REALITY
C4, 9.15pm Bear Grylls’ shouty voice combined with his smug face could send anyone running off to a desert island.
But his stern expression – a far cry from the amiable grins of Ant & Dec – should have raised alarm bells that this is not like cuddly reality show I’m A Celebrity. It’s far more hardcore than that.
The celebs have endured brutal storms and very little food – so much so that a medical check-up reveals that they are now dangerously underweight and could even be at risk of organ failure.
In this final instalment, Iwan Thomas decides to head into the mangroves on a secret night hunt to kill a caiman crocodile – but gets lost. Melody Thornton urges her campmates to build a waterproof shelter, without success. And when the mother of all storms strikes, the group is brought to its knees, with Melody and Lucy Mecklenburgh sending an angry ultimatum to Bear’s team for emergency blankets.
Stay tuned for some posttraumatic discussion in Surviving The Island With Bear Grylls.