Running Wild with Bear Grylls…
FACTUAL 9PM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
…The Challenge. Bear returns to take more celebrities into challenging terrain to see if they have what it takes to thrive in unfamiliar surroundings. Tonight, he’s joined by Oscar-winning actor Natalie Portman, currently to be seen in cinemas in Thor: Love and Thunder (there’s an amusing bit of business when Bear gives Natalie some vital tools for survival, including a very Thor-looking mallet). They’re in the Escalante Desert, Utah, where it’s blazing hot, but at least Bear is unlikely to insist on a snack of maggots or the like as Natalie has told him she’s vegan… ★★★ JP