Extreme Survival

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Extreme Survival
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Also known asRay Mears' Extreme Survival
Created by Ray Mears
Directed by Dick Colthurst
Presented byRay Mears
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series3
No. of episodes18
Production
Producer Andrew Graham-Brown
Running time30 minutes (1999–2000)
50 minutes (2002)
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC Two
Original release1999 (1999) 
2002 (2002)
Related
World of Survival , Ray Mears' Bushcraft , Ray Mears Goes Walkabout

Extreme Survival (alternately titled The Ultimate Survival Guide) is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series was produced for the BBC. [1] In the series Mears demonstrates his wilderness skills and presents tales of survival from some of the world's most difficult environments. The show was first broadcast in 1999, after the success of World of Survival from 1997 to 1998, and ended in 2002.

Contents

Episodes

Series One

  1. Costa Rica
  2. Arctic Survival
  3. Psychology of Survival
  4. Sea Survival
  5. Geronimo
  6. Arnhemland

Series Two

  1. Morocco
  2. Rocky Mountains
  3. Australian Desert
  4. Royal Air Force
  5. Alps
  6. Desert Island

Series Three

  1. Belarus
  2. Rogers' Rangers
  3. Alaska
  4. Namibia
  5. Thailand
  6. New Zealand

DVD release

The first and second series DVD, containing two discs was released on 24 March 2003. The third series was released on DVD separately on 19 May 2003. Both sets were released by Mears' own studio, Woodlore.

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References

  1. "Ray Mears' Extreme Survival (TV Series)". Radio Times.