-[suspenseful music plays] -[birds chatter]
[epic music plays]
[hawk screeches]
-[music fades] -[helicopter whirs]
Twelve celebrities are currently making their way
through the Costa Rican jungle
to take part in the ultimate game of cat and mouse
with the legendary Bear Grylls.
He made me say the last bit.
I've done many wild things in my life, but I've never hunted celebrities.
That is about to change.
I believe the skills I use to survive in the wild
can change us all for the better.
I'm trying not to get a drip… drip on my shirt.
[Bear] Even celebrities.
Yo, get the shoulder.
-[Bear] So I'm gonna help this lot… -[Leomie] Action.
…discover their inner strength…
-[laughs] -…grit…
-I feel like a movie star. -…and resilience.
Oh my God. Please leave me alone. There's ants on me! [whimpers]
[Bear] They'll live together…
Yo! Ho ho!
[all cheer]
-[Steph] A shark! -[shrieks]
[Joe] I'm not sure whether I ticked "deep tissue."
[laughs]
-[bed cracks] -Oh, I'm so sorry.
You're so grumpy every time you lose.
[Bear] …learn survival skills…
-[Big Zuu] Everyone acts all nicey nice. -We're wasting time.
When it comes to this, you see the truth.
Little bit of pee in here. You're gonna love it.
-[retches] -[Bear] …and compete in epic challenges.
-It's gonna sink. -[screams]
-Trust nothing. -[Lottie screams]
I don't think they knew what they were signing up for.
Help! I can't breathe!
[Steph] He's there in an oxygen thing.
-[Bear] If they fail… -[Steph screams, grunts]
-[thud] -[yelps] Ow! Ow!
[Bear] …they will face the most primal survival test… of all.
[foreboding music plays]
Being hunted down in nature's deadliest escape room…
If they're not scared now,
they should be.
[tense music plays]
[music builds]
[Bear] …the Bear Pit…
[Steph echoes] What the hell was that?
[music continues building]
[music abates]
[Bear] …where only the most resourceful…
-[Mel B] That's Bear there. -[Bear] …will survive.
[Kola] That place…
[echoes] …is like hell.
[Bear] Once you enter the Bear Pit,
all gloves are off.
-[tense music resumes] -[grunts]
[Big Zuu] Oh God. If I drop, I drop into a crocodile pool.
-Just letting everyone know. -[Una] Snake.
[Steph screams]
I'm shaking. Look at that.
[bang]
I can't take it any longer.
He is gonna be formidable prey.
[woman screams]
[shrieks]
-No! -[panting]
Another one bites the dust.
Oh my God. It's so hard.
[belches] Oh my God. I'm so sorry about that.
That was disgusting, but I feel like I'm about to throw up.
[Bear] Who will become the last celebrity…
[music builds]
[breathing heavily]
-…standing? -[man yells]
[foreboding music plays]
I think this is prime Bear country.
[monkeys chattering]
[birds squawking]
[monkey howling]
[expectant music rising]
[dramatic music plays]
[Mel B] Obviously, one of my mottos is "girl power."
I've been shouting it… [chuckling] …since I was 19.
I'm a mum. I'm a warrior.
Doing this just gets to show that women are badasses.
[Boris] I'm most famous
for being the youngest Wimbledon champion of all time,
but I've made mistakes in my life that cost me dearly.
I've been inside prison,
where survival is very important in a different context.
I'm totally out of my comfort zone in the great outdoors,
because I'm a control freak.
I like to control the situations that I'm in,
and that's partly why I'm here.
[Big Zuu] Not something you do when you come from the hood.
You do not do challenges in Costa Rica.
The main thing I wanna get is reflection on myself
away from, like, social media, away from my phone,
away from the comfort of Big Zuu world.
[Shirley] People associate me with seeing me on a Saturday night.
Glitz, glamour, baubles, bangles, and beads.
Being in dancing all my life,
having grown up with a single parent on a housing estate,
I learned very early on that work ethic is key.
I'm very competitive,
so I will be giving everything I can to make it till the end.
[music abates]
[tense music plays]
Here they come.
-Well, hi! -[Laurence] Hello!
[celebrities cheering]
-[Holly] Welcome. Out you get. -[Joe grunts]
[Holly] Well done, Mel. No time to waste. Are you ready?
-Yay! -[Holly] Come over here.
[music fades]
-Welcome to Costa Rica. -Wahey!
-[Mel B] Oh my God. -Yeah!
You made it. This is very real now. How are you feeling?
It is hot, bruv.
-It is hot. -It's heavy. It's muggy. Yeah.
We've brought you out into the midday sun,
and that's because Bear wants to give you a taste of what's to come.
A little trial run for the Bear Pit, if you like.
