World of Survival

2 Seasons1997 - 1998NR24m7.8

Ray Mears' World of Survival is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and Russia. The show was first broadcast in 1997 with "The Arctic", and ended in 1998. It would be followed by Extreme Survival. In World of Survival, Ray demonstrates his wilderness skills and is taught new...

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Arctic

Aired: Feb 23, 1997

Ray Mears looks at how the Inuit of Baffin Island survive in temperatures as ...

Episode 2 Arnhemland

Aired: Mar 2, 1997

Ray meets the Aborigines who live in northern Australia in amazingly high tem...

Episode 3 Siberia

Aired: Mar 9, 1997

Ray is dropped by helicopter on a nameless location, roughly 63N 96E, in the ...

Episode 4 Savaii Western Samoa

4. Savaii Western Samoa

Aired: Mar 16, 1997

Ray visits Savii, one of the rather isolated islands of Western Samoa, where ...

Episode 5 Namibia

Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Ray learns some more survival skills from the Jo'hansi bushmen of Namibia.

Episode 6 The Spice Islands

6. The Spice Islands

Aired: Mar 30, 1997

Ray travels to the island of Seram and meets the Nuaulu, a rainforest people ...

Main Cast

Ray MearsPresenter

Info about World of Survival

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres:Documentary