Episode #1.6 (2016) Movie Script

Previously on Bear Grylls Survival School.

This is when it gets serious.

I'm nervous about this one.

The teamhave

been to hell and back

on a brutal two day expedition.

Be careful of your footing.

Taking the

ultimate leap of faith

into a pitch black abyss.

I'm a bit more

nervous than I thought.

Making campin

the ruins of a farmhouse

during a ferocious storm.

We're cold.

We are soaking wet.

And tackling

atreacherous mountain in still

more atrocious weather.

We're freezing.

Savannah stoodout

for conquering her fears.

Well done, Savannah.

While Keiron started

to show real leadership skills.

Keep going.

Go on.

Keep going.

I'm not going to let you fall.

And it was a turning point

for all of the guys inlearning

to cope with the wild

at its wildest.

You're winning my

respect the hard way.

I'm Bear Grylls.

When I was growing up,

allthis was my playground.

I want to find out if kidstoday

have got what it takes

to abandon their mobilephones

and survive for two

weeks out here in the wild.

Watch out!

I really don't want to do this.

Dig deep.

Finish strong.

Welcome toBear

Grylls Survival School.

Coming up,

aheart stopping sheer drop.

I'm struggling to breathe.

And theharsh realities of making

supper, survivor style.

You're a brave man, Adam.

The team

havedone a great job coming

through an extremelychallenging

two days coping

with everything Survival

School and the Welsh

weather has thrown at them.

So today, I'm

raising the stakes.

I'm going to bring them

to this disused quarry

where they'll face

a death defying

abseil from an overhangingcliff

more than 30 meters high.

Yeah, they're going to

bescared looking down this.

I've lost

count of how many times

I've abseiled down cliffs inthe

military and on expeditions.

It's all about good

techniqueand holding your nerve.

They're going to love it.

The young survivors have no idea

what's in store for them today.

You all right guys?

Can you see me?

Can you hear me?

Yes.

OK so the next

part of this journey

is going to be physical.

It's going to be tough.

And at the end of it,

you'regoing to be getting wet.

From here you're going to

abseiloff the sheer face to about

110 foot down to the water.

You're then going to dropoff

the rope into the water

and swim ashore

back to the bank.

You up for this?

Yes.

First up,

totake on the drop is Charlie.

Stand up straight now.

Straight on the abseil.

Survival Schoolis

taking the 14-year-old way

out of his comfort zone.

Hey what is up, guys?

My name is Charlie and today--

At home,

Charlie is full of confidence

immersed in the virtual

world of the internet.

But out here, it's

a whole new world

and the extreme night

in the derelict building

left him close to quitting.

I just don't want

to stay here tonight.

I was impressed with how

he came back stronger yesterdayand

pushed on up the mountain.

And now he faces

another big test

of nerve and determination.

Biggest fear is probablyjust

when I'm at the top

looking down because

it looked pretty high.

It takes bottle

and encouragement

from instructor Scott totrust

the rope and get going.

Lean back.

Get your shoulders back.

Aw, I don't feel--

this doesn't feel safe.

It's very, very safe.

- I'm slipping already.

- Go down.

I'm just slipping off the wall.

Lean back. Look at me.

You're like this.

Now off you go.

That's a perfect

repel abseil position.

Good lad.

After a few stutterers,

Charlie is on his way.

Put your leg out otherwise,

you'll hit the wall.

But he's strugglingto

keep his feet on the wall.

That's it.

Nice and wide.

And he startsto

show real signs of panic.

Struggling to breathe.

You're all right.

Just take a few deep

breaths where you are.

Leader Sarahhelps talk him down.

GoodLad, get your breath back.

I can't man.

It's OK.

Don't make it hard work.

You haven't got far to go.

Untangle your feet.

All credit to Charlie.

He's not letting the

cliffget the better of him.

There we go.

Perfect.

And lock off there.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

Three, two, one.