Your challenge is to get from these mudflats… to base camp,
your home for the next 18 days.
So get yourselves into two groups and grab your bags.
-Hey.
[Mel B] "JT"?
JT? That's me. Thank you, Mel.
The word "survival" means nothing to me 'cause I've never had to do it.
Good luck, Greens.
Thanks, Blues.
The survival I've had to do is, like, survive a stressful meeting.
So I wanna learn. I genuinely wanna learn.
Come on. Let's go, crew.
When I was in the public eye when I was younger,
it felt like a lot of pressure.
It felt like a nation was viewing you in a certain light.
But it's nice to let that go so I can dive into the new part of life.
And I'm just excited about being out in the jungle to start with.
[Holly] Before you set off, there's just one little thing you need to know.
-You see that up there? -[helicopter blades whirring]
-[Big Zuu laughs] -[Lottie] Oh, whoa.
That is Bear.
-[Steph] Oh my God. -[Boris chuckles]
Wagwan, Bear, you all right?
[pilot] Okay, Bear, 6,000 feet.
[Bear] Roger that. Ready, ready.
[Holly] Bear will use today's hunt
as an opportunity to observe and evaluate your performance
before, of course, going in for the kill.
So look out for each other, and don't stray too far from the pack,
because if you make a mistake, he's gonna take you down.
Anybody he catches will be sent to the dreaded Bear Pit.
[tense music continues]
-So good luck and get going. -Let's go, team.
-[Holly] Go, go! -[Big Zuu] Let's go.
[Joe] All right. All right.
Let the hunt… begin.
Bit much.
[dramatic music plays]
[Lottie] Kola, you're so quick, bro.
-[parachute rustles] -[Bear] Woo-hoo!
Wow. A lot of dense jungle.
I know they're down there,
but, from up here, it's like a needle in a haystack.
[Holly] There are three ways to exit the mudflats.
By boat, jeep, or helicopter.
But to aid their escape, the teams will need to locate special tools.
All the information they need is at their starting posts.
I feel like he's gonna pop out already. I don't know why.
Okay, look. There's a little clearing. That's what I'm gonna aim for.
[chute whooshes]
[dramatic music continues]
[music abates]
[tense music plays]
The first thing that just hits you here is the heat.
For these guys, as rookies to this sort of jungle,
this is already gonna be a baptism by fire.
[Laurence] So not built for running.
Okay, we ready? We've got some celebrities to hunt.
Mind your feet here. It looks slippery.
We've got a map, guys.
We're here. Our exit's that way, so our first boat is here.
[Holly] The only way for the blue team to get to the beach
is across a crocodile-infested river.
Classic Bear Grylls.
I need some help with this boat, you know. Keep eyes out for Bear.
Come from the ends, bro.
The biggest thing I've ever done is probably a zip line once
when I was in year six.
-[Una] Want me to help you with that? -No. You're good. Just keep eyes out.
But I reckon I'm good in the wilderness.
I'm from Africa. I'm from Sierra Leone.
I've been in the jungle, my granddad's house.
[laughs]
Okay. Right, we need to get this other boat.
I reckon you jump in.
-[rock music plays] -[Una] Oh.
Can I swim?
I am a singer, a songwriter,
but my most important job of all
is that I am a single mum to two amazing little kids.
I'm gonna go to help the girls.
My divorce was a very hard time,
'cause it's a family being broken up, and all of that.
I'm doing this for them. I hope to make them proud.
They said every night when they go to bed, they're gonna think of me,
know they're wishing me well.
That's literally gonna help me get through this.
That's the other boat. We've just gotta pull it out of the water.
[Holly] So the celebs don't get devoured by the local wildlife,
Bear has provided three two-man boats.
Enough, in theory, to get the whole team safely to the beach.
-[Big Zuu] Watch your foot. -[Danny] It's good. It's good.
-[Big Zuu] Aw. Can you see the holes? -[Danny] Yeah, yeah.
[Holly] The only catch is one leaks like a sieve
and needs the right size bungs to repair it…
[Big Zuu] We need to fill the boat.
[Holly] …which the celebrities must find using their map.
[Big Zuu] Let's go. Let's… let's move.
[Una] I think it's this way.
[whispers] Wait. I can hear voices from over there.
[Mel B] I think we've gone too far.
Where are the "bong" things?
I'm doing this 'cause I think I just want to know more about myself.
Right, we've got to be quick, 'cause he could be coming for us.
For such a long time, I was very much in a controlling relationship,
so now I've come out of that, it's like rediscovering myself again.
[tense music plays]
[Bear] So I've set a bunch of trip wires,
and if they're triggered, they go off with a bang.
I wanna test whether they've got that situational awareness.
I wanna see how they react under pressure.
