Bear Grylls#Bear's Wild Weekend

Grylls was born in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, on 7 June 1974.{{cite web |last1=Bain |first1=Mark |title=NI-born Bear Grylls to learn family history on BBC show: 'I'm doing it for my mum' |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/ni-born-bear-grylls-to-learn-family-history-on-bbc-show-im-doing-it-for-my-mum/601632569.html |website=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=28 June 2023 |date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523214000/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/ni-born-bear-grylls-to-learn-family-history-on-bbc-show-im-doing-it-for-my-mum/601632569.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Tiwari |first1=Anuj |title=7 June What Happened On This Day In History |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/7-june-what-happened-on-this-day-in-history-605066.html |website=IndiaTimes |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=en-IN |date=6 June 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615031955/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/7-june-what-happened-on-this-day-in-history-605066.html |url-status=live }} His family has a strong cricketing background, his grandfather Neville Ford and great-great-grandfather William Augustus Ford having both been first-class cricketers. He is the son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls and his wife Sarah "Sally" (née Ford). Her mother Patricia (née Smiles), was briefly an MP, succeeding her father; later she married an MP.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1322322/Sir-Michael-Grylls.html "Obituary: Sir Michael Grylls"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204511/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1322322/Sir-Michael-Grylls.html |date=25 May 2018 }}, Telegraph.co.uk, 13 February 2001. Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old.{{Cite news |last=Dudman |first=Jane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jan/12/bear-grylls-scout-association-chief-scout |title=Leading questions: Bear Grylls, chief Scout |date=12 January 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106105807/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jan/12/bear-grylls-scout-association-chief-scout |url-status=live }}

He lived in Donaghadee until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sunday-life-reclaims-the-celebs-with-ulster-ties-14547046.html |title=Sunday Life reclaims the celebs with Ulster ties |date=1 November 2009 |work=The Belfast Telegraph |access-date=31 August 2010 |archive-date=17 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717045427/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sunday-life-reclaims-the-celebs-with-ulster-ties-14547046.html |url-status=live }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423170926/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/my-life-in-travel-bear-grylls-756390.html "My Life In Travel: Bear Grylls"], Independent.co.uk, 17 April 2004. From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate.{{Cite news |last=Snape |first=Joel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11600282/Bear-Grylls-Im-40-and-fitter-than-Ive-ever-been.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11600282/Bear-Grylls-Im-40-and-fitter-than-Ive-ever-been.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Bear Grylls: 'I'm 40, and fitter than I've ever been'| work=Daily Telegraph |date=13 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} He speaks English, Spanish, German and French.[http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/ask-bear "Ask Bear Your Questions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501201241/http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/ask-bear/ |date=1 May 2012 }}, BearGrylls.com; accessed 3 August 2015. He is an Anglican,{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/07/17/beauty-is-not-enough-for-the-church/ |title=Beauty is not enough for the Church – CatholicHerald.co.uk |website=catholicherald.co.uk |language=en-US |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022205/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/07/17/beauty-is-not-enough-for-the-church/ |url-status=live }} and has described his Christian faith as the "backbone" in his life:{{cite book|last=Greig|first=Pete|title=Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_a8CwAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Hodder|isbn=978-1-63146-616-8|chapter=Foreword}} "You can't keep God out. He's all around us, if we're just still enough to listen."{{cite book|last=Grylls|first=Bear|title=Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqt6stF-aSAC|year=2004|publisher=Pan Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-4472-2778-6|page=151}}

Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/08/grylls?currentPage=2 |title=Out of the Wild: Bear Grylls survives the urban jungle |website=mensvogue.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316130106/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/08/grylls?currentPage=2 |archive-date=16 March 2008 |access-date=14 July 2008}} They have three sons, born in 2003, 2006 and 2009.[http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/01/15/bear-grylls-welcomes-son-huckleberry-edward-jocelyne/ Bear Grylls Welcomes Son Huckleberry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217082811/http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/01/15/bear-grylls-welcomes-son-huckleberry-edward-jocelyne/ |date=17 February 2010 }} Celebrity Baby Blog, 15 January 2009{{Cite web |url=http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/about/about-bear |title=Biography |website=BearGrylls.com |access-date=7 February 2012 |archive-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713172653/http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/about/about-bear |url-status=live }}

In August 2015, Grylls left his 11-year-old son on Saint Tudwal's Island off the North Wales coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) as part of their weekly practice missions. The child was unharmed, though the RNLI later criticised Grylls for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11793839/Bear-Grylls-criticised-by-RNLI-after-he-leaves-own-son-stranded-on-island-rocks.html "Bear Grylls criticised by RNLI after he leaves own son stranded on island rocks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204614/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11793839/Bear-Grylls-criticised-by-RNLI-after-he-leaves-own-son-stranded-on-island-rocks.html |date=25 May 2018 }}, Hannah Furness, The Daily Telegraph, 9 August 2015.

Grylls used to be a vegan but now consumes a diet predominant in animal-based foods as well as fruits and honey.{{Cite news |last=Corless |first=Blathnaid |date=11 May 2023 |title=Bear Grylls 'embarrassed' by his vegan advocacy and regrets cookbook |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/11/meat-vegan-bear-grylls-adventurer-u-turn/ |access-date=12 May 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512181756/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/11/meat-vegan-bear-grylls-adventurer-u-turn/ |url-status=live }} In 2024, he commented to The Irish Times that he was proud to be an Irish citizen.{{Cite news |title=Bear Grylls: 'I'm a very proud Irish citizen. Since Brexit, the connection has saved the day' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/02/17/bear-grylls-im-a-very-proud-irish-citizen-and-my-connection-to-ireland-has-saved-the-day-since-brexit/ |access-date=19 February 2024 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}