Let go!

I honestly did not thinkl'd

be able to do that.

I was waiting around at

the top and thinking,

am I going to do it, am I not?

So I'm really happy

that I've done it now.

- It's not going anywhere.- Yeah.

You control your descent.

In contrast,

Tarais showing no signs of nerves

whatsoever.

I'm really, really

excited because I

really like abseiling.

I think it's really fun.

Tara has spent much of her life

in the Australian outdoors.

It's given her lots ofconfidence

to take on the wild,

and so far, she's risen

topretty much every challenge

at Survival School.

Yeah!

That's it.

But this is in a

different league.

Come on, Tara.

Oh my goodness.

I'm high up.

And 30meters up, her confidence

starts to drain away.

You OK, Tara?

This is really,

actually quite scary.

Oh my goodness.

Whoa.

OK.

Halfway down,

my feetstarted to come off the wall.

So I was scared I was

going to bang forward.

Ow, the rope.

Oh my gosh.

I just leaned back a bit

more and I saved myself.

I just went down

that 100 foot drop.

Abseiled down it,

and it was so scary.

And even super confident Tara

has found it tough,

that'snot good news for Adam.

He's always had a

serious fear of heights.

I don't know why I'm scared.

It's just something

I'm scared of.

You know, that way when

youcan't explain a feel that it

just-- when you're doingit,

it just takes over you

and it's just

like, you're stuck.

I'm just like that with heights.

Happy with that?

Ha ha ha ha.

I'm down here with you.

OK so show--

I think I will do it,

but I'm real scared of it.

Bless him.

Adam's scared off his socks.

He doesn't even like being ona

10 foot drop, never 110 foot.

OK, lean back.

Keep that rope behind your back.

Let it just go throughthe

fingers nice and easy.

That's it.

Good lad.

Down you go.

Shoulder-width

apart all the time.

Adam showinggreat

strength of character

to push through his fear.

Good.

You're in control, Adam.

You are in control.

Good lad.

Nice and easy.

Good boy.

Quick look over

the right shoulder,

see where you're going.

- No thanks.

OK.

I didn't think I'd ever

do anything like that

because of my fear of heights.

I genuinely thought Iwould

freeze and not do it.

He makes itdown

without any hesitation.

Good.

Lean back.

I feel-- I'm

feeling happy, proud,

and just delighted with myself.

Adam, well done.

You did amazing.

Is that the scariest

thing you've ever done?

- Yeah.

Well done.

Excellent.

Throughout Survival School,

we're judging whether theboys

or girls do best overall,

and at the moment the

girls' team is 3-1 up.

So the boys have a lot

of catching up to do.

I can barely reach the wall.

So you're

incontrol, If you go too fast,

you burn your hands.

- Hi, Sarah.

- Hello.

But as the rest of the survivors

take on the sheer drop,

it's the girls whose

technique is most impressive.

Good, Lavinia.

You look really strong.

Good, Maria.

Keep going.

One, let go.

Are you happy?

Yeah.

I got to the end and

my hands were like this.

I really didn't want tolike

drop that rope at all.

Let go.

I was shaking loads.

That took a massive

amountof bravery to do that.

So fun.

I could do anything now.

One, push away.

Words can't explain

how I'm feeling.

So proud of everyone

and in myself.

My young recruits are starting

to act like true

wilderness warriors

and I'm also impressed

with their teamwork.

When Alanah hit a low yesterday,

it was good to see others

immediately rallying around.

Thursday waiting

for love, waiting for love.

And whenSavannah

got claustrophobic,

Kieron was there to help.

I would rather go home.

No you wouldn't.

You're doing your mom proud.

You take that off

and your mom will

be the proudest in the world.

Well done.

You guys.

You're learning more and

moreto have each other's back.

Always look out for each other.

And this is what we'retrying

to teach you guys.

What's the worst thing

you'veever licked or eaten, Bear?