Nothing on this side?
[Bear] There they are.
And for this hunt,
I'm only gonna go in for the kill if one of them splits off from the group.
[tense music builds]
Oh, there's a booby trap here
that nearly… nearly got me.
Being a model, people think that I'm a Barbie,
that maybe I'm not so smart.
Pay attention, people.
There's a trap here, you lot. Please step over it.
Living in model apartments in New York,
you're living with the rats, the roaches, and the girls who are hungry for success.
So I'm very prepared for this. I'm very up for the challenge.
[Danny] There's a bung.
-[Leomie] I'm saying these orange things. -Yep. Untie them. Untie them.
[Leomie] I've got one. Another one there.
[Danny] Hey, someone keep an eye out for Bear.
[Big Zuu] Is that all of them? We can come back.
-[Una] Let's go. -[Big Zuu] Let's go.
[dramatic drum music plays]
-[music abates] -[birds chattering]
-Okay. -[slow, pulsing music plays]
Well, they stayed together as a group,
but it doesn't look like they've collected all the bungs they need
to make sure that final boat is seaworthy.
More haste, less speed.
-[Leomie] Everybody good? Where's Boris? -Boris, he's with Big Zuu.
[Boris pants]
I can't go faster.
-[Big Zuu] Boris, you good? -[Boris groans] No.
I slipped. It was my knee.
I heard a crack.
Now my muscles around my leg are cramping.
[grunts softly]
These are too small.
-[Una] I know. -[Mel B] We need bigger ones.
[indistinct chatter]
-Okay. -[Mel B] I'm not going back there.
-I'll go back -[Mel B] Be really careful.
[dramatic sting]
[foreboding music plays]
[music rises]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
Okay.
[exhales] Okay.
[suspenseful music building]
[music halts]
-[dramatic sting] -[Leomie] Oh no.
[dramatic music plays]
-[Bear] Hey. Stop, Leomie. -[Leomie pants]
Okay. Down we go.
Stay put. Good effort.
[Leomie sighs]
Stay put. I'll be back for you.
[Leomie sighs]
The one thing that I didn't want has happened straightaway.
I ran as hard as I could,
wasn't fast enough, but now I know he's fast.
-[Mel B] Leomie? -[Boris] Leomie?
-Where's Leomie? -[Mel B] Leomie?
Let's go!
-[Leomie] I've been caught! -[Mel B] Oh my God.
[Danny] Come. Let's go, Mel. We're gonna go.
Well, we're gonna have to.
[dramatic music continues]
-[Danny] We're just gonna go. -[Bear] They've got the boat.
Their extraction is down the river.
-[Danny] Keep going. -[Boris] Come.
[Mel B] Oh my God.
I-- My boat's sinking.
They've abandoned Mel. They've just left her to go it on her own.
But she doesn't have enough bungs…
[ominous music plays]
…and there are crocodiles in this estuary.
They've hung her out to dry.
[suspenseful music plays]
Mel!
Stop, stop!
That boat will sink.
You're then in the water with crocs.
We do this the easy way or the hard way.
That boat is going down. You've got about 30 seconds.
It's gonna sink.
-[Danny] Oar in and pull. -[Big Zuu] One, two, three.
-[Danny] Yeah. -[Big Zuu] One, two, three.
[dramatic music builds]
-[music abates] -[Mel B grunts]
[tense music plays]
You, Mel B, are caught.
-[dramatic sting] -[Bear huffs]
I think we could've worked better as a team.
So, yeah, I got the boat with holes, and I got caught by Bear.
-I'm gonna leave you here, Mel. -[Mel B] Okay.
-[Bear] I'm gonna go and get the others. -[Mel B] Okay.
-[resonant pinging] -[dramatic drum music plays]
[Holly] Across the mudflats,
the green team have split.
[resonant ping]
Three are going for the helicopter exit,
while the others have chosen to escape to base camp using the jeep.
[dramatic music continues]
[Steph] You're right. Around this corner, we need to go into the bush.
[Lottie] This way.
[Holly] Lottie, Joe, and Steph are on the hunt for three keys they need
to unlock the jeep and drive it away.
-[Steph] You think that's it? -[Joe] I think so.
Oh my God. I'm panicking.
I'm Lottie Moss, and I am best known for being Kate Moss's sister
or being a model.
[whimsical music plays]
Survival is just the story of my life. [laughs]
Jungle Barbie activated.
I wanna take part in this because I'm very ADHD,
so I have a lot going on in my brain at all times.
I've had a really tough few years,
and I just wanna show I can do really incredible things.
[Bear] Look. Three celebs from the green team. [pants]
[Steph] Okay, this is quite open.
[Bear] They must be going for the jeep.
