The Island with Bear Grylls 2x4

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

5. will be home to 14 British women.

6. For six weeks they'll be utterly alone,

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. - That's the hardest thing I've ever done.

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

15. Tonight, we follow the women's island.

16. - Snake! - It came right at me!

17. - This time, it will be harder than ever.

18. They'll have to hunt for food—

19. - You're all right, you are.

20. - Find water, and build shelter.

21. Living on the island, in the middle

22. of tropical storm season.

23. - It's like a tornado!

24. That is terrifying.

25. - We need to radio in medics, now.

26. - When pitted against the extremes of nature,

27. have these modern-day women

28. got what it takes to survive?

29. - Guys.

30. That is a big (bleep).

31. - Four days ago, 14 British women

32. were cast away on this remote uninhabited Pacific island.

33. - Snake!

34. - Already, one woman has left the island.

35. - I need to go.

36. - If you don't want to be here, just (bleep) off.

37. - Who's up for this?

38. - Some of the group

39. stayed behind at the makeshift camp,

40. whilst an expedition party

41. went in search of a permanent base

42. with a sustainable water source.

43. - It's not salty. - Yay!

44. - But with no idea how to get back to the others—

45. - I've ripped my trousers even more.

46. - They are now lost in the thick of the jungle—

47. - Hello?

48. - And are completely out of water.

49. - We have nothing to drink,

50. we don't know where we are.

51. - The women left behind have just rainwater to drink,

52. their fire has gone out, and panic is setting in.

53. - You just order me about all the time.

54. - With both groups now starving

55. and critically dehydrated, their time on the island

56. could be over before it's really begun.

57. It's day four.

58. The five women left in camp

59. have been waiting for over 24 hours

60. for the others to return from their expedition.

61. - I feel dreadful.

62. Honestly, I feel absolutely dreadful.

63. I never thought I would be

64. so desperate for food and water.

65. We all want to get out of this camp.

66. But we know the other group are coming back for us.

67. We can't set off, 'cause we'll lose them.

68. - The women are trying to relight their fire

69. to purify water from a muddy puddle,

70. but their wood is damp.

71. - That's it, it's moving— - Oh, every time,

72. what the hell are we doing?

73. It's actually just another Groundhog Day of the same shit.

74. - It's like the best camping ever, isn't it?

75. The best camping ever.

76. Mind you I've only ever been camping twice,

77. I didn't like it.

78. - However bad your situation is,

79. you have to dig deep and find that inner strength

80. to stand any chance of surviving.

81. You know, it's simple principles

82. that really make a big difference

83. and one of those is positivity, positivity, positivity.

84. - I might as well honestly,

85. I might as well have gone

86. and sat in my horse's field

87. for five days and not eaten,

88. but just sat in the muddiest part of the horse's field.

89. But the difference is, I might have had a horse for company.

90. - I don't actually mind.

91. Because I love extremes of weather.

92. I like roaring wind and lightning and torrential rain.

93. - Oh, lovely, I'm pleased for you.

94. Seriously, I'm really chuffed for you.

95. - I've always wanted an adventure.

96. And I think, God, I haven't done much

97. for myself over the last 55 years.

98. Should have done more, should have seen more.

99. I get really wound up over the most stupid things.

100. Like, you know when you buy expensive toilet roll,

101. and you tear it and it doesn't tear along the perforations?

102. That really winds me up!

103. I try to stop myself talking a lot.

104. But I do like to think that other

105. people can get a word in edgeways, you know what I mean?

106. This is day four now without any food.

107. So we're really gonna feel it today.

108. - Earlier, the women found some yucca,

109. a type of potato.

110. Mother of two Julie has decided to peel it,

111. despite not having a fire to cook it on.

112. - Oh, now, do you know what, I've just wasted that now.

113. But we could have boiled it in soup,

114. that's what Beth was saying.

115. - I would (bleep) please leave the yucca, just—

116. - If she goes on about those (bleep) potatoes

117. any more I'm gonna stab her.

118. - After 24 hours without a drink,

119. the expedition party are dehydrated,

120. hopelessly lost, and wandering directionless.

121. - Walking is painful now.

122. Physically and mentally.

123. I just hope I can find a drink.

124. Can't remember the last time I felt this thirsty.

125. - Careful here, guys, it's really slippy.

126. - Oh, shit. - Whey, you all right?

127. - Super slippery. - It's really slippy!

128. - Oh, God.

129. - (Bleep)

130. - Who was that? - That was me.

131. - (Bleep) Oh, my God, there's a caiman.