The worst thing I've eatenprobably

raw goat's testicles.

Tell you what happened.

This Berber tribesmen,

they live in the desert.

He got this goat.

He'd killed it,

took offthe testicles gave it to me.

I chewed it.

I threw up in my mouth.

So then I had a mouth

fullof goat ball and vomit,

and then I had to

swallow it both.

That was like the worst.

It was like a mix ofvomit

and goat testicles.

What was the worst thing

you've ever drunk like?

Probably a mix of urine,

myown urine, mixed with snake

innards because I'd skinned

thesnake and then I needed to pee

but I didn't want

to waste the pee

because I was in the desert.

So I peed into snakeskin,

tiedup, had it around my neck,

and I was walking

for like a long time

and eventually,

I thought itwas time to drink the pee.

Got the snake, undid

it, drank out of it.

But it had been like fermentingin

the snake skin and innards.

Like the worst cocktail ever.

Have you ever

come close to dying?

Like you actually thought

youwas going to die in the wild?

I have come close

to dying a few times.

Close shaves with parachutesand

crevices and sharks and salt

water crocodiles because

however good you are,

everybody gets it

wrong sometimes.

We always make mistakes.

Back in basecamp,

there's some bad news.

The last few days

of terrible weather

have taken a heavy toll

onone of the young survivors.

Savannah is in a lot of pain.

When an expedition team

spendsso much time being soaked

through, serious foot and

bodyrashes can quickly take hold,

and ironically it's

Savannah's top effort,

both in the derelict

building and taking

on the mountain which

hasgiven her medical problems.

Really well done yesterdaywith

the mountain challenge.

We noticed this you werelimping

around a little bit.

And what you've basically

got is a gobi rash

or basically sweat rash.

And it's caused by wet,

dry, wet, dry, and chafing.

I've had it.

Sarah, you've had

it I know, as well.

I know how much it hurts.

OK and I know the importanceof

getting back into somewhere

where you can look

after it, somewhere

dry and this environment

justisn't the best place to be.

With a realdanger

of infection developing,

my leaders have had to

make a very difficult

call on medical advice.

We made that decision,

wethink it's time to go home.

OK, Savannah?

I know it's disappointing,

but this isn't failure.

I don't want to go home.

I don't want to accept thefact

that I've been this far

and I've just got to

turn back and leave it.

Leave the team.

Guys come this way.

And just gather round,

gather round guys.

Come on team.

You probably noticed as

wehave that Savannah has been

struggling a little

bit this morning

and over the last few days.

There's no way that she

cansort it out in the field.

So unfortunately,

she's goingto have to leave the Bear

Grylls Survival School.

Oh my gosh.

Savannah, you tried

your best all week.

You came through.

Yeah, you stuck through.

You did the cave and the mine.

You ate the worm.

You got over a massive fear.

My highlights aregetting over all my fears

like claustrophobia,

and sleeping outside

in a derelict spooky building.

Just getting on with all

ofthe team and having a laugh

is one of the best things.

Savannah, well done.

OK, you've done really

well on this course.

It's going to be hard

losing a team member,

but also a friend and

that'sgoing to be the hard bit.

She played a crucial

part in the team.

If it weren't for Savannah,

then I don't think

the girls would be 3-1 up.

Obviously losing Savannahis

a real blow for the group,

you know.

And it's going to hit

everyone a little bit,

because they're starting

to be really tight.

But Savannah leaves

with her head held high.

She climbed higher thanshe'd

ever climbed before,

faced so many fears head on,

andl, for one, am so proud of her.

On a scale of one to 10,

I'd rate the experience,

like now looking back, 10.

Off the charts.

To help lift

thespirits of those remaining,

Sarah has a surprise

announcement.

As a reward for all your

hardwork in the last few days,

we are going to treat youwith

something quite special.

Each of you are going

to be given five minutes

to have a phone call home.

Banging!