Grylls was educated at Eaton House, Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club.{{Cite news |last=Kate Mikhail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/nov/11/features.magazine57 |title=Life support |date=11 November 2001 |work=Guardian |access-date=17 October 2012 |location=London |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023121206/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/nov/11/features.magazine57 |url-status=live }} He studied Spanish and German at the University of the West of England, Bristol{{Cite news |last=Tianna Graham |url=http://www.unipaper.co.uk/article/did-you-know-these-celebrities-studied-in-bristol- |title=Did you know these celebrities studied in Bristol? |date=7 July 2016 |work=The University Paper |location=London |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827170553/http://www.unipaper.co.uk/article/did-you-know-these-celebrities-studied-in-bristol- |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead }} and at Birkbeck College,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/history/1900s |title=History of Birkbeck: 1900s |publisher=Birkbeck |access-date=3 December 2007 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615030524/http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/history/1900s |url-status=live }} where he graduated with a 2:2 bachelor's degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-community/notable-alumni |title=Notable alumni |publisher=Birkbeck |access-date=3 December 2007 |archive-date=2 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902043806/http://www.bbk.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-community/notable-alumni |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Peston, Robert and Lynda La Plante |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10041510/You-may-have-a-first-class-degree-but-Lord-Winston-doesnt-want-you.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10041510/You-may-have-a-first-class-degree-but-Lord-Winston-doesnt-want-you.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=You may have a first-class degree – but Lord Winston doesn't want you |date=7 May 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}

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After leaving school, Grylls hiked in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hmforces.co.uk/careers/articles/748-bear-grylls |title=Bear Grylls |publisher=hmforces.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707032905/http://www.hmforces.co.uk/careers/articles/748-bear-grylls |archive-date=7 July 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012}} From 1994–1997, he served in the Territorial Army with 21 SAS as a trooper. His time in the SAS ended as the result of a free fall parachuting accident in Kenya in 1996;[http://sasspecialairservice.com/known-sas-men/bear-grylls/ Bear Grylls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205222043/http://sasspecialairservice.com/known-sas-men/bear-grylls/ |date=5 February 2019 }} at sasspecialairservice.com his parachute failed to open, causing him to break three vertebrae. At 16,000 feet, his fall is one of the highest ever to be survived without a functional parachute.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Jon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22934269 |title=Five survivors of spectacular falls |date=17 June 2013 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 July 2017 |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609215308/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22934269 |url-status=live }}

In 2004, Grylls was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.{{Cite web |url=http://members.scouts.org.uk/documents/bg_bio/BG_biography.pdf |title=Bear Grylls (Edward Michael Grylls): A lifetime of adventure |website=The Scout Association |access-date=21 July 2013 |archive-date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706051416/http://members.scouts.org.uk/documents/bg_bio/BG_biography.pdf |url-status=dead }} Then in 2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve,{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/November/14/131114-Bear-Force |title=Royals' Bear Force as Adventurer Joins Cadets at Lympstone and Dartmouth |date=14 November 2013 |website=News & Events |publisher=Royal Navy |access-date=17 November 2013 |archive-date=15 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415165210/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/November/14/131114-Bear-Force |url-status=dead }} and promoted to honorary colonel in June 2021.{{London Gazette|issue=63542|supp=y|page=21618|date=30 November 2021}} In April 2024, Grylls was appointed honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College, serving as a figurehead for the college, a role once held by Captain Tom Moore.{{cite web |title=Bear Grylls joins forces with British Army |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/07/bear-grylls-joins-forces-with-british-army/#:~:text=A%20shared%20passion%20for%20helping,under%20the%20age%20of%2018. |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=British Ministry of Defence |access-date=11 July 2024}} As such, he was granted a commission in the British Army as a local colonel for the duration of the appointment.{{London Gazette |issue= 64447 |date= 2 July 2024 |page= 12766 |supp= y |quote= Mr Edward Michael Bear GRYLLS OBE is appointed Honorary Colonel Army Foundation College Harrogate 19 April 2024 and in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4 of the Officers' Commissions (Army) Order 1967 is commissioned in His Majesty’s Land Forces in the rank of Local Colonel for the duration of the appointment in an existing vacancy}}

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On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat. There is some dispute over whether he was the youngest Briton to have done so, as he was preceded by James Allen, a climber holding dual Australian and British citizenship, who reached the summit in 1995 at age 22.Summit Magazine No. 40, Winter 2005, page 12 The record has since been surpassed by Jake Meyer and then Rob Gauntlett who summitted at age 19. To prepare for climbing at such high altitudes in the Himalayas, in 1997, Grylls became the youngest Briton to climb Ama Dablam, a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "unclimbable", although now the third most popular in the Himalayas for permitted expeditions.{{Cite book |last=Lambert |first=John |title=Portraits of the Himalayas |date=2006 |publisher=Troubador Publishing |isbn=0955288401 |page=51}}

In 2000, Grylls led the team to circumnavigate the British Isles on jet skis, taking about 30 days, to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). He also rowed naked in a homemade bathtub along the Thames to raise funds for a friend who lost his legs in a climbing accident.{{Cite news |last=Blundell, Joanna |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1426523/A-Boys-Own-adventure.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1426523/A-Boys-Own-adventure.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=A Boys Own adventure |date=7 April 2003 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}

In 2003, he led a team of five, including his childhood friend, SAS colleague, and Mount Everest climbing partner Mick Crosthwaite, on an unassisted crossing of the north Atlantic Ocean, in an open rigid inflatable boat. Grylls and his team travelled in an eleven-metre-long boat and encountered force 8 gale winds with waves breaking over the boat while passing through icebergs in their journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia to John o' Groats, Scotland.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3154303.stm |title=Bear completes Arctic journey |date=15 August 2003 |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 July 2013 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816112258/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3154303.stm |url-status=live }}

In 2005, alongside the balloonist and mountaineer David Hempleman-Adams and Lieutenant Commander Alan Veal, leader of the Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Display Team, Grylls created a world record for the highest open-air formal dinner party, which they did under a hot-air balloon at {{convert|25000|ft|m|order=flip}}, dressed in full mess dress and oxygen masks.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/30/1 |title=Dining with altitude |date=30 June 2005 |work=Press Association |location=London |via=The Guardian |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233636/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/30/1 |url-status=live }} To train for the event, he made over 200 parachute jumps.{{Cite news |url=https://www.realworldsurvivor.com/2014/07/28/navigating-backwoods-bear-grylls/ |title=Navigating the Backwoods with Bear Grylls |date=28 July 2014 |work=Real World Survivor |access-date=25 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235848/https://www.realworldsurvivor.com/2014/07/28/navigating-backwoods-bear-grylls/ |url-status=live }} This event was in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and The Prince's Trust.{{Cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/man-vs-wild/bios/man-vs-wild-bio.htm |title=Bios: Bear Grylls |website=Discovery Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802063743/http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/man-vs-wild/bios/man-vs-wild-bio.htm |archive-date=2 August 2013}}

