Tue, Oct 6, 2015
New Zealand hunter Josh James and British chef Matt Tebbutt travel to Copper Canyon in Northern Mexico. Five times bigger than the Grand Canyon, it's one of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the world, but also one of the harshest. They will be dropped into the remote wilderness and will test themselves against nature, taking only the bare minimum of a kit. Josh has a bow and arrow, a slingshot, machete and fish hooks, while Matt has just a cooking pot, knife and water bottle. Using these basic tools they hunt and forage for everything they need to survive for seven long days and nights. Their aim is not just to survive, but to eat the very best food they can. Matt finds an unfamiliar Mexican agave and does his best to turn it into a mouth-watering meal. Josh goes hunting for the Canyon's famous wild turkeys and even manages to snare a raccoon, but disaster strikes when Matt begins cooking.
Tue, Nov 3, 2015
Kiwi hunter Josh James and British chef Matt Tebbutt travel to Kuusamo in Northern Finland, a dreadful icy wilderness on the Baltic Coast, used as an extreme training ground for the world's top Special Forces soldiers. It's so cold here that the sea freezes. Josh and Matt are determined to not just survive here, but to live like kings for the next seven days. With deep snow, treacherous ice, brutal temperatures and no obvious food sources, this punishing place is about to push these two men beyond the limit of anything they have ever experienced. Matt struggles to forage for any edible food growing under the thick snow cover, and although Josh spots some animal trails, poor visibility and extreme cold are hindering his hunting efforts. In their desperation to eat, Matt is forced to make porridge from tree bark. This is survival at its most extreme.
Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Kiwi hunter Josh James and British chef Matt Tebbutt are dropped in Borneo's Kinabatangan River, surrounded by one of the most dramatic mangrove swamps in the world. This remote and complex ecosystem is home to many exotic animals; monkeys, tropical birds, deer, badgers and porcupines live alongside poisonous snakes and saltwater crocodiles. The swamp is claustrophobic and unfamiliar, and the team's relationship becomes tense when Josh loses Matt's only cooking pot in the river. Repeated hunting failures leave the men exhausted, but hunger forces them to adapt to the harsh terrain and start thinking like the locals.