thinking?

148. What were you possibly thinking?

149. - Just before we came out here I bought a brand new golf.

150. It's white, ahh, it's beautiful.

151. 500 pound wheels.

152. - Lovely view though innit?

153. - After just five days on the island,

154. 14 men are down to 12.

155. - Was a bit emotional saying good bye to everyone?

156. - Yeah of course it was, in the short time

157. we've been here we've made quite a strong bond—

158. - Ah yeah, of course we have.

159. - Now the dead weights fucked off let's get on with it.

160. Haven't got the time to, we got

161. to build a fucking house for tonight.

162. - When people leave a survival group,

163. the positive thing is what it does is it galvanizes

164. those that remain making them

165. even more determined that they can survive.

166. The new group may be less in number

167. but it will be greater in strength.

168. - You know, genuinely I can't believe

169. that after five days we're down to 12 people.

170. - It is a shock innit?

171. - It's a massive shock.

172. I mean do you think you'll stick it?

173. - Yeah.

174. - The whole thing?

175. - Yeah I got no doubts about that, yeah.

176. - We've been talking about the last kind of two days really,

177. that it would be a great shame if anybody left

178. but I now think we need to look at it positively and

179. as harsh as it is, perhaps

180. we've streamlined actually and more determined.

181. I think those that stayed

182. have showed a certain determination.

183. - We've got no personality clashes in the camp,

184. everybody gets along, everybody really likes each other.

185. We're gonna have some really good bonds out of this,

186. not only the achievement of doing it,

187. which we will and a new friendship develop between us all.

188. - Teamwork makes the dream work.

189. - Yes it does sir, stop staring at my sexy bottom though,

190. it's upsetting me.

191. I could feel your eyes penetrating my underpants.

192. - Morale in camp has lifted

193. but events of the past few days have taken their toll.

194. - Ah, I'm absolutely knackered.

195. - The men have barely eaten since

196. they arrived on the island some five days ago.

197. - I do feel like we're staring down the barrel a little bit,

198. we're gonna have to pull something out

199. of the bag or go very, very hungry it seems to me.

200. - Are we not wise to have a real good wreck of the island?

201. - There's gonna be wildlife somewhere around that rocky bit.

202. - Yeah.

203. - There's gotta be.

204. - We need to really go through the interior

205. of this island to find out what's living where,

206. we could come across like, you drive in the country

207. and you see all of a sudden a field full of rabbits

208. 'cause they love a certain area, it might

209. be exactly the same with your goaties,

210. exactly the same as your lizards.

211. - I think it's a really, really good try.

212. - Come on boys.

213. - 5AM the following morning,

214. the hunt for food begins.

215. - No heroes today, we don't want anyone losing a leg

216. or a arm or anything like that.

217. You've got your stick there haven't you fella?

218. - I've got a stick.

219. - I'm gonna dance first, a hunt dance.

220. - We have a alpha male in our family

221. and obviously in my house I'm it.

222. The dogs know I'm in charge, my wife let's me think

223. I'm in charge, my kids look up to me

224. as if I'm in charge, alpha male, you know what I mean?

225. I'm Johnny Weissmuller, I'm Tarzan, I'm all them things.

226. I'm looking forward to be able to know that I can,

227. come the zombie apocalypse or whatever world issue

228. will befall us, that if push comes

229. to shove I could still provide for my family,

230. my dream is for them guys to go that's my dad that,

231. that's fantastic, my dad did that.

232. Iguanas live up trees, is that right?

233. - Yeah, keep your eyes absolutely peeled.

234. - Shit, I wish I had me glasses.

235. - To ensure that these guys have a fighting

236. chance of surviving, I've made sure there's enough water,

237. indigenous animals and vegetation on this island

238. to keep them alive, but they've gotta

239. have the ingenuity and the skills to find it,

240. hunt it and kill it.

241. - Whoa, look, look, look, look.

242. Rays, fuck, they're shallow aren't they?

243. - We need a weapon, we need a spear.

244. - Okay try that, try that.

245. - Come on boys, let's get one of these.

246. Ah, they're going deeper.

247. - Sting rays one, survivors nil.

248. - Anything that's heart is beating

249. in its chest I will eat it.