In 2007, Grylls embarked on a record-setting Parajet paramotor in Himalayas near Mount Everest. He took off from {{convert|14500|ft|m|order=flip}}, {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of the mountain. Grylls reported looking down on the summit during his ascent and coping with temperatures of {{convert|-60|°C|°F}}. He endured dangerously low oxygen levels and eventually reached {{convert|29500|ft|m|order=flip}}, almost {{convert|10000|ft|m|order=flip}} higher than the previous record of {{convert|20019|ft|m|order=flip}}. The feat was filmed for Discovery Channel worldwide as well as Channel 4 in the UK.Grylls, Bear, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524032421/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2007/05/19/nosplit/ftbear119.xml "Flying Into A Dream"], Telegraph.co.uk; 19 May 2007 While Grylls initially planned to cross over Everest itself, the permit was only to fly to the south of Everest, and he did not traverse Everest out of risk of violating Chinese airspace.Martin, Nicole, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070517042718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/15/wgrylls15.xml "Explorer hits heights with Himalayan record"], Telegraph.co.uk, 16 May 2007.

In 2008, Grylls led a team of four to climb one of the most remote unclimbed peaks in the world in Antarctica, to raise funds for children's charity Global Angels and promote the use of alternative energies. During this mission the team also aimed to explore the coast of Antarctica by inflatable boat and jetski, part powered by bioethanol, and then to travel across some of the vast ice desert by wind-powered kite-ski and electric powered paramotor. However, the expedition was cut short after Grylls suffered a broken shoulder while kite skiing across a stretch of ice. Travelling at speeds up to 50 km/h (30 mph), a ski caught on the ice, launching him in the air and breaking his shoulder when he came down. He had to be medically evacuated.[http://www.journeyantarctica2008.com/diary/?currentPage=2 "Diary: From Bear"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206040015/http://www.journeyantarctica2008.com/diary/?currentPage=2 |date=6 December 2008 }}, journeyAntarctica2008.com, 6 December 2008.

Grylls, along with the double amputee Al Hodgson and the Scotsman Freddy MacDonald, set a Guinness world record in 2008 for the longest continuous indoor freefall. The previous record was 1 hour 36 minutes by a US team. Grylls, Hodgson, and MacDonald, using a vertical wind tunnel in Milton Keynes, broke the record by a few seconds. The attempt was in support of the charity Global Angels.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/my/print_speaker/bear_grylls |title=Bear Grylls |publisher=Londonspeakerbureau.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110058/http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/my/print_speaker/bear_grylls |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=9 September 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.peotv.com/blog/man-vs-wild/ |title=Things Bear Grylls Did That You Didn'T Know |last=Peotv |first=Slt |date=2 March 2014 |publisher=PeoTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428003206/http://www.peotv.com/blog/man-vs-wild/ |archive-date=28 April 2015 |access-date=9 September 2015}}{{Cite magazine |last=Tara John |date=1 September 2015 |title=Bear Grylls: Everything You Need to Know |url=https://time.com/4018444/bear-grylls-obama/ |magazine=Time |access-date=9 September 2015 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905180031/http://time.com/4018444/bear-grylls-obama/ |url-status=live }}

In September 2010, Grylls led a team of five to take an ice-breaking rigid-inflatable boat (RIB) through {{convert|5700|NM|km|abbr=}} of the ice-strewn Northwest Passage. The expedition intended to raise awareness of the effects of global warming and to raise money for children's charity Global Angels.{{Cite web|title=Maritime Journal {{!}} Bear Grylls' RIB completes North West Passage|url=https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/bear-grylls-rib-completes-north-west-passage|access-date=13 June 2020|website=www.maritimejournal.com|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613091336/https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/bear-grylls-rib-completes-north-west-passage|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=28 October 2010|title=Our journey {{!}} Future Capital Partners and Bear Grylls – Northwest Passage|url=http://fcpnorthwestpassage.com/journey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028074434/http://fcpnorthwestpassage.com/journey|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2010|access-date=13 June 2020}}

Grylls' first book, Facing Up (UK)/The Kid Who Climbed Everest (US), described his expedition and achievements climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. His second was Facing the Frozen Ocean. His third book Born Survivor: Bear Grylls was written to accompany the TV series of the same name. He also wrote an extreme guide to outdoor pursuits, titled Bear Grylls Outdoor Adventures.{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |url=https://archive.org/details/beargryllsgreato0000gryl |title=Bear Grylls great outdoor adventures |date=2008 |publisher=Channel 4 Books |isbn=978-1905026524 |location=London |url-access=registration}}

In 2011, Grylls released his autobiography, Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography,{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |title=Mud, sweat, and tears: the autobiograph |date=2012 |publisher=William Morrow |isbn=978-0-06-212419-7 |location=New York |page=408}} followed by A Survival Guide for Life in late 2012 and True Grit in 2013.{{Cite book |title=A Survival Guide for Life: How to Achieve Your Goal, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character |publisher=William Morrow |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-06-227195-2 |location=New York |page=285 |oclc=818737912}}

Grylls also wrote the Mission Survival series of children's adventure survival books titled: Mission Survival: Gold of the Gods, Mission Survival: Way of the Wolf, Mission Survival: Sands of the Scorpion, Mission Survival: Tracks of the Tiger and Mission Survival: Claws of the Crocodile. He has written two thriller novels based around his character Will Jaeger; Ghost Flight released in 2015{{Cite book |last=Bear Grylls |url=https://archive.org/details/ghostflight0000gryl |title=Ghost Flight |publisher=Orion |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4091-5684-0 |url-access=registration}} and Burning Angels in 2016.{{Cite book |last=Bear Grylls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPYeCgAAQBAJ |title=Burning Angels |publisher=Orion |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4091-5688-8}}