132. That is a big (bleep).

133. - Oh, yes, I can see it.

134. Straight ahead. - Oh, shit!

135. - Oh, my God, that's (bleep).

136. - Yeah, it's enormous. - It's watching us though.

137. - I literally must have walked

138. past his nose, by that much.

139. Didn't spot him.

140. - Can we throw things at it? - (Bleep) no!

141. - Though potentially deadly to humans,

142. a crocodile of this size could provide tens

143. of thousands of calories for the women,

144. who have barely eaten in days.

145. - Billy Big Balls, that. - That is serious

146. Billy Big Balls.

147. - Going for that one for dinner, then?

148. - Not tonight, not with the amount of fire.

149. Wouldn't attack that as we don't have a sharp knife on us.

150. We'll be back for you, man!

151. Sleep with one eye open.

152. - With hunger and dehydration

153. sapping their energy, and with hunting equipment

154. left at camp, the women decide to walk away from

155. this potentially life-saving feast.

156. - Right, let's get out of here.

157. - There's nothing easier.

158. - It's all right, it's all right.

159. - That's it, that's it, that's it.

160. Well done.

161. - As we know, caiman can take off a leg,

162. an arm, drag you into the water, drown you, eat you.

163. Not great, really.

164. So we all want to be out of here as fast as possible.

165. And as an exit operation, we're doing quite well.

166. - Oh, don't you dare!

167. - Too late.

168. - For these women to succeed,

169. they've got to have faith.

170. They've got to persevere and reunite,

171. because there's power in numbers.

172. My mantra is "Leave No Man Behind".

173. It's that sort of attitude

174. that's gonna make the critical difference for them.

175. - I've got a beach on my left.

176. - Let's get on there, let's get an orientation.

177. - The women have been trekking through

178. the jungle for two hours.

179. But instead of finding camp,

180. they've stumbled upon another beach

181. on the north of the island.

182. - This is so hard.

183. No-one knows what the right decision is.

184. - So thirsty.

185. I've never been so dehydrated all my whole life.

186. I'm thinking about drinking sea water.

187. I know you can't, but I'm that—

188. - The women scavenge the area, and strike lucky.

189. - We've found coconuts!

190. - Oh my God! - Yay!

191. - It's just enough to keep them going—

192. - Come on, let's go, let's go.

193. - Let's do it.

194. - As they head back into the jungle,

195. to try and find the others once more.

196. At camp, the damp conditions are proving problematic.

197. - I'm really not looking forward to trying

198. to start another fire.

199. - It's finding the dry stuff, but there's no sun.

200. We can't see the sky. - Oh, babe,

201. look at your little hands.

202. - My hands?

203. I'm like, look.

204. - It's just from the wetness.

205. - They're gonna crack.

206. And I'm in agony.

207. I've achieved everything I wanted to in my profession.

208. I'm really happy with where I've got to,

209. but I think my job is starting to define me.

210. And I don't want that.

211. I want to find out who I am again.

212. I think I have a need for adventure.

213. I just feel so driven to do something completely different.

214. It's crazy!

215. But I can't let it get in my head.

216. You can't let it get in your head.

217. - No. - It's important

218. to be positive. - Right.

219. - It will work out.

220. It will.

221. - We're about to work out how to make a great shelter today.

222. - Unable to make fire without dry wood,

223. a shelter will protect the women from the elements

224. while they wait for the others to come back for them.

225. - Push it down, push that down.

226. No, no, this is the top one.

227. Push that down.

228. - Tell you what, there really is strength in numbers.

229. You really feel there's so much more work

230. and so much more pressure on you

231. when there's just a small amount of you.

232. Oh, shit, that was it, there we go.

233. Now, with just five of us,

234. it feels pretty lonely actually.

235. - Half an hour later,

236. and the shape of a shelter is almost complete.

237. - That looks pretty good.

238. Oh, fuck's sake.

239. - Positivity, positivity, positivity.

240. - The expedition party

241. left what they've nicknamed

242. Coconut Beach nearly two hours ago,

243. and they are trekking into the thick

244. of the jungle, trying to find camp.

245. - No, we're going back on ourselves,

246. we need to go that way.

247. There's the other coast, Fi.

248. - With the afternoon temperature

249. rising to over 30 degrees—

250. - I'm so thirsty.

251. - Their need for water is more critical than ever.

252. - My biggest motivation is to get to the others.

253. - Convinced they're close to camp,

254. Georgie and Lauren go ahead to recce their surroundings.

255. - We're just looking.

256. - We're back to where we are.

257. - No fucking way.

258. Can't be.

259. - We are.