250. - My biggest observation about living in a jungle

251. is our quickly you lose your sentimentality.

252. When I look at something, I'm not thinking

253. that's beautiful or look at the little creature,

254. I'm thinking can I eat that.

255. - Hurry up, there's a iguana.

256. Just straight through.

257. - Yes, yes, yes, yes.

258. - Keep your eye on him.

259. I'm gonna around and push him back to you,

260. stamp on him with your flip flops.

261. - It's there, I can see it.

262. There's some sting rays guys.

263. Get it, get it, get it, get it.

264. Go, go, go, go, go get it!

265. Oh, Andy get him!

266. Ah!

267. Ah!

268. Cut him off, get him, get him.

269. Get it, get it, get it, get it.

270. Oh!

271. - There he is, shh, that's dinner.

272. Son of a bitch!

273. - He's gone.

274. A deaf man could hear us coming.

275. - We are top predator, we gotta stay

276. that way if we wanna survive, if not we'll be going shortly.

277. - The mens first days

278. hunting has produced nothing.

279. - We are winging it, i think if i weren't

280. for being such a stubborn person and just positive

281. I think I'll have been on my way a long time ago.

282. Just starving and dehydrating slowly,

283. is not a nice way to go.

284. - The monsoon is coming.

285. - Here it comes.

286. - In the middle of the night,

287. the men are woken by the most viscous tropical storm yet.

288. - Fucking pissing down.

289. - It's amazing, out of nowhere you get that really big wind.

290. - Yeah.

291. - Wow.

292. - Raise the pan to protect the fire.

293. - Fucking hell.

294. - Shit.

295. - Wow, it's coming in.

296. - After yesterdays exhausting

297. and fruitless search for food,

298. the men must now spend precious energy saving their fire.

299. - This is where we dig deep boys, this is where we dig deep.

300. - But for some, it's becoming too much.

301. - Just really, really tired, like unbelievably tired.

302. - The lack of dry wood is the problem here.

303. Lack of dry wood.

304. So tonight's gonna be a bit difficult now.

305. - These things are here to test us,

306. it's what we do in adversity what makes us men.

307. - Ooh oh oh, see that?

308. - Come on mother nature do your worst.

309. - It's about eight o'clock in the morning,

310. hammering down which has it has been since

311. about 12 o'clock this morning and

312. when I say hammering down I mean hammering down,

313. it's relentless but anyway my body's starting

314. to take a toll now.

315. I've got blisters all over my feet.

316. I'm shivering and shaking all the time,

317. it's just bloody horrible.

318. It's whooped my arse big time.

319. Fair play to the other guys, I mean,

320. they're like gladiators, unbelievable

321. and in comparison, I'm a pussy.

322. - He's an older guy and he is starting

323. to come apart at the seams, no food, no sleep,

324. wet, cold, beaten up, it takes its toll.

325. - How's the wood looking Dan?

326. - Terrible, everything's just absolutely soaking wet.

327. - After a night long struggle,

328. the men manage to save their fire but now,

329. they're exhausted.

330. - It's a perpetuating cycle isn't it?

331. The more you lack in energy, the less you can do.

332. - Having barely eaten in the last week.

333. - Bellies are rumbling.

334. - Their situation is getting desperate.

335. - We need to find a solid source

336. of protein and carbohydrate,

337. or we are gonna seriously struggle.

338. It's getting to the point now if we don't eat properly

339. in the next few days, I could see

340. other people leaving this island.

341. - Hunting we will go, we're hunting we will go.

342. Come on, let's rock and roll.

343. - The men head out once again

344. on the search for food.

345. But today, 51 year old builder, Andy,

346. is too tired to join them.

347. - You all right mate? - All right, mate?

348. You okay?

349. - Not really, no.

350. - You must be exhausted.

351. I'm not sleeping at all, maybe 20 minutes,

352. even when I am lying there my brains still whizzing

353. away you know?

354. It's starting to drive me fucking nuts.

355. I just hope you all...

356. - Ah mate, what?

357. I'm worried about Andy, yet again he woke up

358. this morning saying he's not had a decent nights kip,

359. what can you do, you know?

360. Come on, fella.

361. It's all right.

362. How about this, let's me and you build a bed

363. with some comfy bedding and a roof,

364. let's make that and you got a decent bed.