[Lottie] Oh my God, guys. There's another key!
-[Joe] Oh my God. -[Steph] Lottie, you're smashing it.
[Joe] Well done. Well done. Right. Let's go.
[tense music plays]
[Bear softly] They're totally unobservant, just walking along,
never once looking behind them.
[snorts, laughs]
-We've got this now. -We have totally got this.
Everything I've done in my life,
I've either been in, like, a TV studio or in a business setting.
I really wanna do this show
because I wanna be pushed out of my comfort zone.
Joe, come on.
This is nice, isn't it?
The thing I'll miss the most is definitely my mobile phone.
I can't imagine not looking at my phone every day.
I'm a news junkie. I wanna know what's going on.
Hang on. Is that the jeep?
-[Joe chuckles] -[Steph] Yes! Get in.
But I'm also looking forward to that.
I wanna get away from all the kind of things that distract you in life
and just absorb myself
in this crazy situation I've found myself in. [chuckles]
[unsettling music plays]
I'll jump in the driver's seat. [grunts]
[Bear] Steph's just got in the 4x4.
She's still gotta help them unlock the wheels.
Come on.
Oh, come on!
-[Lottie] You're giving Inbetweeners. -[Joe] Yeah, I know, honestly.
[tense music building]
-Right. -She's not doing anything.
Steph is the one I'm gonna capture.
[dramatic drum music plays]
-Chain it. -[Joe] Okay.
Okay.
-Ah! -[Lottie] Oh my God!
-[Steph shrieks] -Gimme the… Gimme the keys.
[shrieks]
-[dramatic music plays] -[Joe grunts]
Seeing Bear, it was terrifying. Like, it's… Yeah, um…
My heart's going. It's still going.
He just literally came out of nowhere.
-Give me your hands. -God. You're really scary. You know that?
Oh man!
I'm raging.
-Worse than a night out in Middlesbrough. -[chuckles] You, you're coming with me.
[Steph] I'm used to a handshake
or, at a push, a hug when someone greets me.
I'm not used to being grabbed around the head
and then tied up and pulled off.
[tense music plays]
[Laurence] I brought another one.
There's nothing in that one. There's nothing in it!
Keep looking round. Keep looking round.
[Holly] For the other half of the green team,
the helicopter escape is not the glamorous option they'd hoped for.
Shirley, Kola, and Laurence must each set off a flare in the landing zone.
But naturally, Bear has hidden them in ammo boxes around the mudflats,
and so far, only Shirley has found one.
[Laurence] Have you got it?
-[Shirley] Yeah. Keep your eyes open. -I'm looking.
[whimsical music plays]
I'm very used to seeing myself described as flamboyant,
but don't be taken in by the rinky-dink pink suit.
I'm actually quite hard.
[breathes heavily]
When you get to an age like 60,
it is incredibly important to never stop being brave.
Boomers were brought up to believe that we were gonna live fast, die young.
It was all rock and roll. You know, we were never gonna make 60.
And look, here I am.
What do boomers do at 60?
Obviously come to Costa Rica and take on Bear Grylls. Obvs.
[whimsical music continues]
-[tense music plays] -[Kola] There's nothing in it.
[Laurence] I think we need to bring them all.
[Shirley] Go back. Go back. Go back.
[Kola] All right, guys!
I grew up in Peckham, South London.
I can't find any.
I've come from a big family…
Oh my God.
…where, if you don't speak up, like, you… you… you could starve.
You know? [chuckles]
So, yeah, I am competitive, and I do wanna win.
But I think, yeah, I might be able to outsmart Bear.
-[pop] -[Kola] Oh, [bleep]!
I mean, I can elude him by drama-school days.
Tree. You know? [chuckles] Branch.
-[pop] -Oh, [bleep]!
-What's that? -[Laurence] It was a trip wire.
Well done for letting Bear know where we are.
[suspenseful action music plays]
[Bear] Trip wires.
Sounds like they're pretty close.
How do you open?
Yes, found one!
[music rises, fades]
Good. One more.
[Bear] I'm here in the nick of time. They still haven't found all the flares.
-Come on, Laurence. You can do this. -[Laurence] I am doing it.
[whispers] If one of them comes back, I'm gonna take them down.
[suspenseful music plays]
[Laurence] Where is this thing?
Bloody hell.
Last flare.
Oh my God.
[panting]
[music rises, fades]
[Laurence grunts]
-[grunts] -[Bear] Yes.
[tense music builds]
-[Laurence yells] -[music fades]
I've been Beared! Go!
[Shirley] Laurence?
Give me your hands.
Oh my God. Tied up as well. I normally pay extra for that.
[tense music builds]
[Shirley] Laurence!
Get in the helicopter!
Oh my God. He's caught.
