Bear Grylls: Survival School (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Episode #1.7 - full transcript

Previously on Bear Grylls Survival School.

Hahaha

My team of 12 to 15-year-olds

took on a jaw-dropping
descent and came

through with flying colors.

So proud of everyone
and in myself.

But we also sawour
first casualty on the trip.

I think it's time to go home.

OK, Savannah.

Savannah
fellvictim to a crippling rash

after days of grim weather andhad
to leave on medical advice.



Oh my gosh.

The remainingnine recruits had

to work hard for their supper--

--skinning
and gutting wild rabbit.

Just tastes like
chewy chicken really.

And as we reachthe
halfway point of Survival

School, it was great to see
themembracing the hardships of life

in the wild.

It's like a big
sleeping bed, isn't it?

Yes.

I'm Bear Grylls.

When I was growing up allof
this 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!

Come here, come here.

Woo!

I really don't want to do this.

Dig deep.

Finish strong.

Welcome to Bear
Grylls Survival School.

Coming up,
anextreme day out at the seaside.

Now, that's high.

The time of our lives--

And running riot in camp.

I'll make you fall in love.

The mood's happy.

Happy.

Today Survival School
moves to the coast

where the young
survivors are gonna

get tested on some of
thegnarliest coastal cliffs

in the whole country.

Coastal
areasfeature heavily in survival

scenarios, from cliff
rescues to shipwrecks,

with countless boats drivenonto
the rocks in heavy storms.

And many folk have
escapedinhospitable desert or jungle

by making their way to
the sea, which provides

a great range of survival food.

But catching and
collecting seafood

can take a lot of effort.

So before the team
hit the coast,

I want to demonstrate howthey
shouldn't waste anything.

Fish is one of the best survival

foods you're ever going
tofind, if you can catch it.

OK, now most people,
when they see fish,

they just think of the
nicelittle filet on the back

and they get rid
of the rest of it.

But actually,
some ofthe best survival in fish

comes from other bits youmight
not think of like eyes--

--always holds a lot
of moisture in the eyes.

I'll give you a little demo.

OK?

Get it like this,
and if youforce it between your teeth

and give it a little
pop it will pop out.

Like that.

That's what it looks like.

And then it makes a great sound.

It's like nature's popcorn.

Listen to this.

Argh.

Is it juicy?

Really juicy.

I love it.

I do not like
Bear's tasting food.

He seems to pick the
mostdisgusting things for everyone

to eat.

For Maria's sweet tooth,

the fish eyes could
proveespecially challenging.

I love ice cream and
icelollies and little cakes and

chocolate biscuits and stuff.

But I'm not liking on fish.

That would just be
about my worst meal.

OK, Maria.

This one's literally
winking at you.

Great.

When he said about the eyeball,

I was just like, aw, you know.

That's just typical.

- Pick the worst part like to eat.
- Get it down.

Hurry up.

Woo!

Ooh.

That's disgusting.

It was like kind of a bit gooey.

It's just so gross.

It's stuck in my tooth.

So I just quickly chewed
itand swallowed it and kind of

held my nose a little bit.

Well done.

Good for you.

I don't even like fish.

I don't like eyeballs.

This was just an appetizer.

Here you go, Lavinia.

Think of it like
a little Malteser.

Ugh.

I don't like that.

Well done.

They may not like it,

but sucking the moisture
out of fish eyes

has actually helped save
thelives of desperate sailors

marooned at sea.

Here's a big step for Bailey.

- Come on, Bailey.
- Good, man.

Well done, you.

You're in the thick of it now.

That's really crunchy.

Alanah.

Come on, Alanah.

Put it in your mouth.

It's like blood
exploding in your mouth

from this outer crunchy shell.

It was disgusting.

I don't think I'll be
eatinganother one anytime soon.

Today's exercises are

going to be among
the most physically

demanding of the whole course.

Pitted against theawesome power of the sea.

Confidently step out.

Hands always
crossing your chest.

It's atreacherous,
deadly environment.

So my recruits have got
ahost of new survival skills

to learn.

Viking grip.

OK.

Nice and steady.

Instructor Sarah is a specialist

in water activities.

They've got heights.

They've got jumps.

They've got deep water.

And they've also got allthat
swell to battle against.

I've never doneanything like this before.

I'm just hoping I don't
get too cold because I

don't want that to ruin it.

I'm really excited.