365. Right, come on then, me and you.

366. - These are alligators on this island, son of a bitch!

367. - Lead my cleaning facilities manager,

368. Vic, the hunting party have pushed deep

369. into the islands interior.

370. - What you seeing Vic?

371. - Glass nothing.

372. - But finding food in the jungle is no easy task.

373. - Wow, it's just full of ants and eggs.

374. - Snake!

375. - Where?

376. - And danger lurks around every corner.

377. - Somewhere here is a brown snake.

378. They're like shit off a stick.

379. - This is good bait, shit.

380. Scorpion here, whoa.

381. I do not wanna get stung.

382. - Yeah, he's gone.

383. Bastard, I could taste him from here.

384. - There's a lot of things

385. that can kill you on this island,

386. snakes, spiders, crocodiles.

387. The longer I'm here without a proper meal,

388. the more I realize that if somethings gonna fuck us up,

389. it's probably gonna be a lapse in concentration.

390. - Ooh, you fucker!

391. - There's bats everywhere.

392. - Straight up that tree here, that's where the bats live.

393. Ooh!

394. - Can we eat bats?

395. - I don't know, is that what gives you HIV

396. and Ebola and all sorts of bollocks?

397. - Yeah doesn't it carry AIDS.

398. - Forget it, we're not eating bats.

399. - This island looks very peaceful,

400. you can even say heavenly but if you look

401. with just a little bit more depth,

402. this place is an accident waiting to happen.

403. - So why are you doing this then fella?

404. - I think because my life has

405. been like one adventure you know?

406. Moving from (murmurs) reef lands of rocky,

407. America, all that kinda stuff but

408. then last 17 years I've been stagnant, doing nothing.

409. So I think this was a way of sort of saying,

410. right, off we go again.

411. - And that it is my friend.

412. - Yeah, certainly is, Jesus.

413. If only I'd have known.

414. - Are you regretting it?

415. - I am at this moment mate if I'm totally honest, yeah.

416. And my biggest regret if I do go,

417. will be letting you lot down.

418. - I'm trying, really trying.

419. Seems like Andy's already given up,

420. we're desperate not to lose another person you know,

421. can't go from 14 down to 11.

422. We're dropping like flies, we've not even started yet.

423. - Is that not a Caiman track?

424. - You might be right on.

425. - After a fruitless morning in the jungle,

426. some of the men have set their sights

427. on a far more ambitious prize.

428. - We're off Caiman hunting.

429. - Slow down here, see those trees?

430. That's where it comes out.

431. - 28 year old website consultant,

432. Kyle has spotted a crocodile at the end of the beach.

433. - Four of us go that side, four of yous this side,

434. keep your eyes behind you.

435. - Which the men are hoping to ambush.

436. - It's gonna see you when it comes out.

437. - Along the coast,

438. 29 year old paramedic Barney and camera man,

439. Ross are off to try their luck with improvised fishing rods.

440. - I'm gonna be incredibly positive,

441. we're gonna get at least a couple of fish.

442. - Yeah.

443. - At least, a minimum of a couple of fish.

444. - Yes.

445. - I've delivered three babies in the course

446. of my seven years in the ambulance service

447. and that's a pretty special feeling

448. but it's not as glamorous as everyone makes out,

449. you soon realize it's largely dealing

450. with drunk people in gutters, vomit ridden, and students.

451. I loved Famous Fives Swallows in Amazons,

452. something about probably going on your own adventure,

453. it takes you back to your childhood, doesn't it?

454. Climbing trees, building dens.

455. It'll be nice to think I've come off the island feeling

456. a little bit more macho,

457. little bit more popular with the ladies.

458. - There's a lot of fish down there, come on,

459. positive thoughts are going through the rod.

460. Oh!

461. I got a big one!

462. Whoo!

463. Fuck!

464. - Little bit down.

465. - The men have been attempting

466. to stake out a Caiman for almost two hours,

467. but so far they haven't seen a thing.

468. - What do you think?

469. - I think some of our hunting team

470. is always ready in action, ready to go.

471. Like a coil spring.

472. - It'd be fantastic if we get a Caiman

473. but we also need to get water, fire and food.