260. - No, we can't be.

261. We haven't done one massive—

262. - Yeah. - Really?

263. - The expedition party have spent

264. all day in the searing heat,

265. only to find they've walked in one big circle,

266. back to Coconut Beach.

267. - Guys, do you want to come down?

268. - Okay.

269. - Without a GPS or visual landmarks to guide us,

270. human beings are naturally prone to walk in circles

271. even when we're convinced we're going in a straight line.

272. Put dehydration into the mix,

273. which slows down brain function,

274. and the women find themselves in crisis.

275. - Okay, so listen, bad, bad news.

276. - We're back where we were.

277. - If the women don't find a proper

278. water source soon, their time on the island will end.

279. - Bad news is we fucked up

280. and we've just done a massive circle and we've wasted

281. a load of energy for nothing.

282. - How the fuck did that happen?

283. - All too easily.

284. We're in the jungle.

285. We have no points of reference.

286. And we're tired, and dehydrated.

287. I vote, we bed in for the night.

288. Think I'm gonna cry, George.

289. - I think I'm going to cry with you.

290. This is absolutely—

291. - Fucking ludicrous. - Ludicrous.

292. Physically, I don't know, people have got holes

293. in their feet that are turning green.

294. We can't sustain this.

295. - Oh, my God, what are they gonna do back at the camp?

296. - Four days ago, I abandoned

297. a group of ordinary British women on a remote,

298. uninhabited Pacific Island.

299. After separating over 24 hours ago,

300. the expedition party are desperately

301. trying to get back to camp,

302. but disorientated by the jungle,

303. they remain in the north of the island.

304. The women left waiting at camp have no fire to purify water

305. and are also worryingly dehydrated.

306. - We're drinking water from a roof, like wild animals!

307. - Mom of two, Julie, has been down at the rocks

308. washing the women's muddy underwear.

309. - There's only five of us here at the moment.

310. The other group have got lost

311. and we've no idea where they are.

312. A couple of our group are just moaning all the time.

313. I mean, for God's sake, it's supposed to be survival.

314. It's not supposed to be a holiday.

315. You know what I mean?

316. We knew it was gonna be tough.

317. - Facing a second night isolated from the others—

318. - Fuck!

319. - The claustrophobic jungle environment is testing

320. the women's mental strength.

321. - It's very difficult to stay positive.

322. - I don't feel we've got anything to look forward to.

323. I just feel like we've been dumped.

324. - Can I say something positive?

325. - No, fuck off.

326. - I don't feel too bad, you know?

327. And I just think it can only get better.

328. - To be fair, Julie, you really haven't gone

329. on any expeditions to get anything.

330. You've kind of conserved energy

331. by staying in camp most of the time.

332. - You're good at talking the talk,

333. "Let's do this, let's do that,"

334. but, actually, actively doing it is a different story.

335. Maybe that's why you're feeling so good.

336. - I appreciate everybody is really fucking pissed off.

337. All I said was a bit of positivity.

338. I've spent fucking hours rearranging wet knickers

339. and washing all around this camp.

340. - I don't want you to do that, Julie.

341. - And hanging it up for you.

342. - I've been biting my tongue all the time.

343. - You don't want me to do it?

344. - Personally, I feel that constantly

345. ringing out people's knickers

346. that aren't even here, and other clothes, is futile.

347. - The group dynamics of these five people is not working.

348. It's not productive and I'm sat here

349. thinking, "I am stuck with this."

350. - We collected it at night as well, Julie.

351. - Well, you shouldn't be. - You just walked with us.

352. - I know what I said—

353. You're not listening to me, Abby.

354. - Do you know what?

355. You're right.

356. - What I'm saying is we should collect wood—

357. - I'm doing a selfie now 'cause you

358. really need to know how I'm feeling.

359. It's really hard.

360. We can't eat because we have no fire.

361. We have nothing to drink because we can't boil

362. it to purify it and sterilize it.

363. I don't know where everyone else is.

364. The other group have gone missing

365. and I'm really worried about them.

366. I'm just questioning, like, how on earth are we expected

367. to survive in this?

368. - On Coconut Beach, in the north of the island,

369. the expedition party remain out of water

370. and have decided to stay the night.

371. - Do you think that needs to go higher?

372. - Yep.

373. - They're building a makeshift shelter.

374. - We've basically spent two days walking

375. for four and a half hours.

376. That's nine hours in total we've spent walking

377. around this bloody island trying to get back

378. to where we started.

379. Everybody is very dehydrated.

380. We've not had actual water for two days.

381. It's ridiculous.

382. It's absolutely ridiculous.

383. - And then the other side will go like that.

