Despite a new-ish title, the Fox reality series Bear Grylls Is Running Wild isn’t new; it’s been around under various titles on both NBC and Nat Geo since 2014. In its first season on Fox, though, Grylls and company are going on rugged two-day adventures with some pretty big-name celebrities.
Opening Shot: “FOLGEFONNA GLACIER” On a glacier in Norway, we see Matthew McConaughey riding a dogsled.
The Gist: In each episode of Bear Grylls Is Running Wild, the British survivalist meets a celebrity in a remote location and takes them on a rugged two-day adventure, which usually consists of lots of climbing or rappelling, consuming weird food cooked over a fire, and lots of talking about lives and careers.
Grylls flies in on a helicopter and meets Matthew McConaughey on that Norwegian glacier. There’s lots of ice and snow around, but because it’s summer, there’s lots of greenspace for the
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