474. - I am starving, come on then mate.

475. - Plus, everyone's just getting eaten

476. to shit by these sun flies.

477. - Well, let's return to camp.

478. Start to finish, absolute joke.

479. Everybody's went up there ass about it,

480. we had no plan when we got there,

481. no nothing, we're like Keystone Cops.

482. - So that's gonna be great.

483. All right, I'm gonna gamble this.

484. Ah!

485. Hey!

486. - There you go.

487. - A bit of bounce in it.

488. - Yeah.

489. - Hey, aint getting fucking better.

490. - Yeah.

491. Aint gotta worry about creepy crawlies.

492. - Okay, how about this,

493. if you have a decent nights kip tonight, you will stay.

494. - I will do that, I promise.

495. - Okay, then we happy.

496. - I'm happy mate, yeah.

497. You're a wonderful man.

498. Top man.

499. - I'm gonna hold it to you, you know?

500. - I know you will.

501. - Hey, no problem, hang in there love.

502. - Sadly all the cupboards are bare.

503. - After an exhausting day,

504. the hunting party have nothing to show for their efforts.

505. - They don't look healthy, some of these boys,

506. some of them look like they've maybe gone on hunger strike.

507. - I'm absolutely burnt out,

508. today's the day where I definitely feel like I am starving.

509. - So the average British man needs

510. about 2,500 calories a day, but the reality

511. of a survival situation you know,

512. you're working hard, you're hunting,

513. you're building shelters, chopping wood,

514. you can easily burn in excess of 4,000 calories,

515. the maths of that is simple,

516. if your burning more than you're taking in,

517. you're gonna starve.

518. - Can you just let the lads know that we've gone fishing,

519. I have some energy still left in me.

520. - With nightfall approaching,

521. the men are desperate to salvage something from the day.

522. - Fuck was that?

523. Something just fucking...

524. - Something stung you?

525. - Yeah.

526. Ooh!

527. Fuck me, do I know about it.

528. - You can't see what it was?

529. - No.

530. Whoa.

531. - Definitely wasn't a scorpi was it?

532. - I have no idea.

533. - Mike to India, Mike to India.

534. - Camera man Sam, uses the emergency sat phone

535. to call the offshore medical response team.

536. Charlie has been stung on the toe

537. from something in a wood pile.

538. - Fuck me.

539. - Ah shit, it's a scorpion yeah, it's a scorpion guys.

540. - Where is it, let me kill it.

541. - Scorpion!

542. - We just had confirmation it is a scorpion over.

543. - As a general rule of thumb, the bigger the pincer,

544. the smaller the stinger, the less deadly the scorpion.

545. Bark scorpion, enough venom in that stinger to kill a man.

546. - Not good man.

547. - Not good.

548. - I don't know much about scorpions

549. but I think there is a kind that's very, very poisonous.

550. - We were told before we got here that that could kill you.

551. - Fuck man, that's not what we need.

552. - The medics have asked Sam

553. to urgently identify the type

554. of scorpion that stung Charlie.

555. - Ah!

556. - Is it painful?

557. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

558. - Okay so that length, that is two, two inches long,

559. so he's got big claws which is a good thing,

560. the bigger the pincer,

561. the less the venom apparently so fingers crossed.

562. - He doesn't look like a bark scorpion does he?

563. - (murmurs) response updated

564. on the condition of the patient over.

565. - Copy that, will do.

566. - Fucking thread is so sensitive.

567. - So good news, from the description

568. of this little bad boy here, that pincer,

569. that probably means he's not super toxic.

570. We're gonna keep an eye on you and make sure

571. that that doesn't swell massively

572. and you don't get any other allergic reactions.

573. - It's like someones driving roasting hot needles

574. in and out.

575. - I think you're milking it a bit now mate.

576. - I know, I need to suck it up don't I?

577. - Away, come on you're supposed to be English.

578. - Thankfully it wasn't particularly poisonous

579. but it must have hurt like nobodies business, poor guy.

580. - Charlie, charlie, keep your wight off it.

581. - Or actually maybe—

582. - Keep your weight off it.

583. - Yeah, see. (laughing)

584. - Not nice to see anyone like that really,

585. the boy is what I would like to call OTG,

586. he is out the game.