384. - Yep, brilliant.

385. - After spotting a storm on the horizon,

386. the women scavenge the beach for containers

387. to collect rainwater, their only hope of rehydrating.

388. - We're gonna have to support

389. the bottles in this polystyrene thing,

390. so they're upright and don't spill.

391. I may have to keep it behind this

392. log so the tide doesn't push it out.

393. - Finding fresh water is so important.

394. That combination of very oppressive 30 degree heat,

395. plus the humidity, over 90%,

396. can easily mean the women get through

397. a liter of water an hour.

398. That is a lot.

399. Unless they find water, I reckon the women

400. only have one more day.

401. As night draws in, the women abandoned at camp

402. are attempting to light a new fire

403. to purify their muddy rainwater.

404. - What we're doing now is trying to make a hole.

405. It's out, it's out.

406. - For fuck's sake.

407. - We thought we'd get a fire going tonight,

408. but it hasn't happened.

409. A few must be dehydrated by now.

410. I don't know where the other girls

411. have gone from the other camp.

412. I don't know where the hell they

413. could be or what they're doing for shelter or—

414. Excuse me.

415. What they are doing for shelter.

416. - All day, Julie's been at me nonstop.

417. I've come on this experience to try new things,

418. to push our comfort zones.

419. Hello?

420. Guys, can someone shine their light overhead

421. because I swear I'm hearing noises.

422. Please, it's like a, it's someone moving!

423. It's coming closer to me, please!

424. - It isn't! - It's Julie, it's Julie!

425. - Oh, fuck my life.

426. Oh, shit.

427. - On Coconut Beach, a storm is still in the distance

428. and the dehydrated women are pinning

429. all their hopes on their makeshift

430. containers collecting rain.

431. - I've never actually wanted water so much in my life.

432. - Check this lightning out behind me.

433. Yeah!

434. It's so cool.

435. You can actually see the line of lightning.

436. I look a bit like a weather girl.

437. And here we have a big fuck-off shiny storm.

438. And to the north we have a storm,

439. and just there, another bolt of lightning.

440. And I imagine around here in just a moment,

441. we're gonna have a bolt of lightning.

442. And I imagine just about there

443. we're gonna have a bolt of lightning, to the right.

444. Sometimes it jumps from cloud to cloud.

445. In a moment, we're gonna have a strong north-easterly

446. bolt of lightning right there.

447. Hang on, we're having a few technical difficulties.

448. Thank you, Bob.

449. - 11 p.m.

450. With the storm still a way off,

451. the women bed down for a long night

452. under their makeshift shelter.

453. - We're gonna spoon on this side.

454. All lights off.

455. Nighty-night.

456. - Bloody hell, have you farted in my face again?

457. - Sorry, I did!

458. - It's 5:30 a.m. and the storm has

459. finally hit the island.

460. The women are hoping their

461. containers are full of rainwater.

462. - Just had the most uncomfortable sleep of our lives.

463. It's just a nightmare.

464. Just hope we can get some water in us soon.

465. - Can I just share something with you, everybody?

466. - Bad, really bad news, we have no water

467. because the tide has washed our bottles away.

468. Nothing. - Fuck.

469. Fuck! - Oh, fuck.

470. - I feel like I could cry right now.

471. I seriously think I could cry.

472. - I think I need another shit.

473. - After almost 48 hours with hardly

474. anything to drink, the women source just

475. a handful of coconuts.

476. - Oh, my God, this one's cold!

477. Ahh!

478. - But with only enough liquid

479. to have a few sips each,

480. one woman is finding it all too much.

481. - You all right, Kate? - Just struggling.

482. I'm really struggling, guys.

483. - No, you can't, come on.

484. - I'm really, really missing my girls.

485. I've decided to do this because,

486. having been made redundant four times,

487. it left me feeling worthless and a burden on everybody

488. and I wanted to set myself a challenge

489. and do something that was extremely

490. difficult, but that I had to do.

491. I can't walk away from it.

492. I'll have more confidence in myself.

493. I'll make my children proud of me,

494. I'll make my husband, Chris, proud of me.

495. I just feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew.

496. - No, not at all.

497. Honest to God, you are doing brilliant.

498. You're doing absolutely brilliant

499. and they are gonna be so proud of you.

500. - I know.

501. I just want to speak to Chris.

502. - I know.

503. - And have him say, "Keep going."

504. - You can't do everything through your kids

505. and your husband, you have to have some "me" time.

506. - But I like doing everything through them.