In 2019, Grylls published a Christian devotional titled Soul Fuel.{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBt5DwAAQBAJ |title=Soul Fuel |publisher=Zondervan |year=2019 |isbn=9780310453642 |location=Grand Rapids, MI |author-link=Bear Grylls}}

In October 2021, Grylls released his second autobiography, Never Give Up; covering some of his most memorable events and adventures.{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |title=Never Give Up |date=2021 |publisher= Bantam Press |isbn=978-1787634190 |location=London |author-link=Bear Grylls}}

In 2022, Grylls published Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day.{{cite book | last=Grylls | first=Bear | title=Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day | publisher=John Murray Press | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-3998-0510-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h25zEAAAQBAJ | access-date=17 January 2023 | archive-date=17 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117174615/https://books.google.com/books?id=h25zEAAAQBAJ | url-status=live }} Grylls told The Christian Post that it "offers honest and practical ways to practice better mental health... a crucial part of living a healthy, God-glorying life."{{cite journal |title=Bear Grylls says faith is 'key part of survivor's toolbox,' laments 'fluff' permeating Western Church |journal=The Christian Post |date=14 January 2023 |last=Klett |first=Leah MarieAnn |url=https://www.christianpost.com/books/bear-grylls-says-faith-is-key-part-of-survivors-toolbox.html |accessdate=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117174617/https://www.christianpost.com/books/bear-grylls-says-faith-is-key-part-of-survivors-toolbox.html |url-status=live }}

In April 2023, Grylls released You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up; a motivational book aimed at children.{{cite book|title=You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up|id={{ASIN|0744070678|country=uk}} }}

In September 2023, How to be a Scout, was released by Grylls.{{cite book|title=Do Your Best: How to be a Scout|id={{ASIN|1399809873|country=uk}} }}

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Grylls was used by the UK Ministry of Defence to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for Harrods. Grylls has been a guest on numerous talk shows including Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Attack of the Show!, Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Harry Hill's TV Burp. Grylls recorded two advertisements for Post's Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, which aired in the US from January 2009. He also appeared as a "distinguished instructor" in Dos Equis' Most Interesting Academy in a webisode named "Survival in the Modern Era". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates urban survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to bash. He also has marketed the Alpha Course, a course on the basics of the Christian faith. In 2013, Grylls appeared in an airline safety video for Air New Zealand entitled Bear Essentials of Safety, filmed against the backdrop of the Routeburn Track on the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/feb/28/bear-grylls-air-new-zealand-video |title=Safety video on The Guardian website |website=TheGuardian.com |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107172651/https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/feb/28/bear-grylls-air-new-zealand-video |url-status=live }} In 2014, Grylls appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories.

Grylls filmed a four-part TV show in 2005, called Escape to the Legion, which followed Grylls and eleven other "recruits" as they took part in a shortened re-creation of the French Foreign Legion's basic desert training in the Sahara. The show was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4,[http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/escape_to_the_legion/index.html "Escape to the Legion"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505210845/http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/escape_to_the_legion/index.html |date=5 May 2010 }} Channel4.com and in the US on the Military Channel.{{Cite web |url=http://military.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=52.14319.112490.29359.x |title=Military Channel: TV Listings: Escape to the Legion |year=2007 |publisher=The Military Channel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526193519/http://military.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=52.14319.112490.29359.x |archive-date=26 May 2007 |access-date=19 May 2007}}

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{{Main|Man vs. Wild}}

Grylls hosts a series titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls for the British Channel 4 and broadcast as Man vs. Wild in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, and the United States, and as Ultimate Survival on the Discovery Channel in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The series features Grylls dropped into inhospitable places, showing viewers how to survive. Man vs. Wild debuted in 2006, and its success led it to lasting seven seasons over five years.

The show has featured stunts including Grylls climbing cliffs, parachuting from helicopters, balloons, and planes, paragliding, ice climbing, running through a forest fire, wading rapids, eating snakes, wrapping his urine-soaked T-shirt around his head to help stave off the desert heat, drinking urine saved in a rattlesnake skin, drinking fecal liquid from elephant dung, eating deer droppings, wrestling alligators, field dressing a camel carcass and drinking water from it, eating various "creepy crawlies" (insects), using the corpse of a sheep as a sleeping bag and flotation device, free climbing waterfalls and using a bird guano/water enema for hydration.{{Cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2010/01/05/man-vs-wild-bear-enema-fish-eyes |title='Man vs. Wild' returns with Bear giving himself an enema |last=Barrett |first=Annie |date=24 June 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=21 November 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182408/https://ew.com/article/2010/01/05/man-vs-wild-bear-enema-fish-eyes/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-guano-enema.html |title=Man vs. Wild/Guano Enema(Discovery Channel Video) |date=22 December 2010 |publisher=Dsc.discovery.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922210407/http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-guano-enema.html |archive-date=22 September 2011 |access-date=17 October 2012}}

The show caused controversy after a programme consultant revealed that Grylls actually stayed in a hotel on some nights — including an episode in Hawaii in which Grylls was ostensibly stranded on a deserted island — and that certain scenes were staged for him.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7304617.stm |title=Entertainment | Grylls apologises for 'fake' show |date=19 March 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 April 2013 |archive-date=5 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405225930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7304617.stm |url-status=live }} Grylls subsequently told viewers, "If people felt misled … I'm really sorry for that."

In March 2012, the Discovery Channel dropped Grylls from its line-up because of a contractual dispute,BBC News, 14 March 2012, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17364327 Bear Grylls sacked by Discovery Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117214532/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17364327 |date=17 January 2019 }}, bbc.co.uk; retrieved 11 November 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/celebrities/bear-grylls/Gone-With-The-Wind-20120730.html?page=all |title=Gone with the Wind |last=Michael Roberts |date=7 August 2012 |website=Outside Magazine |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-date=22 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322105102/http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/celebrities/bear-grylls/Gone-With-The-Wind-20120730.html?page=all |url-status=dead }} although he has worked with them again.

