Bear Grylls Is Running Wild: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bear Grylls Is Running Wild follows legendary adventurer Bear Grylls as he takes some of the most famous people on the planet into the wild for a 48-hour journey of a lifetime. With thrilling action and revealing conversations, Bear takes his guests on unforgettable adventures in breath-taking wilderness and reveals a side of some of your favorite people like you've never seen before. This season, Bear Grylls leads cast members on a globe-spanning adventure through some of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes — from Norway's glacial wilderness to the legendary mountains of Eryri in Wales. The journeys cut through Arctic rainforest, vast canyonlands, and brutal desert terrain, pushing participants to their limits with glacier crossings, canyon descents, high-risk extractions, and an adrenaline-charged freefall from 11,000 feet, into an adventure along the Irish Sea.

Series details

• Title: Bear Grylls Is Running Wild
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2026-04-21
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 90732

Cast and credited roles

• Bear Grylls — Bear Grylls

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-04-21; final listed air date 2026-06-09; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bear Grylls Is Running Wild on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.