507. - No, well, that's cool.

508. - I think initially when people get marooned,

509. it's all about the physical, the fact that they're tired

510. and they're hungry and they're hurting.

511. But after a while, people become accustomed to that.

512. But then the battle becomes

513. something much more meaningful,

514. actually the fact that you're missing your loved ones,

515. and those battles can be much harder.

516. - I'm so thirsty.

517. We haven't managed to find any water.

518. - I'm so thirsty.

519. Look at that.

520. - The good news for the women

521. is that in tropical storm season—

522. - Oh, it's raining.

523. - The weather can change in an instant.

524. - Guys, guys, bring your pots!

525. It's running like a bloody tap.

526. - Tap! - The return of the rain

527. proves to be their salvation.

528. - First on the jungle tap!

529. - Salivating.

530. - Wow.

531. - Cheers!

532. - Oh, my God.

533. That is just the best feeling.

534. - Yeah, baby!

535. - From the most miserable situation

536. to the most joyous situation.

537. Yeah, see?

538. We go up, we go down, we go up, we go down,

539. we go right through the floor there,

540. and now we're elated.

541. - Rehydrated—

542. - Time to go!

543. - And with bottles full of water—

544. - We came down this one.

545. - The expedition party set off,

546. confident they'll finally rescue the others.

547. - Okay, so we're on the right track.

548. - It's the women's fifth day on the island,

549. and the two groups have been separated for over two days.

550. Spirits are buoyed, with bottles full of rainwater,

551. but the expedition party are going round in circles,

552. trying to return to camp, to rescue the women waiting.

553. - We want to stay in a straight line.

554. - Nobody is disagreeing with you.

555. We will have to make little diversions.

556. - No, that way.

557. - Mom-of-two Kate remains desperately

558. homesick, missing her family.

559. - It's doing my head in,

560. 'cause I am not doing another night

561. in this jungle, like this.

562. That will be it for me.

563. I've made that decision.

564. If we don't make it back— - You feel that strongly?

565. - Yep.

566. I know the people who matter to me the most

567. won't care if I come home early, to be honest.

568. - Kate, calm down!

569. We're going in the right direction!

570. It might not be—

571. - I'm not talking to you!

572. I'm talking to George.

573. - I know!

574. Fucking attitude and a half, you do!

575. - And you can kiss my fucking arse.

576. - If these women are gonna survive,

577. they've got to learn quickly

578. how to work together as a team.

579. Pulling together is paramount,

580. in times of crisis and the truth is,

581. we always survive better when we cooperate

582. and when we don't fight.

583. - Please, no negativity.

584. We'll just need to keep on this positively.

585. - I know.

586. You've got a really bad attitude, Kate.

587. - I haven't, I'm just fed up.

588. - You do!

589. You're speaking to everyone with a really bad tone, so—

590. - Can everybody please stop arguing?

591. Because it's really not helping.

592. Maybe we should just, for the next ten minutes, all of us,

593. just say nothing and just concentrate on walking

594. and following Fi.

595. - No, that way.

596. - Guys, I think we need to go that way!

597. - Hold on, hold on, hold on.

598. - 10 minutes silence, and asking a group of women

599. to keep silent for more than a minute is ridiculous.

600. We lasted literally 10, everyone went, "Good idea, yep."

601. 10 seconds and everyone's talking again.

602. - At camp, the group have spent over two days

603. with no food, drinking just small amounts of rainwater,

604. waiting for the expedition party to return.

605. And damp conditions have brought out the jungle critters.

606. - Right now, all my arse is proper itchy.

607. I've only got a few bites,

608. but above it, my face, my hands—

609. - She has, we've just looked at her arse.

610. - Oh, yeah, we have just looked at her bum.

611. - The rain last night was ridiculous, like.

612. I was just, I'm so ill, I just need to sleep.

613. My throat, I can't swallow.

614. And I want to do this, I want to show everyone

615. I can do this, but it's really hard.

616. Whenever I have a problem, my parents always sort me out.

617. Right now, my dad pays for everything that I want.

618. My boyfriend looks after me,

619. especially on nights out.

620. They see me as their baby that they still need to protect.

621. I don't do anything by myself

622. and I want to be more independent.

623. I want to do something for myself

624. and just be able to be, like, "Yes, I did that."

625. The worst part is, I'm starting to think

626. my parents were right and I shouldn't have done this.

627. - Back in the jungle, forester's daughter Fi

628. has taken over leadership of the trek back to camp,

629. but it's only taken half an hour

630. for the mood to disintegrate.

631. - We really strongly think we need to go right here.