[dramatic music plays]
-Are you ready? One, two, three. -Yeah.
We will always be grateful to Laurence for shouting "get on the helicopter,"
because it gave us an opportunity to pull those flares.
[epic music plays]
[music crescendoes]
[music fades]
Well, that was a bun-fight, to be honest.
A bit of a baptism by fire, not just to the environment.
-You can see it's hot. -[Big Zuu] One, two…
Soon as you start running, moving fast anywhere, it's hard work.
Throw in a bit of adrenaline and fear, it becomes exponentially harder.
So lots to improve on.
[Boris] It's not about the size of the boat but the rhythm of the ocean.
Not too hard, not too quick. Just… consistent.
[Danny] Yeah? Where have you learned that, Boris?
-[Boris] That's it. -[Danny chuckles]
[epic music resumes]
[Lottie] It was unfortunate for Steph,
but I do think we did have a really good strategy.
-Okay, I'm gonna unchain it. -[Joe] Okay.
[Lottie] I think we actually thought really quickly on our feet.
-Yes! -[Joe] Okay.
-Oh my God. Yes. Yes. -[Joe] Well done. Okay. Right.
-[Lottie squeals] -[Joe] Ah.
-[Lottie] Okay. -All right.
-Whoo! Yes! Yes! -[Lottie] Whoo!
-[Big Zuu] Let's go! Let's go! -Get out.
Good job. Good job.
[Big Zuu] I can now say in my life,
"I ran away from Bear Grylls, and I was successful."
[epic music continues]
-[Joe] Yeah! Whoo! -[Lottie] Whoo!
-[Joe] Yes! Whoo! -[Lottie] Yes!
Hey!
-All I wanna do… -[Danny] Is get a tan.
-[Big Zuu sighs] -[Boris chuckles]
Well done.
You okay?
[Shirley sighs]
[music fades]
-[Laurence] Jammy! -[Steph] Bye!
Oh no! That's fine!
-Goodness. -Look what you've done to my hair!
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoa!
[upbeat rock music plays]
[Holly] The eight celebrities who escaped Bear's clutches
get first dibs at the lodge…
-[Una] Look, here it is. -Look at this!
-[Danny] What? -[Big Zuu] Our new home.
[Holly] …their safe haven from the wilds of Costa Rica.
[Big Zuu] Yo! Ho ho! [laughs]
[Una] Oh my God.
[Holly] There are no phones, no TV, and no air-con here.
[Big Zuu] Oh no, there's a king double bed in here, you know.
I'm claiming my bed from now, you know.
-Big Zuu, take the bed, bro. -[Big Zuu] Yes! Yes!
[Holly] But, on the upside,
there'll be plenty of time to hone their survival skills.
[Una] Oh.
[Holly] Which is just as well,
because looming on the edge of camp are several square kilometers of jungle hell.
[rock music rises, fades]
The Bear Pit.
[epic orchestral music plays]
Find themselves in here
and the celebrities will be hunted down by Bear Grylls himself.
-Those who enter may never return. -[music abates]
[waves lapping]
-Good challenge though. We done well. -Yeah, I think so.
Oh my days. I'm so happy I am not going into that Bear Pit.
I am filled with joy.
There's no way I can go back home and be like…
[in high-pitched voice] "Hi, guys. Just been eliminated."
[chuckles] No, brah. No way.
[dramatic music plays]
[Lottie and Joe whooping]
Oh my God. This car is so scary.
I hear some noises.
[Lottie] Whoo!
Oh my God.
-This is crazy. Wait. I see Zuu! -There's only two of them.
-[Boris] Where's the group? -[Big Zuu] Two!
Hey, guys! We made it!
-Yeah! -[Lottie laughs]
Hello.
-[Lottie] This is crazy! -Yay!
[music continues]
Whoa!
[Lottie squeals]
[laughing]
Oh my…
It's like we've been extracted from a movie.
Oh my God. Who is it?
It's Holly.
Arriving in camp was like a movie.
I wanna do it again.
[Lottie] Guys!
[music continues]
[Lottie] Whoo!
[Shirley] I'm a little bit relieved we've gotten to camp.
It was absolutely phenomenal.
It's a feeling I will remember forever.
[music crescendoes]
-[music fades] -Welcome to base camp!
[all cheer]
[Holly] You made it. Well done.
Well, I guess you're wondering where the rest of the celebrities are.
Unfortunately, Bear got his claws on them,
and he should be coming around that corner right about now.
Oh. Oh my God. Where?
[laughter]
[all yell, shriek]
[Leomie] Oh my God!
-[Steph] Oh my days. -[Leomie screams]
-[tired skid] -Oh my days.
[Laurence] I may have been sick in my mouth.