587. - The medics have advised Charlie

588. to stay off his feet for the rest of the day.

589. - Let's go and be the saviors of today.

590. - Go on then.

591. - Okay, rods.

592. - With now only an hour to sunset,

593. paramedic Barney and camera man Ross set out

594. to make a last ditch attempt to catch dinner for the group.

595. - Yeah, let's go.

596. - But to get back to the head land

597. where they've seen most fish,

598. they face a treacherous scramble across the rocks.

599. - It's quite high isn't it?

600. - And the tides coming in fast.

601. - So I feel there is a bit of a risk actually,

602. I like to take risks.

603. Not gonna gain anything by walking back now are we?

604. Let's do it.

605. Oh no, no, wait, wait, wait sorry hang on.

606. We have to wait for the tide to go out

607. and then we making that gap there.

608. - So the Pacific really is just a vast ocean,

609. it's actually the largest

610. in the world covering over 60 million square miles.

611. You got these fierce ocean currents,

612. they swirl around these little islands

613. and if you get swept out into them,

614. you really genuinely don't stand a chance,

615. the next stop that way, is the Galápagos Islands,

616. if the sharks don't get you first.

617. - Now, now, now, now, now.

618. Oh I don't know if this is a good idea mate or not, whoa!

619. Taking quite a risk just to get a fish,

620. it's 'cause we're all so hungry

621. and you've gotta take risks haven't you really?

622. What do you think?

623. Is this a bit dodgey or?

624. Good.

625. As long as we're on the same wave length,

626. the seas a lot rougher though,

627. if we get sucked off here we're mince meat.

628. Just one of those games here.

629. - You okay Ross?

630. - Barney and Ross finally

631. reach the point where they want

632. to fish but it's now going dark.

633. - Do you ever think you be doing something like this Barney?

634. - God no.

635. Not in a million years, do you?

636. - Good isn't it?

637. - Ah, so exciting.

638. It's like proper survival isn't it?

639. It's not armchair survival.

640. - Ah shit!

641. - Ross, quick mate, quick as you like.

642. Fucking lost the camera.

643. Are you okay?

644. - Yeah, yeah.

645. - Let's just get up out of here then, fuck!

646. - All my stuffs gone, cameras, everything's gone.

647. - Hey?

648. - Cameras got fucking smashed on the rocks.

649. - I think it's fair to say we nearly got killed actually.

650. - Like, we walked up there to do some fishing,

651. completely fine, calm.

652. - He was behind me, I turned round

653. to see a huge wave probably about 10 feet,

654. engulfed Ross and then Ross was gone,

655. like that and then I ran down and managed

656. to grab him and pull him out.

657. I've never been so terrified in my life.

658. - Barney saved my life.

659. - Afternoon guys, where you been?

660. - Hello boys.

661. I'm shaken to say the least.

662. - Do you want some water or something?

663. - Make some room for the guys.

664. - This massive wave crashed right over me,

665. swept me straight out on the rocks.

666. - You know where we were fishing?

667. - Yeah?

668. - Straight out, like that.

669. - Grabbed the ropes back up and then

670. another massive one took us both down.

671. - Shit.

672. - Can we please say no more fishing at night then please?

673. - Yes.

674. - Yeah.

675. - You are some team man aren't you?

676. - It's really made me realize just how careful we need

677. to be and how careful I need to be and about

678. how vulnerable I am, despite feeling

679. as a young guy that actually you are invincible,

680. out here it's just not the case at all.

681. - You all right?

682. - Yeah.

683. - You look shaken man.

684. - I am shaken, genuinely I'm shaken.

685. - Have a drink.

686. - We did get some fish though, right?

687. - Seriously?

688. that's what you take form that?

689. Tell you what, this is one hell of an adventure innit?

690. It's turned out to be a real mice game this.

691. - Good night everybody, I'm sorry,

692. I'm not being rude I promise.

693. - Get some rest mate.

694. - 51 year old Andy hasn't slept

695. well since arriving on the island.

696. - I'm absolutely exhausted.

697. - Concerned he'll leave

698. if he doesn't get some quality rest,

699. the group are hoping his new bed is the answer.

