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Bushcraft and Survival Shows
TV Shows that feature Bushcraft or Survival

Please choose a author:

- Ray Mears

- Les Stroud

- Dick Proenneke
- Andrew Price
- Lars Monsen

- Michel Blomgren / Bushcraft.se

- Bear Grylls

Ray Mears

A true teacher of Bushcraft. He's been a inspiration and much respected man in my mind since I was a youngster, in part I thank him for my interest in nature & bushcraft, inspiring me to explore nature from an early age. Ray Mears has produced a lot of TV Productions which with his life-long efforts has publicised the word Bushcraft to the well known term it is today.

Series:

Wild Tracks - BBC (1994)
Tracks - BBC (1994 - 1997)
Ray Mears' World of Survival - BBC and Discovery Civilization Channel (1997 - 2002)
Country Tracks - BBC (1998)
The Essential Guide to Rocks - BBC Education (1998)
Ray Mears' Extreme Survival - BBC (1999 - 2002)
Ray Mears' Adventure Special - BBC (2001) Ray Mears takes Ewan McGregor into the Honduran jungle on the trail of the Prehistoric People of the Mosquito Coast.
Ray Mears' Country Tracks - BBC (2002 - 2003)
Ray Mears' Real Heroes of Telemark - BBC (2003)
Ray Mears' Bushcraft - BBC (2004 - 2005)
Ray Mears' Wild Food - 2007

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Les Stroud

Survivorman - Season 1 - 10 Episodes which began airing in 2004.

#	Title	Original airdate
01	"Canadian Boreal Forest"	November 1, 2004
After a canoeing accident, Les becomes lost in a Northern Ontario forest.
02	"Arizona Desert"	November 2, 2004
A broken down dirt bike provides the scenario for surviving in the Sonoran Desert.
03	"Costa Rica"	November 3, 2004
Marooned on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, Les must survive on a tropical beach and in dense jungle.
04	"Georgia Swamp"	November 4, 2004
Lost in the swamplands of Georgia's Altamaha River Basin.
05	"Canadian Arctic"	November 5, 2004
A broken down snowmobile in the Canadian arctic, near Pond Inlet.
06	"Mountain"	November 6, 2004
Helihiking gone wrong leads to a week in the Canadian Rockies.
07	"Canyonlands"	November 7, 2004
A broken bicycle in the Utah canyons.
08	"Plane Crash"	November 8, 2004
Plane crash survivor in Temagami, Ontario in the winter.
09	"Lost at Sea"	November 9, 2004
On a raft in the middle of the ocean near Belize for several days, then washing ashore on an uninhabited island.
10	"Behind the Scenes"	November 10, 2004
Clips and outtakes from the previous nine survival episodes.

Survivorman - Season 2 - 7 Episodes had its debut in August 2007.

#	Title	Original airdate
11	"Kalahari"	August 10, 2007
Les' 4x4 runs out of gas, leaving him to survive extreme heat in the Kalahari Desert. He builds a solar still to obtain clean, safe water from his own urine.
12	"Amazon"	August 17, 2007
Stroud pays a visit to one of the densest, deepest parts of the Amazon jungle.
13	"Labrador"	August 24, 2007
Stroud is paired with a team of sled dogs (who have their own food not meant for Les), then eventually loses the dogs (intentionally) and is left on his own.
14	"African Plains"	August 31, 2007
Les lands his hot air balloon in the Northern part of South Africa.
15	"Alaska"	September 7, 2007
Stuck in an Alaskan bay, Les utilizes a kayak to fish and travel to the various local shores to scavenge. Les is also on the alert for black bears and larger grizzly bears.
16	"South Pacific"	September 14, 2007
Les is shipwrecked in the Cook Islands, and makes the ultimate sacrifice (his harmonica).
17	"Behind the Scenes"	September 21, 2007
A behind the scenes look of each episode of season 2. Les goes in-depth with his preparation for each locale. Also featured are local people who taught Les certain techniques beforehand.