I've always like wanted
to wear a wetsuit.

So like, life goal's achieved.

Their task will be to head along

dangerous cliffs to
reach the tiny island

battered by powerful waves.

But for safety,
only those who show

great confidence and
ability in the water

will be allowed to go for it.

And one survivor dreadingthe
challenge is Tara.

I don't really like
cold water so I'm

not really looking forwardto
this much to be honest.

When she tackled a waterfall

earlier in Survival School,
Tarawas close to panic in the cold.

Hurry up!

I want to get out of here.

Although she was successful,

by the end of the climb
she was quite shaken

and it seems her
confidencehas taken a knock.

That water.

I felt like I was
going to like drown.

I was like that, so.

You'll be fine.

Come on.

If Tara is to succeed,

she'll have to get
her nerve back.

Nice and low.

This next bit, guys.

We're crossing some
difficult rocky terrain.

So always three
points of contact.

The guysstrike
out along the cliffs

towards the island.

Whoa.

In asurvival situation hugging

the coastline is often
the best way to find

your way back to civilization.

First challenge.

Crossing an impossiblepart
of the cliffs by rope.

Clip you onto the harness here.

Cross to the other side to Tim.

Move fast.

Move like Bear.

OK.

I've usedto
rope systems like this

to cross all sorts of
deathdefying canyons and crevices.

And it
takesquite a bit of bottle

to trust the kit.

Both hands on the rope.

Lots of determination.

Work hard.

We won't have to help
you and pull you back.

Out

Pull hard.

Pull hard.

Pull hard, Tara.

Pull hard.

Brilliant.OK.

Everyone happy.

We're going to keep moving now.

So far, so good.

But to reach the island,
therewill be a challengingly leap

of five meters into the sea.

Comeon down to this bit here.

And before
they'regiven the OK to go for it,

the instructors will
assess their confidence

on smaller jumps.

Three, two, one.

One of the
mostcommon causes of drowning

is a gasp reflex,
where inresponse to the cold shock,

you breathe in water.

It's so important not to panic.

That just makes things worse.

Ah, it's going to be so cold.

After Tara's earlier wobble,

Sarah is watching
her particularly

closely to see if she's gother
adventurous spirit back.

It will feel cold when

you first hit the water but--

I'm not going to back out of it.

I don't like giving up.

So I'm just is going to do it.

OK.

So nice confident step out.

Three, two, one.

Good.

Feel I was a little
bit right with the cold.

Because it is very, very cold.

But I'm feeling really great.

Well done, Tara.

Tara has passed her first test,

but there's also a
questionmark against Maria.

She's never been
keen on heights.

When I stood on
theend, and I looked down,

like ready to jump,
I literallythought to myself, that

is a lot higher than I thought.

You all right?
I've got you.

I've got you.

I started to get really worried.

Sarah had to hold on
to my waist because I

kept wobbling because I
was getting so nervous.

I was shaking a little bit.

Three, two, one, go.

Come on, Maria.

That was awesome.

Oh my gosh.

We hada few nerves at the start,

but they're starting to
really get into it now

and the adrenaline's kicked in.

They're doing great.

I am so happy right now.

Like, this is so fun.

Team spirits are on a high.

I'm buzzing.

Well apart from Bailey, that is.

I'm tired of freezing.

The tide is
turningmaking the ocean especially

powerful and dangerous.

While the young survivorsare
in the hands of experts

who know the local
currents, they still

need to be strong swimmers.

Timing and technique
are crucial to getting

out of the water safely.

Come on, now.

Move, move.

It's a trickylesson to
learn, but essential

in a rescue situation.

I did get thrown againstthe
rock a little by the wave,

because I missed it.

Like, I missed the
surge to get on.

And unfortunately for Adam,

he's really struggling.

I see you doing this
a little bit, mate,

and I don't think we're
going to continue.

OK? I think that's our last jump.

Just the sea conditions,
I don't think you're

quite a strong enough swimmer.

You all right?

OK.

Let's get you warmed up.

Adam willplay
no part in the mission

to reach the island.

And Instructor Scott is
alsogetting concerned about Azriel

and Bailey.

Are you cold?

How cold are you?

You don't want to go on.

Is it height, is it
sea, or is it cold?

It's just cold.

I want to go on, yeah.

It's just cold.

Being the smallest survivors,

the two boys have to
workextra hard to keep warm.