632. - I've got to say, I do agree.

633. - Oh, brilliant.

634. We have been traveling in this direction—

635. - No, we haven't, we've been traveling in that direction.

636. - No. - Yeah.

637. - No.

638. - Why is it you're so adamant you're right all the time?

639. - Just hold on.

640. I'm not adamant I'm right all the time.

641. - Yes, you are, because you're dismissing everybody else.

642. - Listen, I understand.

643. - Fi will not listen.

644. "I live in the woods,

645. "so I always circumnavigate woods."

646. Well done, but, we spent the night last night in a place

647. that we had just left.

648. You never noticed that we'd doubled back.

649. - That was my fault, because she wasn't in charge.

650. - It's often when stress levels are high

651. that all the social graces fall away

652. and it's also when tempers fray.

653. They've got to learn quickly

654. how to communicate better as a team.

655. At this point, their survival,

656. and that of the women at camp, depends on it.

657. - We have to spend another night in this jungle like this,

658. I'm out of here.

659. You need to listen to people.

660. You don't listen to anybody.

661. - I do think that you really don't listen to anybody.

662. This is, actually, this is life or death!

663. - I'm just so tempted to tell you

664. to take the lead and do it.

665. - Yeah, 'cause if I lead, it's my own fault,

666. because I'd have got us lost.

667. - I give up.

668. Okay, have the machete.

669. (screaming) - Oh, my God!

670. - What? - Help!

671. Becky!

672. Becky!

673. I'm coming!

674. Call the medics! - She's gone.

675. - Fran!

676. Fran's fainted!

677. - Radio in medic, now!

678. She's absolutely fucking boiling.

679. - Oh, my God.

680. - With Belinda, the only doctor amongst the 13 women,

681. lost with the expedition party,

682. the group at camp must radio

683. for a safety response team to intervene.

684. - Fetch Dr Brown, do you copy?

685. - Please send your message, over.

686. - Fran, passed out.

687. - They are on standby on a nearby island,

688. in case of emergency.

689. - She's boiling, I need to get some air to her.

690. - Oh, my God.

691. - This is way fucking beyond any fucking joke.

692. Everyone ease off up here, I swear to God.

693. It's not a program, it's fucking ridiculous.

694. - Having gone to the rocks for air,

695. after five days with barely any food or water,

696. Fran has taken a serious turn for the worse.

697. The safety response team arrive.

698. - Code 77, we're just dealing

699. with a collapse query call at that location.

700. - I think the problem is with Fran.

701. I think she's not a moaner.

702. I think she's been far iller than we knew.

703. - We're gonna put her on a stretcher,

704. we're gonna take her on our boat

705. and then we're going to do a proper assessment

706. and see what needs to happen from there.

707. - With the group at camp a member down

708. and the expedition party lost,

709. with dwindling water supplies,

710. the women's existence on the island hangs in the balance.

711. - Fuckin' hell.

712. - We need her to radio in a medic now.

713. - The 13 women have been split apart for two days.

714. - She's collapsed. - Oh, God.

715. - And the group at camp are now

716. a member down after Fran collapsed

717. and was evacuated from the island.

718. - Another one gone.

719. - I knew she was poorlier than we thought.

720. - Out at sea, my safety response team

721. are assessing 24-year-old Fran.

722. - It says 72 and 146.

723. - I don't care how dehydrated or faint I am,

724. the rest of us are exactly the same.

725. I shouldn't get any privileged

726. treatment over feeling a bit sick.

727. I'm just really pissed off at myself, I know I can do this.

728. Until I faint 400 times, you're not allowed to take

729. me off that thing.

730. - After five days without anywhere

731. near enough water, Fran has succumbed to dehydration.

732. And with the expedition party still nowhere in sight,

733. the other four women are equally at risk.

734. - What the hell?

735. So many people dropping.

736. I'm just worried there's gonna be more and more.

737. Because people can't stand these conditions.

738. - Fran's coming back.

739. Fran's coming back.

740. Is she really?

741. - Fran's body temperature and heart rate

742. have returned to normal,

743. and in Dr Belinda's absence,

744. the safety response team deem her

745. fit enough to rejoin the others.

746. - Is it like heaven, seeing us?

747. - I'm sure there's things she'd rather see than us!

748. - I had to beg them to let me back on the island.

749. I just had to come back,

750. 'cause then it would only be four girls here

751. and I couldn't leave them.

752. I'm so glad I'm back.

753. - The expedition party have been

754. walking for two days, trying to find their way back to camp.

755. - This is where I feel we should go.

