Best Survival Shows

Contestants are pitted in a race to the finish against an expert wilderness tracker.

No food, no shelter, no fresh water - one man alone in the wild for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him.

Two survival experts, with very different mindsets, pair up and use their tactics to collaborate and overcome the challenges they face.

Bear Grylls travels the world in search of challenges to his survival skills.

Ten survival "experts" attempt to survive alone. The winner receives $500,000.

Five survival experts and friends send each other to harsh environments with only 100 hours to find civilization - and they have no idea when they're going to be taken there.

Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.

The everyday struggles of living in the secluded state of Alaska where one wrong decision could cost you your life.

Centers on Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe.

The mountains of North America hide dangers that few dare to face, but in spite of everything, some men have opted for this way of life in the wilderness.

Tradition collides with the residents of the isolated town of McCarthy, Alaska. The 42 souls who are brave enough to live there must battle the elements and each other to maintain their pioneer way of life.

City slickers get schooled by awesome hosts on their last chance to succeed off grid & survive off the land... among wildlife predators & natural disasters

Port Protection Alaska shows a real way to define expectations when Nature commands attention for essentials in a subsistence group of men and women numbering under 100.

Reality show where two strangers (typically 1 male, 1 female) try to survive in the wild for up to 21 days, naked.

Ed Stafford pushes his survival limits as he tries to survive in some of the worlds' toughest environments without even essential equipment and only a camera by his side.

Former British Army Captain Ed Stafford was the first person ever to walk the length of the Amazon River, but surviving completely alone on a desert island is his biggest adventure yet. Can he last 60 days on an uninhabited Fijian island with absolutely nothing? No survival tools, no rations, no clothes, no film crew... It's a daunting challenge and nobody's ever done it before. In fierce tropical heat, he has only hours to find water before dehydration ends his attempt before it's begun. He must master the island - and his fears - to find food and water, light fire, build a proper shelter, and progress from mere survival to the point where he could stay forever. Filmed entirely by Ed himself, there's never been a more authentic survival series on TV.

Primal Survivor tracks wilderness guide and survival instructor Hazen Audel as he tackles some of mankind's most rigorous journeys, relying on skills learned from native inhabitants.After first living with the locals to understand their way of life, he sets out on solo journeys through territories that push him to his very limits.

Four teams of elite survivalists compete in Alaska's harshest terrain. Military, mountaineers, woodsmen and athletes navigate glaciers and peaks with minimal gear, facing weather and wildlife. No prize-just pride in conquering nature.

An eight-part special event that documents the lives of some of the most isolated people in America - the last of their kind - as they struggle and thrive in Alaska's untouched wilderness located hundreds of miles from roads, civilization and each other.

The ultimate team survival competition pits contestants in a series of grueling activities in a race around the globe.

Adventurers and their teams battle Mother Nature to build unique homes in remote areas. From Montana to the North Pole, from yurts to log cabins to Earthships, will they build in time to beat their deadlines?

In the DIY Network series Building Alaska, viewers follow a cast of characters who set out to construct incredible cabins in rugged and remote areas in the Alaskan wilderness.

Chase Morrill, his sister Ashley, Ashley's husband Ryan Eldridge, team members Matthew Dix, Jared Baker, Brad Weston, and Lance Gatcomb, and other team members, breathe new life into their clients' cabins across the Great State of Maine.

This charming group of West Virginia craftsmen honor their ancestors as they reclaim and restore some of America's oldest and most beautiful barns and cabins.