And as the
leaderstest their staying power

before the big swim,
thefirst signs of hypothermia

are setting in.

Their bodies are closing down.

How are you feeling?

I'm freezing.

Freezing cold?

Well.

Scott has no choice but to pull

both Bailey and Azriel
outof the mission as well.

Cheer you on yeah, OK.

We're going to get
you out of here.

Nice job.
Good lad.

Well done.

We'll get you out nice and fast.

For the remaining six survivors,

their destination
is now in sight.

Over there?

You can see there
is a small island.

We must get the whole
teamon top of that island.

But the sea
swell is significant,

and they have anintimidating leap of around

three times their own height.

Now that's high.

The highest leap of the day.

Straight across the island.

Come on guys.

Let's do this.

If shipwrecked,
an island like this

might provide the best chanceof
survival and possible rescue.

Go!

All six battle through the waves

to reach the rock.

I just jumped off a cliff.

You can't even put into words.

It's so fun.

I think if we'd

started with this
on the first day,

we would have had a lot
less confident kids.

They've grown and
they've learned,

and I think that now
they are much more ready

for this kind of challenge.

That was pure adrenalinethat
just got us through that.

Yeah.

There's no doubtthat
that was a tough exercise,

and the sea especially
I think makes

huge demands on the
body physically,

and it also demands respect.

I'm particularly
impressed with Tara,

how she turned things around.

And even though some of
thesmaller boys had to put out,

they did really well.

It's just a physical
realitythat the thinner you are,

the quicker you get cold.

Teamwork!

We did it!

It was awesome!

That was awesome.

Before theexhausted
team leave the coast

and the pouring rain,
there's one more important

task, foraging for food.

No matter whether
you'retired, wet, or cold,

you still have to survive.

For the next 20 minutes,
you'llbe collecting tonight's dinner.

With the tide out,
the beach reveals a treasure

trove of survival goodies.

While not to everyone'staste,
they're full of protein

and vital vitamins.

I want you to pick up
some different seaweeds.

I want you to try
and get some limpets.

Any snails, sir
winkles, or whelks.

Just tread very carefully.

This task could be surprisingly

challenging for Lavinia.

She's got a very strange phobia.

I really don't like
seaweed because I

just don't like the feel of it.

I think it's really
slimy and horrible,

and I think there's
going to be like loads

of crabs in it of something.

But
SurvivalSchool might just help

her conquer her long-term fear.

You just have to
like get over it,

and you just have to pickit
off and get on with it.

So that's what I'm trying to do.

But I don't like the feel of it.

It feels disgusting.

This is good sea lettuce.

This is the kind of food
thatyou would get in a Chinese.

Maria, I'll give
that one to you.

We also have this.

What does it look like?

Spaghetti.

Spaghetti.

It's called sea spaghetti.

If you boil this up, really,
really tasty and full of all

those really vital vitamins.

Jellyfish.

If there'san
animal that stings you,

generally speaking
it's got poison in it

and it's best to avoid.

But one
highlyedible type of seafood

is a limpet, a kind of seasnail
which clings incredibly

tightly to the rocks.

Youhave to sneak up behind it

and before they
know you're there,

you have to bash them
offthat rock nice and fast.

Ambushing a limpetis
harder than you might think.

But Adam manages to
catch a few off guard.

Ah, nice.

Great work, Adam.

Big one.

Inside a limpet,

you have this bit,
which is the meat.

And on the back,
do youknow this brown thing is?

Poo.

It's a poo sack,

but that's the tastiest part.

Eww.

Are we going to eat that?

- Yes we are.
- OH.

They're better cooked,

but in desperate situations--

Eww.

--you can eat those raw.

After a long,
hard day at the coast,

the team returned
to camp to sample

the spoils of their foraging.

Tonight foryour
dinner, Sarah and Scott's

special seafood chowder.

On the count of three,
we're allgoing to take a nice big bite

of our sea spaghetti.

Lavinia's
already touched seaweed,

but can she actually
force some down?

I don't really want to eat it.

Time
tomunch down on the chowder.

Tastes like nothing?

And to her credit,
Lavinia nails her phobia.

I still don't
like seaweed but I'm

not as scared of it as I was.

I hate it.

It tastes like beetroot leaves.

I love beetroot.

Yeah.

That seaweed is disgusting.

- I can't taste it.
- Nah, man.

Nah.

Never again.

And also
ontonight's ocean survival menu,

stone baked limpets.