700. - Andy's got the skill set

701. that we absolutely desperately need on the island you know,

702. he's a builder by trade so he could shortcut

703. so many of our processes so I want him to stay,

704. I'm sure he didn't come on the island to fail.

705. - So you have a decent nights kip,

706. then you're not gonna leave us, that was the deal wasn't it?

707. - If I have a decent nights kip.

708. - All right then.

709. - five AM,

710. all of the men are sound asleep, except for one.

711. - My feet are dreadful, I've got an ear infection,

712. I'm shaking, I know I've checked out,

713. do you know what I mean?

714. So, I'm not happy, not happy going home.

715. - Andy woke up this morning,

716. first thing he said to me is I'm off.

717. For crying out loud, Paul and Joe have just gone,

718. in fact Paul's just gone because of you Andy,

719. if you thought you were gonna go, why didn't you.

720. - I just found out that we're losing Andy

721. in our final builder, it's almost panic stations.

722. - Are you suggesting leaving?

723. Are you fucking bollocks?

724. - I'm walking away.

725. - I'll have you tied to a tree before you fucking go.

726. - Andy's threatening to leave, all very well,

727. lose patience, part of me just wishes

728. if he's gonna go he should just fuck off really.

729. - I'd like to say I want the boat here now,

730. over and out, bye.

731. - Just a day after deciding he would stay,

732. Andy uses the emergency satellite phone

733. to request an evacuation.

734. - Andy pandy is leaving today.

735. Something that I kind of predicted really,

736. I think Paul was just an excuse so really it

737. was a shame that Paul had to go

738. because Andy was always gonna go in the end.

739. - Take care.

740. I can't give myself or you guys anymore, I'm sorry.

741. - What can you do you know?

742. We're down to 11 people after not even a week,

743. it's just embarrassing.

744. - When people leave a survival group,

745. the remaining members can often feel the sense of desertion,

746. betrayal, maybe even a little bit of jealousy.

747. I mean who wouldn't wanna leave what

748. for many of them really is a living hell

749. but ultimately losing a negative influence will

750. be a good thing for the long term of the group.

751. - Feeling pretty tired today.

752. We really could do with some food.

753. - Eight days in with barely a thing

754. to eat and delayed by Andy's departure.

755. - Fucking little fish.

756. - The men resume their daily search for food.

757. - I don't know why people choose

758. to do this in their free time.

759. - Fish?

760. - Yeah.

761. - I don't know a lot of it, father in law lives it,

762. absolutely fucking lives it, he's a dick.

763. - While the others hunt,

764. 29 year old Barney has volunteered for fire duty.

765. I'm happy actually just bothering back at base.

766. - The group are worried

767. that his near death experience yesterday

768. has knocked his confidence.

769. - He literally got swept off the rocks,

770. he's got bumps and scrapes and if it wasn't

771. for Barney saving Ross'

772. life things would have been really serious.

773. I think it's just a reminder of what this place is like,

774. it just feels like everything

775. around us is genuinely trying to kill us.

776. - He's such a nice guy, so easy to relate to

777. but I just feel a little bit sorry for him today,

778. so I'm gonna keep an eye on Barney.

779. - I think he was crying now just before you got the camera.

780. - He is finding it really tough.

781. He's seriously lethargic,

782. looks seriously homesick,

783. he needs to get himself back on his feet.

784. - Having already lost three men,

785. camera man Ross is worried the group could soon

786. be in danger of losing another and persuades Barney

787. to join him on a fishing trip

788. in an attempt to lift his spirits.

789. - I thought you look really low

790. and you weren't enjoying yourself

791. and just looked like you want to get out of here.

792. I was a bit worried that you might go fuck it

793. and leave you know?

794. - Everyone's having their low days too, right?

795. - After any sort of frightening near death experience,

796. it is very normal to become withdrawn

797. and a little it introverted and people tend

798. to then do everything they can to avoid having

799. to face that same fear, but trying

800. to survive on a dessert island, the men don't have

801. that luxury, they need

802. to conquer their fear otherwise it will conquer them.

803. - I'm finding it difficult now actually,

804. I feel like I've had enough of being here

805. and every time I think about my family I find

806. it more difficult and I realize

807. that this week is the week

808. that I'm meant to be at Center Parks.