In August 2019, Bear Grylls appeared with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in a special episode shot in the India's Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. The episode was showcased in more than 180 countries across the world on the Discovery, Inc. network.{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-narendra-modi-to-feature-in-discovery-s-man-vs-wild-119072900490_1.html |title=PM Modi to discuss wildlife issues in Discovery's 'Man vs Wild' episode |date=29 July 2019 |work=Business Standard |access-date=10 August 2019 |agency=Press Trust of India |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810055510/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-narendra-modi-to-feature-in-discovery-s-man-vs-wild-119072900490_1.html |url-status=live }}

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In 2010, Grylls came out with a new project titled Worst-Case Scenario which aired on Discovery in the US. It is based on the popular books of the same name.{{Cite web |url=http://outsideonline.com/outside/culture/201005/bear-grylls-1.html |title=Outside Online May 2010 Issue |publisher=Outsideonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303004533/http://outsideonline.com/outside/culture/201005/bear-grylls-1.html |archive-date=3 March 2011 |access-date=17 October 2012}} Twelve episodes were produced before the show was cancelled.{{Cite magazine |date=20 March 2002 |title=TBS will bow 'Worst Case'.(reality show 'Worst-Case Scenario')(Brief Article) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84350983.html |magazine=Daily Variety |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312043325/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84350983.html |archive-date=12 March 2017}}

In 2011, he made two specials under the title Bear's Wild Weekend for Channel 4 in the UK which was broadcast over the Christmas holiday that year. Each special featured Grylls taking either Jonathan Ross or Miranda Hart on short two-day adventures; Ross to rainforest in the Canary Islands, Hart to the Swiss Alps.{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bears-wild-weekend-c4/5036041.article |title=Bear's Wild Weekend...C4 |date=22 December 2011 |website=Broadcast |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-date=26 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626015820/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bears-wild-weekend-c4/5036041.article |url-status=live }} These screened in the US under the title Bear Grylls' Wild Adventure. A third episode with Stephen Fry, this time in the Dolomite mountains of South Tyrol, screened in late 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-04/stephen-fry-to-join-bear-grylls-on-a-wild-weekend |title=Stephen Fry to join Bear Grylls on a Wild Weekend |last=Jade Bremner |date=4 December 2013 |website=Radio Times |access-date=23 December 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071925/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-04/stephen-fry-to-join-bear-grylls-on-a-wild-weekend |url-status=dead }}

In 2014, two further episodes were aired in the UK under the title Wild Weekends. The first of these was the 2011 special of Man vs. Wild featuring Jake Gyllenhaal,{{Cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/man-wild-preview-guest-adventurer-206868 |title='Man Vs. Wild' Preview: Guest Adventurer Jake Gyllenhaal's Insurance Company Will Freak Out (Video) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=5 February 2017 |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612085754/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/man-wild-preview-guest-adventurer-206868 |url-status=live }} and the second was the Running Wild episode featuring Ben Stiller.{{Cite news |last=Adewunmi |first=Bim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/11/bears-wild-weekend-with-ben-stiller-review |title=Bear's Wild Weekend With Ben Stiller – review: Action Man meets wilderness wannabe on the Isle of Skye |date=11 December 2014 |work=The Guardian |access-date=5 February 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206024351/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/11/bears-wild-weekend-with-ben-stiller-review |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls}}

Grylls hosted Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls, a reality competition series filmed in New Zealand, which premiered on NBC on 8 July 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/camp-american-ninja-warrior-save-me-get-out-alive-nbc-27872 |title=Camp, American Ninja Warrior, Save Me, Get Out Alive: NBC Announces Premieres | canceled + renewed TV shows |date=16 April 2013 |publisher=TV Series Finale |access-date=8 May 2013}}{{Cite magazine |last=Rick Kissell |date=15 April 2013 |title=NBC to Air 'Bear Grylls', 'American Ninja Warrior' on Mondays |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/nbc-sets-more-summer-premiere-dates-1200370748 |magazine=Variety |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=20 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520020129/http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/nbc-sets-more-summer-premiere-dates-1200370748/ |url-status=live }}

In Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell, he reveals the true life stories of ordinary people trapped in extraordinary situations of survival. The six-episode series premiered on the Discovery Channel in the UK on 4 October 2013, and in the US on 11 November 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/06/bear-grylls-is-back-on-discovery-channel-in-bear-grylls-escape-from-hell/214024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110120719/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/06/bear-grylls-is-back-on-discovery-channel-in-bear-grylls-escape-from-hell/214024/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |title=Bear Grylls is Back on Discovery Channel in 'Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell' |last=Amanda Kondolojy |date=6 November 2013 |website=Zap2it}}

{{Main|The Island with Bear Grylls}}

He presented The Island with Bear Grylls, first shown on Channel 4 on 5 May 2014. An American version of the show was also made and it premiered on 25 May 2015 on NBC.{{Cite news |last=Sara Bibel |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/28/nbc-reveals-the-cast-of-new-reality-series-the-island/395791 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501020443/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/28/nbc-reveals-the-cast-of-new-reality-series-the-island/395791/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2015 |title=NBC Reveals the Cast of New Reality Series 'The Island' |date=28 April 2015 |work=TV by the Numbers}}