I'm just excited to like hearmy

mum and my dad and everyone.

I'm happy, but I

feel like I'm just

going to talk to her and,

then when it's over I'm going

to be thinking about them all.

I reckon I'm going to

cry to be honest here.

It's like-- I'm just so excited.

I just can't wait.

Hello?- Hi, Dad.

It's been six action

packed days since they last

hadcontact with their families.

All right?

Hi everyone.

Hi!

There you are.

How are you?

- Hey.

How are you?

- I'm good.

How are you?

Fine, thank you.

I miss you so much.

I miss you too.

I'm having a really great time.

I'm just, you know,

just goingto cry because I miss you.

I'm good, thanks.

Hi, Babu.

Hi.

Hi, Mum.

Hiya

How are you?

Are you OK?

Yeah, I'm OK.

For Bailey, for phoning

home is especially emotional.

He's been homesick from almostthe

first moment he came here.

I'm in the house

most of the time.

And I'm with my family

most of the time, yeah.

So, yeah.

It's been different

beingaway from them so long.

Yeah.

The

13-year-oldcomes from South Wales

and is very close to his family.

So who will you

miss then, Bailey?

Probably Kenzie

and Henry the most.

Aw, they'll be all right, love.

Before Survival School,

he spent most of his

time inside at home.

He even gets his hair

cut at home by his aunt.

Where are you going tobe

sleeping in the nights?

A tent.

With all the creepy crawlies?

Bailey's come

along way in less than a week,

and I hope his phone

callhelps him stay the course.

So areyou enjoying it though?

Yeah, I'm enjoying it.

But I miss home really much.

You miss us, is it?

Yeah.

All right.

We miss you too.

It won't be long now, will it?

No.

Another week.

You're all right

though, are you?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Soexcited to hear your voice.

Yeah.

What's been happening?

Oh, it's been unbelievable here.

It's been, actually

it's been brilliant.

Gettingon

with everybody all right?

Yeah, everybody's fine.

We've got on really well.

Yeah, I've made

new friends here.

Yeah, everyone's so nice.

We had to do this bungeejump

into complete darkness.

Yeah, just a casual climbto

a waterfall usually.

Just normal day's stuff.

No I haven't killed

any bees here yet, but.

I got voted for survivorof

the mini expedition.

We literally just

go off and just

start doing push-ups and stuff.

We have to have

showers in the river.

Oh my goodness.

And obviously like

I miss you guys,

but I'm not kind of at

the point of crying yet.

Are you just so happy too?

Yeah, I will.

Take care, we love you.

Thinking about you.

- Will do.

See you in a bit.

Tell Granddad I love him loads.

Are you missing me?

Aw, she's crying.

I didn't hear much of mysister

because he just started

crying so it's my sister.

She's always like that.

I've got to go now.

OK?

So love you.

Love you.

Love you so much.

Love you, too bud.

All right.

Love you loads.

Bye.

Big hugs.

Yeah bye.

I don't know.

Hearing about it justmade

me happy and not sad.

I was just like, yeah, hello.

Bye.

Mom and dad.

Yeah, it was

really hard, but I--

no, it doesn't make

me even more homesick.

It just makes want to do it.

Just keep on going.

Try my best.

I think for these

guys, having that phone

call home would have

been difficult you

know on so many levels.

Also it's going to remindthem

of the physical stuff

they're missing.

For food, they can't

just open that cupboard

and get out some

prepackaged stuff.

They're having to

really work for it.

And especially

tonight, when they're

going to be preparing theirown

supper, survival style.

The aim of this next lesson isto

talk about skinning rabbits.

we're going to get

rid of the feet.

One leg off.

Out in the wilderness,

animals like these wild

rabbitsmay be an essential source

of vital protein.

You may not want to becruel,

but it's the survival.

You're going to have

to live and therefore,

you're going to have to eat.

You want to hit right

here in this blade here.

Go.

