The island with Bear Grylls

[susiedaisy]

Anyone watching??

[ViviPru]

Well I'm not put off by the fact that the cameramen have experience of hostile environments, (I doubt very much they've ever had to 'survive') the fact the water source has been fortified or the cayman being planted. Based on BG's responses to the criticisms I still think it's a valid format. Sam is hot. And Rupert has that brooding masterful edge.

I love shows like this. I loved Castaway and this is just like that except without all the whiny airheads. I love watching people's characters emerge and bonds develop without too much heavy intervention from production as most other reality shows are now victim to.

[qazxc]

I was chuckling at the thought of Ryan coming back only for Tony to disclose his plan to become his bodyguard/shadow, that would have sent anybody running for the hills.

[ThreeLannistersOneTargaryen]

The best line in this episode: "building a fire under the emerging moon" as Ryan's shorts fall ever lower on his backside.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

I think Ryan has got bollocks for being able to see his shortcomings, and acting upon them.
He's been daft and acted his shoe size rather than his age but I've done that without the demands of being on a desert island as an excuse.....

Tony is relying on being the self righteous voice of authority.If only he could use his leadership skills in a more altruistic way.

I rate Joe the farmer.He's quietly getting on with being a useful member of the team.I also like the cameraman who helped look for Ryan.

[Tigresswoods]

Fair play to them all, I'd have voted for leaving Ryan to it. I thought they handled that situation well over all.

[Tigresswoods]

Fair play to them all, I'd have voted for leaving Ryan to it. I thought they handled that situation well over all.

[Doristhecamel]

Ryan is a selfish dick isn't he!

[AtYourCervix]

Can we vote for who gets eaten first?

I vote Tony.

[JonSnowsPout]

I'd of killed and cooked Tony on day one

[TheSpottedZebra]

I thought that Tony was sweet when he gave Ryan a cuddle - actually seemed quite caring and genuine.
Still bloody annoying however.

[TheSpottedZebra]

You can really tell who are the 4x 'experts' - they've rather taken charge now, haven't they?
And how did I not notice before that Kif (sp?) has lost an arm?

[qazxc]

Even though Ryan is acting like an absolute stroppy teenager, I'd still rather be stuck on a desert island with him rather than Tony (the policeman). Everytime he opens his mouth I feel all stabby

[ballsballsballs]

When's the Lord of the Flies episode?

[qazxc]

So we've had the fire and water episode, the food episode, any guesses for this week?
Hoping they have more interesting conversation than shitting and wanking or it's going to get pretty boring.

[LEMmingaround]

So not only were the camen fecking tortured and suffered great distress before it died. It was put there for that reason.

[Cleanthatroomnow]

Ha Ha -- I rest my case. Article in The Times today admitting they were given food, crocs were "placed", 4 of the "ordinary men" were trained specialists , and the water supply was organised.

Sorry, can't do link right now.

Disappointing....but not surprising.

[Vivacia]

Some good points, and the training of some of the men puts the position of some of the others (i.e. the young call handler) in to perspective.

[2rebecca]

In New Zealand you get sand flies though as someone else mentioned and they don't need standing water. it may be they are in a rare area with no bity insects though but I'm surprised no-one has mentioned bity insect either for their presence or absence. That's the thing I hate most about wilderness areas and hot holidays.

[FoxSticks]

Sorry that should have read standing fresh water.

Even the fire extinguishers and things like that doesn't bother me, they would get in a lot of trouble if they burnt the island down! I am annoyed that these aren't all "normal" guys. Some of them have a lot of background experience in survival shows.

[FoxSticks]

I don't find the insect bites suspicious as you need standing still water for mosquitoes to breed and there isn't much of that around. I think the Maldives,for example are pretty much mossie free in dry season aren't they? I do think the cameramen having worked on other series is a bit of a con don't you?

[StillaChocoholic]

DH is home for the weekend so he catching up on this and has just spotted a fire extinguisher next to a tree. It's looking like its fake to me.

[2rebecca]

It wouldn't annoy me as much if they came clean and said "the water pool had dried up so we recreated it and we imported a couple of crocodiles so they didn't starve and gave them all DEET and factor 50 so they didn't want to go home after 24 hours.
Tropical island beaches (or even just new Zealand) are always full of biting insects, especially at dusk. The lack of whinging even by the whiny one about this is suspicious.

[Vivacia]

So the evidence for it being faked is a surplus of wood and a lack of sunburn and insect bites and something to do with wrestlers?

I'm not convinced.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

I have to say that I am surprised that they don't seem to have been covered in sandfly bites.

[FoxSticks]

Bum. I'm feeling all disillusioned now. a fail link

See when the voiceover man talked about the guys with the cameras, I thought they were saying some of the normal guys had also been trained to use the cameras. Not that they were professional cameramen. Who just happened to have worked on survival shows before. Was it just me who thought that?

Naughty Bear. You would have thought he'd learnt his lesson. I think the scouts should boot him out or at least take a badge off him.