{{Main|Running Wild with Bear Grylls}}

In this adventure TV series from NBC, which premiered on 28 July 2014, Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day trip in the wilderness. The celebrities who took part in Season 1 are Zac Efron, Ben Stiller, Tamron Hall, Deion Sanders, Channing Tatum, and Tom Arnold.{{Cite news |last=Rita Sherrow |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/tv/zac-efron-channing-tatum-and-ben-stiller-are-running-wild/article_a41b552e-ada9-5f75-9810-e60b8cc72524.html |title=Zac Efron, Channing Tatum and Ben Stiller are 'Running Wild With Bear Grylls' starting Monday on NBC |date=27 July 2014 |work=Tulsa World |access-date=28 July 2014 |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430212458/https://tulsaworld.com/scene/tv/zac-efron-channing-tatum-and-ben-stiller-are-running-wild/article_a41b552e-ada9-5f75-9810-e60b8cc72524.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Douglas Cobb |url=http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-48-hours-with-zac-efron-review-video |title=Running Wild With Bear Grylls: 48 Hours With Zac Efron |date=28 July 2014 |work=The Guardian Liberty Voice |access-date=29 July 2014 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729104211/http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-48-hours-with-zac-efron-review-video/ |url-status=live }} Celebrities who took part in Season 2 were Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Drew Brees, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed Helms, Michelle Rodriguez, Ajay Devgan,{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/ajay-devgn-s-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-trailer-highlights-his-survival-instinct-in-the-indian-ocean-watch-101634018643388.html |title=Ajay Devgn's Into The Wild with Bear Grylls trailer highlights his survival instinct in the Indian Ocean. Watch |website=Hindustan Times |date=12 October 2021 |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722102857/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/ajay-devgn-s-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-trailer-highlights-his-survival-instinct-in-the-indian-ocean-watch-101634018643388.html |url-status=live }} Akshay Kumar, Rajanikanth,{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/after-rajinikanth-akshay-kumar-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-next-guest-is-ajay-devgn-7502967/lite/%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjevbeSt5D0AhXU7GEKHSIMC7gQFnoECFAQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw3XnRQz7-TVYjcznx6YPVoI%26ampcf%3D1|title=After Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, into the Wild with Bear Grylls' next guest is Ajay Devgn|date=12 September 2021|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111134448/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/after-rajinikanth-akshay-kumar-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-next-guest-is-ajay-devgn-7502967/lite/%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjevbeSt5D0AhXU7GEKHSIMC7gQFnoECFAQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw3XnRQz7-TVYjcznx6YPVoI%26ampcf%3D1/|url-status=dead}} India's prime minister Narendra Modi,{{cite web |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/entertainment/pm-modi-to-akshay-kumar-vicky-kaushal-5-indian-celebs-who-have-been-on-bear-grylls-show-drb-r2cnr7 |title=PM Modi to Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal, 5 Indian celebs who have been on Bear Grylls' show |website=Asianet Newsable |date=10 November 2021 |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129044025/https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/entertainment/pm-modi-to-akshay-kumar-vicky-kaushal-5-indian-celebs-who-have-been-on-bear-grylls-show-drb-r2cnr7 |url-status=live }} James Marsden, Michael B. Jordan, and President Barack Obama.[http://www.nbc.com/running-wild-with-bear-grylls/about Running Wild with Bear Grylls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728211350/http://www.nbc.com/running-wild-with-bear-grylls/about |date=28 July 2015 }}, nbc.com; accessed 15 August 2015.

{{Main|Bear Grylls: Mission Survive}}

In 2015, he began presenting the six-part ITV series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive which features eight celebrities on a twelve-day survival mission. The series began airing on 20 February 2015.{{Cite news |last=John Plunkett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/27/bear-grylls-celebrities-mission-survive-itv |title=Bear Grylls pushes celebrities to the limit in Mission Survive |date=27 January 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-date=12 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212174425/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/27/bear-grylls-celebrities-mission-survive-itv |url-status=live }} Mission Survive returned for a second series in 2016.[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/bear-grylls-mission-survive-return-second-series "Bear Grylls' 'Mission Survive' returning for second series"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414052840/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/bear-grylls-mission-survive-return-second-series |date=14 April 2015 }}, itv.com; accessed 15 August 2015.

In 2016, he presented a CITV series called Bear Grylls Survival School. Filming started in August 2015. The series began airing on 10 January 2016.[http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/beargryllssurvivalschool Bear Grylls Survival School] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702043002/http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/beargryllssurvivalschool |date=2 July 2015 }}, itv.com; accessed 15 August 2015.[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a661746/bear-grylls-to-front-citv-adventure-show-bear-grylls-survival-school.html#~pm1wp27Y9oRQWE Bear Grylls to front Citv adventure show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924233149/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a661746/bear-grylls-to-front-citv-adventure-show-bear-grylls-survival-school.html#~pm1wp27Y9oRQWE |date=24 September 2015 }}, digitalspy.co.uk; accessed 21 August 2015. A second series was scheduled to begin on 7 January 2017.

In summer 2015, China's Dragon TV ordered a Grylls-fronted adventure series titled {{ill|Survivor Games|zh|跟著貝爾去冒險}} (Chinese: 跟着贝尔去冒险). The series featured Grylls and eight Chinese celebrities and premiered on Dragon TV on 16 October 2015.[http://realscreen.com/2015/09/28/chinas-dragon-tv-orders-bear-grylls-survivor-games/ China's Dragon TV orders Bear Grylls' "Survivor Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008183802/http://realscreen.com/2015/09/28/chinas-dragon-tv-orders-bear-grylls-survivor-games/ |date=8 October 2015 }}, realscreen.com; accessed 16 October 2015.

In 2018, ITV began airing a new series similar to the USA series Running Wild with Bear Grylls called Bear's Mission with... This show focuses on one British celebrity taking an overnight adventure with Bear each episode. The series premiered on ITV in early 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fynqhs/bears-mission-episode-guide/ |title=Bear's Mission Series and Episode Guides {{!}} TV from RadioTimes |website=Radio Times |language=en |access-date=16 January 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135831/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fynqhs/bears-mission-episode-guide/ |url-status=dead }}

{{main|You vs. Wild}}

Later, Grylls went on to release an interactive series on streaming service Netflix.

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Grylls presented the revival of the Eco-Challenge series, which is titled World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji. It involved teams from around the world competing in an adventure race, which took place in Fiji. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 14 August 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2019/08/amazon-eco-challenge-teams-location/|title=Amazon's Eco-Challenge will have 66 teams racing in Fiji{{snd}}and a new name|date=1 August 2019|website=reality blurred|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821012506/https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2019/08/amazon-eco-challenge-teams-location/|url-status=live}}

Spring 2021, two-part ITV series featuring Jonny Wilkinson and Nicola Adams, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-bear-grylls-wild-adventure-specials|title=ITV commissions Bear Grylls Wild Adventure Specials|website=itv.com/presscentre|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225041349/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-bear-grylls-wild-adventure-specials|url-status=live}}

Premiered in July 2022, it is a spin-off of Grylls' long running Running Wild with Bear Grylls series.{{cite web|url=https://www.natgeotv.com/asia/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge-s1|title=Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge|website=natgeotv.com/asia|accessdate=8 August 2022|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808185154/https://www.natgeotv.com/asia/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge-s1|url-status=dead}} The series returned for a second season on 9 July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge-season-2-trailer-released/|title=Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge" Season 2 Trailer Released|website=whatsondisneyplus.com|accessdate=14 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714130921/https://whatsondisneyplus.com/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge-season-2-trailer-released/|url-status=live}}

