Returning: Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Following on from his profile adventure with Barack Obama, Bear Grylls is back for a second series of Running Wild with Bear Grylls next month on Discovery.

Each week a different celebrity undergoes a crash course in survival techniques, over 10 episodes.

This season they include Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michelle Rodriguez, Drew Brees, Ed Helms, James Marsden and Michael B. Jordan.

Faced with some of their deepest fears, these intrepid celebrities will tackle everything from skydiving to rock rappelling as they journey through some of the world’s most unforgiving wildernesses. Pushing their minds and bodies to the limit, they will experience the excitement of being dropped into uncharted territory and tackling the terrain head-on to successfully complete their adventure.

In the first episode, Bear Grylls takes Michelle Rodriguez to one of the harshest environments in North America; the red deserts of Nevada, where the heat is only half the battle. The two make a breathtaking skydive from 10,000 feet, but unexpected high winds push Michelle off course and threaten to end their adventure before it begins. Their journey is not for the faint-hearted as they rappel down a steep, crumbling cliff, navigate through narrow slot canyons, hike over jagged rocks and treacherous boulders and share a stomach-churning meal both would soon rather forget.

Michelle may have a reputation as one of Hollywood’s bad girls, but beyond the tough exterior is a softer side as she opens up to Bear about her fears and personal loss. As they near their extraction point, Bear has one more challenge for Michelle: scaling a massive 105 metre peak which will test her physical limits to the extreme.

Tuesday 2 February at 7.30pm on Discovery.