In 2006, Stroud produced a 90-minute special documenting his family's journey to building an off-the-grid home. The show, Off the Grid with Les Stroud, chronicled the process of buying property and refitting an old farm house with solar and wind power, a raincatcher and well, as well as the adjustments the Stroud family had to make to adapt to this style of living.

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Dick Proenneke

I already have a whole page dedicated to Dick Proenneke here.

Dick was a truly amazing man. An inspiration and a character to be remembered. This man lived what many of us only dream about; living in the wild building your own log-cabin home in the beauty of Alaska, being self-reliant and able to live happily with nature.

There are two films about his life;First is Alone in the Wilderness and second is Silence and Solitude.There is also a book titled: One Man's Wilderness, An Alaskan Odyssey. These can be purchased by US customers at www.dickproenneke.com or you can download them from the Internet.

I would highly recommend watching Alone in the wilderness its a brilliant documentary on Dick and provides a detailed insight into the building of his log-cabin, the preparation, tools, techniques and process, gathering all that he needs from nature, whilst also observing and appreciating the animals and world around him. A true man at one with nature.

Dick spent nearly 30 years of his life living in the log-cabin he made at Twin-Lakes Alaska.

The Frozen North on DVD and VHS tape For more than 30 years a man by the name of Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan Bush. His only neighbours were the wolves and grizzly bears and his only transportation was his canoe and a good set of legs. Through the years, Dick kept written journals of daily life at Twin Lakes but would also document much of his adventure on film with his 16 mms Bolex camera. The Frozen North is Dick's own filmed account of his life alone in this "One Man's Wilderness", produced from original footage not included in "Alone in the Wilderness" or "Alaska Silence & Solitude".

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Andrew Price

A-Z Bushcraft

Andrew Price from Dryad Bushcraft has produced some superb, high quality videos freely available on the internet showing great Bushcraft skills, techniques and knowledge for you to share freely. All made posible thanks to the dedication of UnderCurrents. The videos listed in no particular order:

A for Axe
B for Bow Drill
I for Identity
T for Tarp
E is for Edible Wild Plants
W is for Water
W is for Whistle
S is for Shelter
K is for Knife
E is for Eating Wild Coastal Food
F is for Friction
F is for Fire by Flint
P for Plants
G is for Gathering

You can watch all these videos here: http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/A-Z-Bushcraft.htm
Be sure to click through the videos and rate or comment on them at YouTube.

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Lars Monsen

Norwegian TV filmed a chap named Lars Monsen as he traveled alone through the north of Scandinavia for one year, the series was called 'Nordkalotten 365' and the television company has made all of the episodes available for download in the high definition .mp4 format.

Obviously the languages spoken are Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish and there are no subtitles, still very enjoyable though.

More information about the TV program:

http://www.nrk.no/nordkalotten365/

http://nrkbeta.no/norwegian-broadcasting-nrk-makes-popular-series-available-drm-free-via-bittorrent/

Need Help Downloading?
Q: Are the above downloads legal?

A: Yes, the Norwegian TV Company (NRK) has made this show freely available for download, its perfectly legal to download.

Q: How do I download a 'torrent'?

A: You will need to use a free torrent application, uTorrent is a good one; click here.

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Michel Blomgren

Bushcraft.se is a site offering a free to download, amateur video production about survival and outdoor life.

My name is Michel Blomgren and my greatest interest is survival in the wilderness and primitive, but comfortable, outdoor life. I have earlier shared my outdoor experiences and experiments through photographs and stories. This engagement has now resulted in the making of a short movie series about survival with a documentary touch.

The movies are free to download here and may freely be (publicly) displayed and freely distributed as long as the purpose is non-commercial.

Parts are spoken English and where needed subtitles are made available.

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Bear Grylls

I believe 'Teddy-Bear-Grylls' to be a fake and his advice dangerous. Hence why I do not list nor condone watching his programmes. The only video I recommend watching about Bear Grylls is this one:

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Article Created : 02/01/2008
Last Updated : 09/04/2008

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