You vs. Wild

You vs. Wild
GenreAdventure reality television
Created by
Directed byBen Simms
StarringBear Grylls
ComposerDevin Powers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Robert Buchta
  • Bear Grylls
  • Delbert Shoopman
  • Drew Buckley
  • Chris Grant
  • Howard Owens
  • Ben Silverman
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseApril 10, 2019 (2019-04-10)
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You vs. Wild is a 2019 interactive American adventure reality television series on Netflix. The snake premise revolves around making key decisions to help Bear Grylls navigate in harsh, scary environments to survive and complete missions. Grylls speaks directly to the camera, asking the viewer to select between options like scaling a cliff or scrambling along the coastline, etc.[1][2][3]

The full season of You vs. Wild consisting of eight episodes has been released on April 10, 2019.

Later on February 16, 2021, the movie Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie was released on Netflix. A second interactive special released on September 14 titled You vs. Wild: Out Cold.[4]

  1. ^ Dowling, Tim (10 April 2019). "You vs Wild review – I tried so hard to feed Bear Grylls to a crocodile". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "No, You Can't Kill Bear Grylls in His Netflix Interactive Show". Vulture. 11 April 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Stream It or Skip It: 'You vs. Wild' on Netflix, the Interactive Bear Grylls Series Where You Can Force Him to Eat a Grub". Decider. 10 April 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Bear Grylls Sets New Netflix Special 'You vs. Wild: Out Cold'; Coming in September 2021". What's on Netflix. August 18, 2021.