756. - This looks like a pretty good path.

757. - Having wrestled leadership of the group,

758. homesick mom-of-two Kate is now

759. guiding the women through the jungle.

760. - This is going to go well.

761. - Just keep going.

762. This is where you want to go.

763. - The thought of not getting there is stressing me out.

764. - We will get there.

765. - I'm not confident to take responsibility for this.

766. - Okay, where are we going now?

767. Where are we going now?

768. - Just keep going straight.

769. Just keep walking.

770. It's just that way, keep going, keep going.

771. - Well, I'm losing my confidence now.

772. I don't want to lead, I'm sorry,

773. I don't want to lead this group.

774. I don't want to.

775. - I'll lead it.

776. You tell me where to go.

777. - Or, do you know what, or you lead what you think,

778. and I'm just not going to say another word,

779. no, I'm not gonna say another word,

780. 'cause I'm having a complete crisis of confidence in myself.

781. I'm so scared. - We're all scared.

782. You were so confident.

783. - I know, but now it's gone.

784. My confidence has gone.

785. I'm sorry, I should just keep my mouth shut.

786. You lead the way, Fi, please.

787. - Fuck!

788. - After over two days of waiting

789. and now dangerously dehydrated,

790. the women at camp are finally taking

791. their fate into their own hands.

792. - They haven't found us so,

793. we've got no alternative but to find them.

794. We've stayed and waited, I don't even know,

795. two days, three days?

796. To be "rescued"?

797. - If we don't find them, I think we're gonna make a raft

798. and go to another island.

799. - I just never, ever want to see this

800. spot ever in my life again.

801. - Until now, staying put has

802. actually been the surest way of allowing

803. the others to try and find them.

804. But after days with no fire,

805. dwindling water supplies, no food,

806. the women now need to weigh up

807. the dangers of striking out into the unknown

808. against the risk of waiting it out

809. with no more resources.

810. - No, we have to just go

811. and blow our whistles madly,

812. to see if anyone's hearing us.

813. And that's what we're gonna do,

814. that's the plan, blow, blow, blow.

815. Everybody in the group is good at blowing, yeah?

816. I think we're all seasoned blowers here, yeah, girls?

817. - Unaware of the expedition party's whereabouts,

818. the five women are searching the coastline.

819. - Our journey to find the other team begins now.

820. - Whoa.

821. - Are you all right, sweetheart?

822. - Yeah, sorry. - Cracking on.

823. Good on, ya.

824. - Oh, so cold.

825. Oh, my gosh, my knickers are getting wet.

826. Oh, my God, at least our fannies

827. will feel fresher. - I know.

828. - Having left Coconut Beach three hours ago,

829. the expedition party are completely lost.

830. Their water supply is fast disappearing.

831. After homesick mom-of-two Kate

832. quit as leader,

833. Georgie recognizes where they are.

834. - Oh, my God, I made these marks.

835. I knew I recognized this place.

836. - The women are convinced

837. they are finally about to find camp.

838. - Do you remember you, me and Abby did a recce?

839. This is where we came to.

840. - I know, I know, that's what I was just saying.

841. They're just down there.

842. - I'm ecstatic just because I got

843. the hell out of shit creek.

844. Fuck, that's so fucking deep,

845. that's up to my tits,

846. so that's swimming for Fran.

847. - It feels desperate 'cause we feel

848. so close right now, but—

849. - Hello!

850. - Yeah, we haven't had a response on the signal.

851. - Along the coast, the group from camp

852. have entered the mangrove swamps.

853. - Okay, I've got you. - I can't do it.

854. - I've got you.

855. You can totally do this.

856. One, two, three?

857. There we go.

858. - With the sweltering midday sun beating down on

859. the dehydrated women,

860. 55 year old cashier Julie is struggling.

861. - Oh, fuck. - It's all right, hold me.

862. - Left one's in now.

863. - Left and right, left and right.

864. That's it.

865. Okay, so feet—

866. - I need to leave me boots.

867. - No, you need to take those with you.

868. You're gonna need them.

869. We can do it, we'll just take our time.

870. No rush.

871. We'll just take our time.

872. - Flipping hell.

873. Oh, God. - All right?

874. - Yeah, thanks.

875. - Another mark.

876. - Look, another one.

877. - Yeah, brilliant.

878. - Yeah, this is it.

879. This is good.

880. I recognize this.

881. We're so damn close, so close.

882. This does look familiar.

883. We're literally round this corner.

884. - Is that a pink potty down there?

885. - Yes!

886. Do you recognize it?

887. - We're at Coconut fucking Beach.