They're ready to go.

Flip it over and you
can see that poo sack.

On the back there.

That nice, big ball of brown.

Who's going to give it a go?

Put it in.

Make sure you give
it a nice good chew,

and then swallow it down.

Absolutely disgusting.

It's nice for about
five or six seconds--

Two--

--and then when that
poo bag explodes--

--one

Mhm.

--it's absolutely disgusting.

Oh!

Ew.

What do you think Adam?

Not bad.

It's just like putting aslug
in your mouth with poo.

In all honesty, seafood chowder,

probably one of the
most disgusting things

you will ever taste.

Full of salt, chewy,
disgusting limpets.

But actually, I survived
offthat stuff for a good three

weeks out in the wild.

That's awesome.

What up, Bailey?

You ate that stuff
for three weeks?

I did.

That and eel.

That's all I had
for three weeks.

You're mental.

How did you enjoy that?

I don't enjoy it, but
at the end of the day,

it was about survival.

And if that's all you've got,
it still tastes pretty good.

No!

It's been
anotherfull-on day at Survival School

with everyone pushing
their boundaries.

Guys how are we doing?

Fine.

Yeah, good.

A bit damp.
It's all right.

Yeah, so we've had

another day now of solid rain.

OK it's getting quite tough.

As we go
intothe Team of the Day vote,

the girls are just
ahead overall at 3-2,

and today's decision
is going to be close.

OK.

Coast steering.

What an amazing day, yeah?

The best day, I think.

Nice, big sea state.

High cliffs.

Big challenge.

First of all,
everyone was amazing.

For the girls,
Tara, Maria, Lavinia,

they all overcame a host
offears, while some of the boys

were forced to
abandon the mission,

Charlie and Kieron were
towers of strength.

When it cameto
eating survival food,

again there was
not a lot to choose

between the girls and the boys.

This is difficult.
Butthere's going to be a winner.

OK.

So it's quite close.

Adam, you did collect mostof
the food for this evening,

and without him you wouldhave
no protein in your meal.

So that means overall, guys,
you are our Team of the Day.

So well done, boys.

That now brings us OK,
3 tothe girls and 3 to the boys.

And you're now going to
haveto work extra, extra hard

if you want to become
Team of the Day.

I'm confident and
I'm sure the other boys

are that we can take this win.

Yeah!

You know, there's still--

there's still four
days left, guys.

I wouldn't, you know,
get your hopes up.

Look forward to tomorrow.

It's going to rain.

After
battlingthrough their extreme day

at the coast, the
survivors are buzzing.

Today was like the
best day, like ever.

Honestly, like out of
this whole experience,

if I take anything away
fromit it's going to be today.

But the team hardly ate

any of their seafood supper.

So to keep up energy
levels, the instructors

have let them break intotheir
military ration packs.

Az keeps getting
really high on sugar

and he was running
around the camp.

Unfortunately some
have gone for all

the sweet things in the
packinstead of the nutritious food.

What is that?

And then Tara was
drinking everyone's jam.

Does anyone have
any raspberry jam?

I am really loving it.

We've all eaten sugar.

Well you do get a
bit of a sugar rush.

For the past week, they've had

hardly any sugar in their diet.

So some of the guys
are getting hyper,

and that will meantrouble sleeping tonight.

The mood's happy.

Happy.

The reason they put
thatsugar in the ration pack

is when you wake up so
early in the morning,

you've got no energy.

Take it before you're
doing activities.

And in the morning,
they'll be like,

I am the sensible one
who hasn't had sugar.

You need to chill, little man.

Are you feeding him more?

He's not going to go to
sleep for like hours.

Lavinia and Tarahave
even formed their own pop

duo called Lavara.

Take a sip from a secret potion,

I'll make you fall in love.

Literally, this smells of fish.

Backup dancers stay in the back.

- The thing is, I don't know

why I put on my coat
because otherwise

it will stink on my coat.

Whose is this?

Maria's.

Do you think she'll mind?

It's like
ateenage party where no one is

clearing up after themselves.

--time of our lives--

They may be
going to bed on a high,

but their failure to look
aftercamp can only mean one thing.

Tomorrow, there'll be trouble.

Excuse her.

She's had a lot of jam.

Next time onBear
Grylls Survival School,

a crushing rope challenge.

I'm just happy I'm
a girl at this moment.

And a rude
awakening for the boys.