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Ray Mears' World of Survival

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Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Ray Mears' World of Survival is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and Russia. The show was first broadcast in 1997 with "The Arctic", and ended in 1998. It would be followed by Extreme Survival. In World of Survival, Ray demonstrates his wilderness skills and is taught new skills in every episode, like rubbing two sticks together to make fire. The show also has a cult status. Due to its popularity, more Ray Mears shows have since been produced.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 24, 1997
Network: BBC Two

Time to finish

10 hrs

12 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Ray Mears

Self - Presenter

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SERIES

Ray Mears' World of Survival

19972 Seasons50m episodes8.0

Documentary

TMDB8.0

Votes3

Your rating

Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Feb 24, 1997
The Arctic
Survival expert Ray Mears travels to Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Here, he meets the indigenous Inuit people and finds out how they cope with living in one of the most inhospitable places on earth, and also learns how to build a sturdy igloo
E2 · Airs Mar 3, 1997
Arnhemland
Ray travels to the remote Arnhem Land in Northern Australia, where skills used by Aborigines have remained unchanged for 40,000 years. Contending with searing heat and wily crocodiles, he searches for food in the mangrove forests, sampling local delicacies such as terredo worms
E3 · Airs Mar 10, 1997
Siberia
The explorer provides a fascinating insight into the lives of nomadic reindeer herders living deep in the taiga forest of Siberia. He reveals how the Evenk people survive on a diet of reindeer meat, fish and a few edible plants - a lifestyle which has remained the same for 800 years.
E4 · Airs Mar 17, 1997
Western Samoa
The compulsive adventurer learns the art of surviving on Western Samoa's Savai'i, a storm-ravaged island surrounded by treacherous seas. He discovers the secrets of building a cyclone-proof house, collecting much-needed fluid from coconuts and fishing with highly effective underwater catapults
E5 · Airs Mar 24, 1997
Namibia
The expert survivalist experiences life in the drought-stricken Kalahari bush, where the hunter-gatherer community of Jo'hansi Bushmen survive in sweltering temperatures. He learns the ancient skill of poisoned arrow-making and tracks an antelope by following its prints in the sand
E6 · Airs Mar 31, 1997
The Spice Islands - Indonesia
Travelling to the island of Seram in Indonesia, Ray meets the rainforest-dwelling Nuaulu people, from whom he learns how to use bamboo for catching fish and cooking food. Accomplished hunters, the tribe set ingenious traps to catch large mammals, such as deer, wild pigs - and unwary TV presenters

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 24, 1997
Network: BBC Two

Time to finish

10 hrs

12 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Ray Mears

Self - Presenter

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