-[all chuckle] -That was a journey and a half.
-Hi. Welcome. -Hello!
-[Holly] Come on over. -[group clapping]
-[Joe] Hey. -[Steph] Hi.
-The triumphant losers. Remember us? -[Holly] You've been busy.
But you're here. You're initiated. Your Bear Hunt journey begins now.
Well, to be honest, though, what you've just been through,
consider that a short, easy taster of what you're really gonna experience
once you go through those gates into the Bear Pit.
Through there, it's another level.
What I saw today was a shambles.
I heard some of you probably from about 300 meters away.
[tense music plays]
Those of you that thrive here will be those who tune in to the jungle.
Ultimately, I'm trying to train you into something that is capable
and can survive that sort of environment.
In that place, you're being hunted.
They have a thing they teach to the police. Red, amber, green.
And if you think how most people live their lives,
they're in green, wandering around, they've got, you know, iPhone.
You guys were green in every way.
You gotta be at amber. Amber is slow, steady, listening.
I mean, think of deer, highly alert.
Snap a twig, they're like…
And then they're waiting, and they're tuning in.
Sight, sound, smell, you know?
There was none of that.
[Big Zuu] "Be calm. Be a deer."
[hesitates] "Be a deer." He just-- I don't know what he means by "be a deer."
I can't be a deer. I'm not a "deery" man.
Soon as you go through that, just remember amber and ready for red.
-Okay. -[Bear] Yeah?
Over the next few weeks, you're gonna be taking part in a series of challenges.
Now, these are designed to test you,
so make sure you pay attention and learn as much as you can,
because if you lose a challenge or you fail to complete it,
then you might find yourself walking through those gates and into the Bear Pit.
Once you enter the Bear Pit, all gloves are off.
You got crocs. You got snakes.
You got ravines, caves.
The Bear Pit sounds terrifying.
Like, why am I even putting myself through this? I don't know.
And then you got me…
-…hunting you down as well. -[Lottie] Oh my God.
It is going to be absolutely brutal.
[ominous music plays]
Now I'm thinking, "Why did my kids want me to do this
when there's a serious element of danger?"
Laurence, Leomie, Steph, and Mel,
because Bear caught you during the first hunt,
you are gonna be the first people facing him in the Bear Pit tomorrow.
[Mel B] No!
If you're not on your game, you're not alert,
I will find you,
and that may mean the end of your journey.
Okay.
Yep.
We've got 15 hours before you're going into that Bear Pit, okay?
So that's the mindset you need to get into.
So surviving the Bear Pit is your ultimate test.
It is his playground,
and you are completely at his mercy.
-Okay. -[Mel B trills lips]
Sleep well and see you tomorrow. Coming?
-Thanks. -[Holly] Come on, Bear.
[Leomie] Catch me once, shame on me,
but you will not catch me a second time.
This gazelle is gonna get out of the Bear Pit.
[rhythmic music plays]
-♪ Yeah, we're just getting started ♪ -[chuckles]
[up-tempo electronic music plays]
So someone goes through those gates, and then we never see them again?
[Lottie] Yeah. I don't wanna go too close, and then the doors…
-[Una] Yeah. -…fling open.
It looks like something from Jurassic Park.
The-end-of-the-world-esque vibes.
It doesn't look great.
It looks scary as hell.
[tense music plays]
[music fades]
I'm just gonna fry some chicken. There's not a lot we can do here.
-[sizzles] -[Una] No.
The sound of frying chicken sounds like heaven to me right now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
If there's one person you can trust in… in a kitchen, it's a fat man. [chuckles]
I definitely feel like camp chef is… is… is my role.
But I feel like that friendship facade is gonna end real soon.
Yeah? It's gonna be every man for themselves.
And that's the bit I can't wait for.
[low, foreboding music plays]
[ticking]
[Big Zuu] Let's get serving, my friend. Where's Boris? Boris!
-[Danny] Hey, Big Zuu, thank you, cuz. -[Big Zuu] You're welcome. You're welcome.
Thank you for this food that we're about to eat,
and thank you to Bear Grylls for capturing me
and making it so that I have to fight for my life tomorrow.
For the first night.
-[group] Cheers! -The first and last night for some of us.
Good luck to everyone tomorrow in the Bear Pit.
Thanks for mentioning it, Lottie!
-[Lottie] I know. I'm sorry. -[Mel B chuckles]
-You'll just hear us being mauled. -[Mel B] Yeah.
-Running like this. -[Laurence] Yeah.
Oh my God. Sorry. I apologize. It's actually a serious thing.
It is. I know. We're all, like, quite traumatized by this. [chuckles]
This could be the last supper,
and that's sort of something that,
if you're not careful, I think you could be dwelling on,
um, much to the detriment of your night's sleep.