In this documentary that aired on Channel 4 on 28 March 2023, Grylls travels to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy and to meet civilians caught up in the war with Russia.{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bear-grylls-meets-president-zelenskyy|title=Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy|website=channel4.com|accessdate=20 March 2023|archive-date=20 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320184840/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bear-grylls-meets-president-zelenskyy|url-status=live}}

Eight-part competition series; co-hosted with comedian Jordan Conley.{{cite web|url=https://wbd.com/tbs-new-competition-series-i-survived-bear-grylls-to-premiere-on-thursday-may-18/|title=TBS' New Competition Series "I Survived Bear Grylls" To Premiere On Thursday, May 18|website=wbd.com|date=11 April 2023 |accessdate=21 April 2023|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421174943/https://wbd.com/tbs-new-competition-series-i-survived-bear-grylls-to-premiere-on-thursday-may-18/|url-status=live}}

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Upcoming reality competition series starring Grylls, and presented by Holly Willoughby. The series will premiere on Netflix in 2025.{{cite web |last1=Kanter |first1=Jake |title=Netflix UK Unscripted Slate: Bear Grylls, Holly Willoughby Team For 'Bear Hunt'; Guy Ritchie Boards True Crime Doc 'Millennium Diamond Heist' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/netflix-uk-unscripted-slate-bear-grylls-holly-willoughby-bear-hunt-1235858382 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314181423/https://deadline.com/2024/03/netflix-uk-unscripted-slate-bear-grylls-holly-willoughby-bear-hunt-1235858382/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=14 March 2024}}

Outside of TV, Grylls works as a motivational speaker, giving speeches worldwide to corporations, churches, schools, and other organisations.

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Bear Grylls Ventures and NM Capital purchased British Military Fitness in September 2018 and re-branded as "Be Military Fit with Bear Grylls", to retain the existing abbreviation BMF. The company runs outdoor group fitness classes in 140 public parks and outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom. The classes are led by former or serving members of the British Armed Forces with recognised fitness training qualifications. It is Europe's largest outdoor fitness company.{{Cite news |url=http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |title=BMF teams up with Bear Grylls and rebrands as 'Be Military Fit' |date=27 September 2018 |work=Leisure Opportunities |access-date=2 October 2018 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141813/http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bemilitaryfit.com/blog/british-military-fitness-becomes-be-military-fit-with-bear-grylls |title=British Military Fitness becomes Be Military Fit with Bear Grylls |website=bemilitaryfit.com |access-date=2 October 2018 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141835/https://www.bemilitaryfit.com/blog/british-military-fitness-becomes-be-military-fit-with-bear-grylls |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Mark Hookham |first=Nicholas Hellen and |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/bear-grylls-gets-military-fitness-firm-in-shape-by-shedding-british-connection-s0rvzh8ql |title=Bear Grylls gets military fitness firm in shape by shedding British connection |date=30 September 2018 |work=The Sunday Times |access-date=2 October 2018 |issn=0956-1382 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002031922/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bear-grylls-gets-military-fitness-firm-in-shape-by-shedding-british-connection-s0rvzh8ql |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.healthclubmanagement.co.uk/health-club-management-news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |title=BMF teams up with Bear Grylls and rebrands as 'Be Military Fit' |date=27 September 2018 |work=Health Club Management |access-date=4 October 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004185703/http://www.healthclubmanagement.co.uk/health-club-management-news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |url-status=live }}

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Grylls is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, an organisation which provides training, financial, and practical support to young people in the United Kingdom.

Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid children around the world, were the beneficiaries of his 2007 accomplishment of taking a powered para-glider higher than Mount Everest. Grylls' held the highest ever dinner party at {{convert|25000|ft|m|order=flip}} in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, and launched the 50th anniversary of the Awards. His successful circumnavigation of Britain on jet skis raised money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Grylls' Everest climb was in aid of SSAFA Forces Help, a British-based charitable organisation which helps former and serving members of the British Armed Forces and their families and dependents. His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in the book Facing the Frozen Ocean was in aid of The Prince's Trust. His 2005 attempt to para-motor over the Angel Falls was in aid of the charity Hope and Homes for Children.{{Cite web |url=http://www.webchats.tv/webchat.php?ID=219 |title=Fancy An Adventure |last=Murray Norton |date=20 October 2005 |publisher=Webchats.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816111120/http://www.webchats.tv/webchat.php?ID=219 |archive-date=16 August 2007 |access-date=19 May 2007}}

In August 2010, Grylls continued his fund-raising work for Global Angels by undertaking an expedition through the Northwest Passage in a rigid inflatable boat. Many of his expeditions also support environmental causes such as his Antarctica expedition and his circumnavigation of Britain which tested a pioneering new fuel made from rubbish. In 2011, Grylls was in New Zealand during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Following the incident, he appeared on New Zealand advertisements encouraging people to donate money to help rebuild the city.{{Cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/the-island-with-bear-grylls/index-group-6186987 |title=The Island With Bear Grylls |website=TVNZ Ondemand |access-date=3 December 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801195620/http://tvnz.co.nz/the-island-with-bear-grylls/index-group-6186987 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalangels.org/angels/bear-grylls/ |title=Bear Grylls – Global Angels Global Angels |publisher=Globalangels.org |access-date=9 September 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906050022/http://www.globalangels.org/angels/bear-grylls/ |url-status=live }}

Grylls is also an ambassador for Care for Children, an organisation that partners with governments in Asia to help create a positive alternative to institutional care through local family-based care for disadvantaged children.{{Cite web |url=http://www.careforchildren.com/who-we-are/patrons-and-ambassadors |title=Patrons & Ambassadors – Who We Are – Care For Children – Family First in Asia |website=careforchildren.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018115245/http://www.careforchildren.com/who-we-are/patrons-and-ambassadors |archive-date=18 October 2016 |access-date=7 December 2016}} In 2014, Grylls designed a Scouts-themed Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Condé Nast |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609174122/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |url-status=live }}