809. But I just wanted to kind of apologize.

810. - There's a little blue fish down here.

811. - So what have you got, a spear?

812. - Yeah.

813. - How's big the fish?

814. - He's a fucking good fish, I know that, bastard.

815. - In there first week

816. on the island the men have barely eaten.

817. - That spears not worth donkey poo, fucking rubbish.

818. - All of their attempts

819. to find a decent meal have ended in failure.

820. - Well today, well that's

821. why it's called fishing and not catching.

822. - Today's lunch for 11 famished men,

823. is slim pickings from the jungle floor.

824. - Guys, this is exciting.

825. - Scorpion?

826. - It's got a few ants on it at the moment

827. 'cause we killed it about half an hour ago.

828. - Ah!

829. - So who's up for a (murmurs)

830. - Yes please.

831. - Fuck it, I'll eat it.

832. - Heaven in your mouth, burn the ants off.

833. - Ta, da, ta.

834. - How come you're giving it to him then?

835. - Why can't I have any?

836. - Oh because you're too northern.

837. - I'm too northern?

838. I'm being victimized because I'm the northern one,

839. that's it, you can all kiss my ass.

840. You're a brave man Dan.

841. - What's it like?

842. - It's pretty gross.

843. - Is it?

844. - It's like eating crispy poo.

845. - Is it?

846. - Yeah.

847. - I'm glad it was you then.

848. - In a survival situation, every mouthful counts.

849. - Tell you what, better than limpets.

850. - Is it?

851. - But one scorpion between 11 grown men

852. is nowhere near enough to save them from starvation.

853. - It's hard to concentrate,

854. I'm noticing that energy is so slow,

855. I'm so bloody burnt out.

856. - Man, this place wears you down.

857. Really does.

858. - Just tried standing up and started sort of,

859. got this standard head rushes and then really,

860. I was just sort of rocking backwards and forwards,

861. I don't know, only for a few seconds

862. but enough to put me on my arse.

863. - It's getting to the point now,

864. if we don't eat properly in the next few days,

865. we're gonna drop like flies.

866. - Despite their rapid physical decline

867. the men have no choice but to keep on hunting.

868. - It's quite a daunting thing really, isn't it?

869. The idea that we might come across Caiman today.

870. - 37 year old Sam has persuaded Barney

871. to join him in a bid to keep him buy after his accident.

872. - I can't convey how tough this whole thing

873. has been actually, far, far tougher than I thought.

874. I'm really, really struggling

875. to stay focused and to keep up with the rest of the team.

876. - There's a berry on this tree here, look.

877. - Doesn't look edible does it?

878. - Shit the dog, shit the dog.

879. - What?

880. - Look at that, a big, big lizard under here.

881. It's a iguana, it's a big one.

882. - Yes, keep going.

883. Yes, there you go, good.

884. - Okay, just see him there, I'm gonna flick him out,

885. okay here he comes, here he comes, here he comes,

886. here it comes, here it comes, okay watch that tail.

887. Okay you've got him, you've got him, you got his tail?

888. Pull him, pull him, pull him, pull him, pull him.

889. You absolute star!

890. You star!

891. Hang on, let's talk about this

892. because actually we could use our meat alive could we not?

893. Oh my gosh.

894. - Well done mate, well done.

895. - Whoo!

896. It's a iguana.

897. - Look at the size of that man.

898. - Wow Barney, that's half a leg.

899. - That is a (murmurs) that's dinner and supper.

900. - Well done fella.

901. - Nice one Barney.

902. - He's a beautiful creature actually, absolutely beautiful.

903. - He's a little dinosaur.

904. - It's an amazing feeling,

905. you really feel you've done you bit for the team.

906. It's like when you give a really good Christmas present,

907. you just really wanna give it.

908. I was thinking guys, about killing that iguana.

909. I think that's probably a bit

910. of a personal thing I need to get over.

911. - What, killing something?

912. - Why is that such a bad thing

913. that you don't want to kill something?

914. - Because the reality of it is that we all eat meat

915. that's killed at some point and we're

916. so far detached aren't we?

917. As we all know from the slaughtering process that actually,

918. but for me maybe that's a challenge that I need to face.