888. - No, we're not.

889. - Yeah, we're at Coconut Beach.

890. - You're right, we are.

891. - What the fuck!

892. - Come on, let's get down there.

893. - I can't fucking deal with this.

894. - The women have circled back

895. to Coconut Beach for a second time.

896. Having pushed through the jungle for two days,

897. they're not one step closer to camp.

898. - How the fuck is that possible?

899. How is this possible?

900. - We kept the sea to our left the whole time.

901. - After conquering the mangroves,

902. the group from camp continue north.

903. - Guys, there's a beach!

904. I can't believe we're here.

905. Beki, this is what I've been dreaming of.

906. - After five days being trapped in the jungle,

907. they remain determined to find the expedition party.

908. - I thought we were so fucking close,

909. like three minutes away.

910. It was only round the corner, but we can't fucking navigate.

911. We can't navigate through that.

912. I'm stressed because I thought we were so close.

913. Now I can't walk and I'm just fucked, we're all fucked.

914. Three nights without water,

915. fucking trousers like this.

916. I can't do it, no way.

917. I was wanting to see them and see if they're okay.

918. How the fuck did that happen?

919. I don't even understand.

920. We cannot walk anywhere on this island without getting lost.

921. - It's a maze.

922. It's the world's trickiest maze.

923. - Shall we have a 30-second shade break?

924. - No.

925. I need to go and see.

926. - Another beach, but not as nice as the one we're on.

927. Hang on, is that a load of clothes hanging in that tree?

928. Hello! - Hello!

929. - I can hear someone.

930. - Hiya!

931. - How did they find us?

932. - However bad your situation is,

933. you can't wallow in negativity.

934. Survival is about dogged determination,

935. learning from your failures and never giving up.

936. - I'm so emotional!

937. - Thank God we found you!

938. - I can't believe it.

939. - I cannot believe it.

940. We found the group.

941. - Ohhhhh!

942. - Finally back together—

943. - Here she comes!

944. - The women take a moment

945. to savor their island home.

946. - Race! - Come on!

947. - We needed them.

948. We've all got different strengths

949. and weaknesses that help.

950. It's just kind of complete.

951. - Keep going, keep going.

952. - By evening, with the reunited group,

953. 13 women strong—

954. - Come on!

955. Ooooh!

956. - It's all hands on deck to light a new fire.

957. - Nice and slow, that's it.

958. - But after being lost for two days,

959. island survival has taken its toll on mom-of-two Kate.

960. - It's just the blunt end.

961. - If I'm really honest with you,

962. I can't see it getting any better.

963. I feel really tired and very, very emotional.

964. I've been part of this group, but they're not the people

965. I need to be with.

966. I need to be with my family.

967. And I just need to be at home.

968. The general feeling is, take me home, please.

969. - By morning, furniture-maker Kate

970. has made her decision.

971. - I'm not going home because I'm dehydrated,

972. I'm not going home because I can't hack it,

973. I'm going home because I want to be at home.

974. - You contribute so much, you really do.

975. - But it's been difficult for me because

976. I have been missing people so much.

977. That won't get any easier.

978. That will get worse.

979. - Oh, my God, it's horrible seeing another one go.

980. I thought she'd hang on in there.

981. We need everybody and she had good

982. knowledge of bloody building and stuff.

983. - I'm just fucking pissed off.

984. I just think it's weak of her to do that.

985. She's giving up too easily.

986. We need each other to boost each other up.

987. - But it's the old thing, isn't it?

988. Kids.

989. Moms and kids.

990. The old pull.

991. Men can do it, but a lot of women can't.

992. - After barely a week on the island,

993. a second member of the team has quit.

994. With power in numbers,

995. the women's ability to survive is diminishing.

996. - I'm a bit pissed off.

997. I think it's a great shame because it was a fantastic

998. experiment to see how 14 women

999. could cope in this situation,

1000. and two of them have gone already.

1001. I don't think that shows us all

1002. in a particularly good light.

1003. - Next time on the island—

1004. - Sometimes out here can feel like

1005. you've been hit by a major disaster.

1006. - So thin now.

1007. All sorts of bones appearing that I haven't seen

1008. since I was a bloody teenager.

1009. - We need to find a solid source of food,

1010. or we could be facing meltdown.

1011. - Every fucker's bitching and moaning

1012. that you're doing fuck all when it comes to work.

1013. - I'd say we're 95% sure

1014. we've got a caiman in our second trap.

1015. - Fuck!

1016. - Sam, get out of the water, mate.

1017. - Watch him, watch him, go now, go now!