Grylls said he spoke "from the heart" in backing "Remain" in the 2016 referendum. "At such a time for the UK to retreat, run and cut ourselves loose from Europe, when there are so many challenges on our doorstep, to me just doesn't feel either courageous or kind," he said. "Europe has many flaws, but I also believe the way to help resolve many of those tough issues is from within... I have never been a good quitter and I am so proud of the UK and our values: tolerance, kindness, respect, courage and resilience. This is why I want us to stay together and Remain in Europe."{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain) |work=The Independent |access-date=27 November 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |url-status=live }} In January 2020, he announced that he had asserted his right to Irish citizenship and had obtained an Irish passport.{{Cite news |last=Deirdre Falvey |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bear-grylls-s-dublin-surprise-he-s-irish-and-he-has-the-passport-to-prove-it-1.4134906 |title=Bear Grylls's Dublin surprise: He's Irish, and he has the passport to prove it |date=9 January 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111032626/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bear-grylls-s-dublin-surprise-he-s-irish-and-he-has-the-passport-to-prove-it-1.4134906 |url-status=live }}

Grylls was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to young people, the media and charity.{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=y|page=B12|date=8 June 2019}}

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On 16 November 2018, The World Organization of the Scout Movement announced the appointment of Bear Grylls as its first Chief Ambassador. Upon his appointment, he said "I'm very proud and humbled to take on this new role as Chief Ambassador of World Scouting and continue to promote the great work Scouting is doing across the globe. Scouting is a worldwide force for good that unites young people with positive values and an adventurous spirit. We aim to make a difference in our communities, help young people learn new skills, and be kind to all people."{{Cite web|title=Bear Grylls appointed as first Chief Ambassador of World Scouting|url=https://www.scout.org/bear-grylls-appointed-as-first-chief-ambassador-of-world-scouting|access-date=21 July 2020|website=www.scout.org|date=16 November 2018 |language=en|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721084042/https://www.scout.org/bear-grylls-appointed-as-first-chief-ambassador-of-world-scouting|url-status=live}}

Bear has long been a supporter of Scouting around the world, often visiting Scout groups on his filming missions, and appeared at the 24th World Scout Jamboree in his role as Chief Ambassador{{Cite web|date=24 July 2019|title=CHIEF AMBASSADOR BEAR GRYLLS INSPIRES MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE|url=https://www.scout.org/world-scouting-bear-grylls|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721105349/https://www.scout.org/world-scouting-bear-grylls|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Chief Scout (The Scout Association)}}

On 17 May 2009, The Scout Association announced Grylls would be appointed Chief Scout following the end of Peter Duncan's five-year term in July 2009.Pugh, Oliver, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090519191359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/grylls-puts-on-his-woggle-and-scouts-out-a-new-challenge-1686777.html "Grylls puts on his woggle and scouts out a new challenge"] Independent.co.uk, 18 May 2009. He was officially made Chief Scout at Gilwell 24 on 11 July 2009 at age 35{{cite web |date=15 July 2023 |title=Chief Scout Bear Grylls |url=https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/chief-scout/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016041648/https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/chief-scout/ |archive-date=16 October 2021 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=Scouts}} in a handover event featuring Peter Duncan in front of a crowd of over 3,000 Explorer Scouts. He is the tenth person to hold the position and the youngest Chief Scout since the role was created for Robert Baden-Powell in 1920.Quinn, Ben, [https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/may/17/bear-grylls-chief-scout "Survivalist Bear Grylls named as new Chief Scout"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305003733/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/may/17/bear-grylls-chief-scout |date=5 March 2017 }} Guardian.co.uk, 17 May 2009.{{cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=9 April 2015 |title=Scouts announce TV adventurer Bear Grylls reappointed as chief |url=https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2015/04/09/scouts-announce-tv-adventurer-bear-grylls-reappointed-as-chief |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028031835/https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2015/04/09/scouts-announce-tv-adventurer-bear-grylls-reappointed-as-chief |archive-date=28 October 2020 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=Grough}}[http://www.scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185 "Bear Grylls announced as new Chief Scout"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521075806/http://www.scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185 |date=21 May 2009 }}, Scouts.org.uk, 17 May 2009.

On 9 April 2015, The Scout Association announced that Grylls would continue as Chief Scout until 2018. Grylls wrote, "I am so proud that the largest youth movement on the planet has asked me to continue in my role as UK Chief Scout."{{Cite web |url=http://scouts.org.uk/news/2015/04/news-bear-grylls-to-stay-on-as-chief-scout-until-2018/ |title=Bear Grylls to stay on as Chief Scout until 2018 |date=9 April 2015 |website=The Scout Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613130305/http://scouts.org.uk/news/2015/04/news-bear-grylls-to-stay-on-as-chief-scout-until-2018 |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}

On 5 June 2015, in an interview with The Telegraph, Grylls praised the challenge of being Britain's youngest Chief Scout, saying: "Scouting humbles me every day."{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/adventure-travel-clothing/11646522/The-merits-of-being-chief-scout.html |title=Bear Grylls on the merits of being Chief Scout |date=5 June 2015 |website=The Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613130530/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/adventure-travel-clothing/11646522/The-merits-of-being-chief-scout.html |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}} He was succeeded as Chief Scout in 2024 by Dwayne Fields.{{cite news |date=5 September 2024 |title=Adventurer Dwayne Fields to succeed Bear Grylls as new UK chief scout |url=https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/national/24566591.adventurer-dwayne-fields-succeed-bear-grylls-new-uk-chief-scout/ |newspaper=Bracknell News |agency=PA News Agency}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/chief-scout/|title=Chief Scout - Scouts|access-date=16 October 2021|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016041648/https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/chief-scout/|url-status=live}}

On 29 March 2023, Grylls became an ambassador for the UNITED24 platform. His learning and development company BecomingX, together with Amazon and Accenture, is developing the BecomingX Ukraine learning platform for Ukrainians.{{Cite web |title=UNITED24 |url=https://t.me/U24_gov_ua/1915 |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=Telegram |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329132656/https://t.me/U24_gov_ua/1915 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Bear Grylls is a UNITED24 ambassador: the global adventurer has joined President Zelenskyy's fundraising platform |url=https://u24.gov.ua/news/grylls |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329201945/https://u24.gov.ua/news/grylls |url-status=live }}

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