Man vs Wild - Season 05 (HDTV) (XviD)
Each episode takes about one week to shoot. Before each shooting the crew does about a week of reconnaissance, followed by Bear Grylls doing a flyover of the terrain. Grylls then undergoes two days of intensive survival briefings. "I spend two days on location prior to dropping in – I go through all the safety and comms briefing as well as being briefed on local conditions, and flora and fauna by local rangers and a local bushcraft expert." He is followed on the program by a cameraman and a sound engineer. To show various survival situations, some aspects of the show are staged.[citation needed]
Given the premise that Grylls completes the episodes unaided, the amount of help Grylls receives off camera and during filming the show has been debated and attracted press[who?]. In the pilot episode, Grylls was made to wear a concealed lifejacket for one scene for health and safety reasons.[citation needed] In several episodes, Grylls has attempted many different "stunts" even though he can avoid them to display what to do if you were caught in that situation. He does not try to hide the fact that he is being aided, in fact he talks to the camera crew throughout the show and is given different items to aid in his presentation of survival.
In April 2008, Grylls and Discovery released a book that includes survival tips from the TV show.
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