[rock music playing]
[Steph] Are you about to do your beds?
[Laurence] I think it's a good idea to put the mosquito nets.
[Steph] Yeah.
[Mel B] Joe, you alive? I haven't heard from you.
[Joe] No, I'm still here. Yeah, I'm just… I'm just turning things over in my head.
-[water trickles] -[Mel B sighs]
I want a cold shower now.
Does this go cold? Whoo!
Did you ever think you'd hear an Inbetweener and a Spice Girl…
-[Laurence] Yeah. -…in the showers together?
[Mel B] Oh, that feels so good.
I think he might be rubbing a bit too hard.
[laughs]
[Big Zuu] Even though I've got my big double bed,
I'm still not ready to… to wake up and see Boris Becker's feet in my face.
-[slat cracks] -Oh, [bleep]!
-[laughs softly] -[Big Zuu] ****.
-[chuckles] I'm finna break this bed. -[Kola chuckles]
[rock music fades]
["New Beginning" plays] ♪ This is a new beginning ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ A brand-new day ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ I feel like we're winning ♪
♪ Oh, oh… ♪
[Steph] Who's he fighting?
He's shadowboxing. He's just getting some training in.
♪ Hey, hey ♪
-[music stops] -[rooster crows]
[rooster crows]
-[Una] Is that boiled? -[Leomie] Yeah.
-[Una] I'm gonna make a coffee. -[Leomie] Yeah. You know what, yeah?
Like, I know this is maybe TMI,
but I definitely wanna go poo before I go in that Bear Pit.
I'm too nervous in there, so I'm like, "Coffee will help me."
Yeah, it will.
What? Day two. Like, come on.
At least give it, like, another day before you start talking about bowel movements.
But that's what it is when you start living in close quarters. [inhales deeply]
People start talking about doing a poo.
Ugh.
[ominous music plays]
[Mel B sighs]
So is that how you're going in the Bear Pit?
I'm not wearing this, no. I wish I could.
[chuckles]
But if I am gonna be executed by Bear, I'd like to be wearing my own clothes.
-But no. -Yeah.
That tree is gorgina. I'd love to climb that.
Yeah, it is.
See? This is the type of tree, right…
Okay, maybe not this one… Yeah, no.
If this tree was in the Bear Pit, I wouldn't use this one necessarily.
No, I wouldn't either.
I do think I can do this. South London's finest.
You have to just have that confidence about yourself,
because if you don't, like,
you lost already.
I wanna know what the Bear Pit looks like so bad, bro.
[in singsong] You will know soon.
[ominous music rises, fades]
[Mel B] Did you sleep good?
-Nightmares, I think. -It's boiling here.
-[Shirley] I kept waking up. -Me too.
[rummaging]
Are you not s-- Is it just me?
-It's dripping. -I see. I see.
[Mel B sighs]
Like, I need another shower.
We've just had one, and I feel like all sweaty Betty again.
All night, I was like, "Am I hormonal?"
-'Cause I was sweating. -How old are you?
Forty…
eight.
Forty-nine?
I was 50 when I went through the menopause.
-[Mel B] Really? -Just stopped like that. Boom.
-Goes fast, doesn't it? -[Mel B] Yeah.
I remember thinking, "God, 24, 25. That's so old."
What year did the Spice Girls get together?
'95, then we released our stuff in '96.
-Was that a fun journey? -[Mel B] Oh yeah.
We were just five young kids going,
"Can you believe we're getting away with this?"
-Yeah. And you all remain friends? -Yeah.
That's nice.
I mean, there's five girls, so we do have our ups and downs
because we know each other really well.
-Yeah. -We were just all at Victoria's 50th.
And we all ended up getting up on stage.
-Oh, did you all sing then? -[chuckles] Yeah.
That's amazing though.
It's silly. I'm like… [chuckles]
"Let's do a stadium. Why are we doing it in this tiny room?"
[laughs]
[electronic music plays]
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
-[music fades] -[Joe grunts]
[Big Zuu] How you feeling about today?
You know what? I feel calmer than I did yesterday, actually.
-Yeah? -You know…
-Years of doing live telly and all that… -Yeah.
…and pressured news stories, I don't think I do get flustered.
-Nah. -But… but I just don't…
I'm quite a rational person, you know. Like, I'm quite scientific about stuff.
So I'm like, you know, A plus B will equal whatever.
But, in this, I don't know what A and B are, so I'm like…
-Yeah, you don't know your variables. -[chuckles] Yeah, yeah.
It is a massive day for me
and the other three who were captured by Bear.
If we get through it,
then, you know, that will make us stronger.
But there is also a real deep-rooted sense of "I might be going home today,"
which I'd be so gutted about.
