Episode #1.6 (2016) - full transcript

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.

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.
- 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?

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.

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.

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.