919. - If you kill it, will you have repercussions,

920. sleepless nights going no Barney,

921. don't kill, blood gush, stinking—

922. - Let's put this into perspective,

923. I've been a paramedic for four years

924. and seen some fantastic things

925. but I think I'd like to test myself.

926. - Do it.

927. - Do it if you wanna do it.

928. - Don't do a Ozzy Osbourne and bite it's head off though.

929. - Barney how you feeling?

930. - It suddenly feels much more real

931. when you're having to sit here

932. like the executioner you know.

933. - I condemn you iguana to death.

934. - Goes right over doesn't it?

935. Like this.

936. - I'll go and get him.

937. Bring him down here yeah.

938. - Oof.

939. - No you got him, you got him.

940. - Right, Barney.

941. - Yeah, so if you're able to hold his head down actually.

942. - Spot on.

943. You're about to provide.

944. Great effort Barney.

945. - Well done Barney.

946. You all right man?

947. - Yeah.

948. Couple of my really close friends have got iguanas

949. and I really don't know how they'll view this.

950. I hope they understand

951. that this is completely a survival situation

952. and their pets are not in danger.

953. They can leave me in the lounge without them.

954. There's a very mix of emotions

955. 'cause you really have provided and everyone's

956. got some food tonight including myself,

957. heavily gives you a more greater respect

958. for the animal than if I would sit

959. around tonight having somebody killed it.

960. I'm gonna enjoy that meal more than anyone tonight.

961. - I've seen it myself so often you know,

962. the quiet humble individual who the group maybe initially

963. discount, but suddenly they can

964. become the man of the hour, just one heroic moment

965. and these brave people earn respect through their deeds,

966. they don't earn it through bluster and really,

967. that's what British courage is.

968. After a week on the island,

969. the men can finally sit down to a decent meal.

970. - Looks like proper food.

971. - Isn't that just an incredible sight?

972. - Yeah nice and caramelized on the outside, beautiful.

973. - This is gonna be like.

974. - Is he eating his own neck?

975. - Yeah. - Yeah.

976. - That's just sick Barney.

977. - They do say that mother nature watches

978. what you do and if you work enough she rewards you,

979. today she did.

980. - Good job Barney.

981. - Well done and congratulations.

982. Well done team, (murmurs).

983. - Have a little taste, pass them on.

984. - Oh it's delicious.

985. - Really lovely.

986. - The fist time I've eaten something

987. which is ridiculously amazingly brilliant.

988. - Ah, looks like a good piece Barney.

989. - Yes it is mate.

990. - Ah yeah boy.

991. - There's more meat on this than I thought.

992. - Tails, tails.

993. - 11 of us sitting around like cavemen just gnawing

994. and slurping and chewing and staring into the flames, great.

995. - You've now literally cut his face in two.

996. - There you go.

997. - Feeling increasingly manly as the day goes on,

998. see what it brings the group, it all feels worthwhile.

999. - No complaints with this at all.

1000. - No, great.

1001. - I think the head might be my favorite bit.

1002. - With food in their stomachs,

1003. the mens thoughts turn to Andy's unoccupied bed

1004. which is now up for grabs.

1005. - No wanking in the little bed please.

1006. - Okay, I've completely misunderstood what it's for.

1007. - Has anyone knocked one out here?

1008. - Dude after the third night.

1009. Every morning, I woke prouder than a honey moon today.

1010. Seriously if you want like a single man (murmurs)

1011. come see me in the morning.

1012. - Buzzing tonight, buzzing.

1013. It felt like a bunch of 11 mates,

1014. sat around a camp fire on a wee holiday eating great food.

1015. The fantastic 14 is now the excellent 11.

1016. I'm under no illusion that shit times will come

1017. but in the mean time,

1018. I'm gonna brace the good and the good is right now.

1019. - Help!

1020. Becky!

1021. - Next time, on the women's island.

1022. - I'm coming!

1023. - Radio in now!

1024. Medic, now!

1025. - Oh my God, what's just happened?

1026. - Just collapsed.

1027. - Ah, don't you dare!

1028. - The group are still separated.

1029. - To everyone here it's obvious,

1030. it's not a program, it's ridiculous.

1031. - We can't navigate and I can't walk

1032. and I'm just fucked and we're all fucked.