Man vs. Wild

Season 4

14 episodes 8 seasons

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Man vs. Wild Season 4 released on August 12, 2009.

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S04E01 Aired August 12, 2009

Arctic Circle

Grylls goes to the Arctic Circle, where he encounters a frozen waterfall, wild reindeer and some of the coldest conditions on the planet.

S04E02 Aired August 19, 2009

Alabama

Grylls wrestles a pig, squeezes through some tight spots, and survives a forest fire in the swamps of Alabama. It is revealed that Grylls broke his shoulder while in Antarctica two months previously.

S04E03 Aired August 26, 2009

Vietnam

Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

S04E04 Aired September 02, 2009

Texas

In Western Texas, Grylls falls to earth from an upturned biplane into the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake.

S04E05 Aired September 09, 2009

Alaska

Grylls returns to the wilderness of Alaska to survive the dangerous terrain of the Last Frontier.

S04E06 Aired September 16, 2009

Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Part Two

In his ultimate survival guide Grylls takes on dangerous snakes, fishes for catfish using his finger as bait and joins tribes who survive in the worlds toughest terrains, eats raw goats testicles in the Sahara, and hunts porcupines.

S04E07 Aired September 23, 2009

The Inside Story

The Man vs. Wild crew who follow Grylls on his travels across the globe, tell how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal just how they make Man vs. Wild.

S04E08 Aired January 06, 2010

Pacific Island

Grylls is on a deserted Panamanian island; he creates fresh water and chooses to use tribal fishing techniques before battling the sea on a makeshift raft. Later in the episode he gives himself an enema in order to stay hydrated on the open seas.

S04E09 Aired January 13, 2010

China

In Southern China Grylls arrives in the aftermath of a tropical typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, scales slippery limestone faces, avoids disaster with stinging ants, and utilizes ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food.

S04E10 Aired January 20, 2010

Big Sky Country

Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train.

S04E11 Aired January 27, 2010

Guatemala

Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala, navigates a waterfall in an underground cave, creates a nest to safely sleep in but gets an unwelcome bed buddy, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins.

S04E12 Aired February 03, 2010

Urban Survivor

Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for a city environment keep him alive in a concrete wasteland in Gdynia, Poland.

S04E13 Aired February 10, 2010

Shooting Survival

Behind the scenes with Grylls's crew.

S04E14 Aired February 17, 2010

North Africa

Grylls crosses the Sahara desert to the North Africa coast, where he catches an octopus, fashions a shelter out of acacia trees and dines on moths and locusts.