Tara, would you

want to do this bit?

I can't do the fur.

I'll do the meat bit.

- Just give it a try.

It's your dinner, Tara.

Our outdoor

girlTara is really struggling.

I've never had a problem

withlike handling dead animals,

but like right now I just--

I can't even look at them.

Come on.

Give her some help guys.

Come on.

Come on, Tara.

OK.

You need to pull hard.

I'll do it with you then.

Hands here.

Hands in together and just peel.

Keep going for it.

I know that happens.

But it's just like

doing it yourself

and seeing it and smelling itis

just like really different.

Once it's cleaned up though,

it looks just like the meatwe

buy in the supermarket.

That's what happens.

That is the process.

With you meat eaters,

it'sreally good guys that you

know this is the process.

And so, supper tonight.

Bon appetite.

When it was-- if the

eyes are looking at you.

And that's what put me off.

If they had took the

headoff, it'd be all right.

But the eyes.

I'm going to at least

try it because if not

they'll have died for nothing.

You've just got to do itfor

the sake of the rabbit.

Just do it down a bitlower

by the bloody thing.

The boys willbe

pitted against the girls

preparing their dinner.

Do you want to do it, Lav?

With the

girlsteam well ahead overall,

it's the last chance

todayfor the boys to shine.

We're hoping that thegirls

crumble a little bit.

I know that sounds mean,

but hoping some of them

didn't really like it that much.

He said feel for it, didn't he?

Feel for the bone.

Definitely got some strong boys.

Keiron, I know he's upfor

it, myself, and Adam.

No, don't.

I'll get it.

You're a brave man, Adam.

The boys quickly get stuck in,

but the girls are a

bit more hesitant.

Oh this is where

it starts to smell.

Do we do it with the knife?

You might cut something

we don't want to.

Despite her earlier wobble

Tara, is embracing

the challenge.

The other girls are

full of great ideas.

You know, cut that out.

Move that away.

But they didn't

really lay hands on.

If Alanah and Tara hadn'thave

skinned that rabbit,

I think it would still

be covered in fur.

The team's clean up the meat

before it goes in the pot.

And while their

rabbit stew cooks,

it's time for today's

crucialvote for Team of the Day.

The School currently standsat

3 to the girls and just 1

to the boys.

Each leader will vote

inturn, beginning with Sarah.

You all tried very, very hard.

Adam, particularly youcame up

very, very strong.

So for me, the Team of

the Day goes the boys.

OK.

An action packed day.

Boys, you were really brave.

At the top of that

abseil, fantastic.

But, I have to go with

technique and girls,

you were really

flawless with technique.

My vote goes to the girls.

All right.

It's all down to theskinning

of the rabbit then.

Girls, you did really well.

Alanah, you know, getting

right in there and Tara,

as well, you know,

it wasn'tsomething you enjoyed.

The boys did finish firstthough

so, it's the boys.

The boys have won the day.

OK.

That leaves it 3-2 to the girls.

Girls, they're

catching up with you.

Dinner is served.

And all the young survivorsgive

their rabbit stew a try.

I feel good about it.

I know that it's fresh

aswell, because I cooked it.

Like many wild animals,

it tastes a bit like

somethingrather more familiar.

It tastes a bit like

chicken but then it's

got like a weird aftertaste.

Just tastes like chicken.

Tastes like chewy

chicken, really.

We're now

exactlyhalfway through Survival

School, and it's great to

seemy remaining nine recruits

starting to develop a

real taste for the wild,

embracing the hardship,

and getting back in touch

with their adventurous side.

It's like a big

sleepover isn't it?

Yeah, it's a big sleepover.

Night, night.

Next time,

onBear Grylls Survival School.

Pull hard, Tara.

An extreme

day out at the seaside.

We're going to

get you out of here.

And running riot in camp.

It's just over the place.

This is just outrageous.

Episode #1.6 (2016) - full transcript