So you won Wimbledon when you were 17?
-That's right, yeah. -Did you think you were gonna win it?
You're too young to know that you're not supposed to win it.
-[Lottie] How many times have you won? -Three.
-[Lottie] Three times? -Yeah.
What did it feel like when you won, then, the first time?
You're 17. You know, you don't really know.
It's more the aftermath. It's more, then, the night of.
It's the morning after.
And then the pressure is on you to be amazing for--
Yeah, but the thing with pressure, I never understood the meaning of it.
-Right. -[Boris] Pressure is only in your head.
Pressure, you can't taste, you can't feel, you can't hear.
It's just an imagination you have in your head.
So does anything make you feel pressured, then?
Very little.
But even, like, you know, like having to go to prison and stuff…
-[Boris] Yeah. -…did that not stress you out, like?
Well, at that very moment, it's very, very difficult,
but it didn't stress me out.
Well, you don't really wanna share prison stories
because they are terrible,
and they're very personal and they're intimate.
And I was in prison for 231 days,
but, ultimately, after a few weeks on my own,
I realized it's about acceptance.
Yes, I did this, so move forward.
And I think that's the reason I survived prison.
Maybe I came out a better man.
You strike me as someone who, like, you know… you can control things,
but something like going to prison--
The only thing you can control is your mind.
[Leomie] Mm.
You can't control your wife, your kids, your friends, the traffic…
-[Steph] Yeah. -Bear Grylls, we can't control.
-Oh, I'm trying to control that. -[all laugh]
-And he saw that yesterday. -[Lottie] Let's have him under a spell.
-Yeah. -So be aware today.
[resolute, pensive music plays]
So yesterday was a big day.
Not only were the celebrities dumped in the middle of nowhere
and told to escape Bear Grylls,
but Laurence, Leomie, Steph, and Mel
also found out that they're going to be the first to head into the Bear Pit.
The clock has been ticking down,
and now their time is up.
Let's go see how they're doing.
I'm nervous and scared.
-Hello, hello. Hi, Bear-pitters. -[group] Hi!
-[Mel B] I'm walking into the unknown. -You look gorgeous. You look terrifying.
-[chuckles] -[Steph] I feel terrified.
I've got to, like, think calmly and be amber alert
and be all these things that, so far, I have shown no skill in.
[solemn music plays]
In a moment, you'll be entering the Bear Pit,
where the more skills you've learned, the more likely you are to survive.
Which is why, for you four,
the first ever Bear-pitters…
-…this will be a proper baptism of fire. -[Steph] Wow.
Your goal is to either escape the Bear Pit or to avoid capture.
You're gonna be in there for 60 minutes.
There are three exit points in play today.
Each exit point will only be used by one of you.
-[Mel B] Oh. -[Steph apprehensively] Oh…
So only three people can leave.
So, really, you are against each other to find these exit points.
Not only is Bear tracking you,
but he has also laid traps for you along the way.
[gasps] A trap.
[tense music plays]
So this might be your last time in camp,
because anyone caught by Bear or in one of his traps
will be in danger of elimination.
-As long as I don't need to panic-pee. -I'm going to the loo as we speak.
[all chuckle]
[Holly] It's time to make your way to the Bear Pit.
-Good luck, guys. You've got this. -[overlapping chatter]
-Bye, guys. -[Lottie] Bye.
-[Mel B] Don't even know why I'm clapping. -[Steph] Come on.
So this is the Bear Pit right under me.
If they aren't nervous now, they should be.
[dramatic music plays]
[Mel B] God help me.
It's terrifying. I feel like I'm going into combat.
[Laurence] This is the moment I could be going home
if I get it wrong.
[Steph] I've never done anything which is as extreme as this is gonna be.
[Leomie] Yes, I think I'm a very capable person.
Yes, I think I'm going to get out of there.
Eyes on the prize.
[music swells]
-[dramatic sting] -[music fades]
-[eerie, ominous music plays] -[hawk screeches]
[heartbeat thumping]
[bird chatter, twitter]
[gates creak, squeak]
That looks gnarly jungle down there.
[rattling]
[Steph] Gosh. So many noises, aren't there, already?
I'm like… [clicks tongue]
[helicopter blades whirring]
[insect chirping]
Do not screw around with this place.
This place is difficult, hot, confined, and steep.
If they can get outta here, they're good.
Is everyone all right?
Terrified. I can't even talk.
Find out what we need to do.
Oh my God. Cliff-climb exit. That sounds hell.
Tunnel exit. Dig-under-fence exit. They do not sound…
-[Mel B] None of them sound good. -[Steph] No.
[Holly] Each exit in the Bear Pit requires a special tool to open it.
They will find details of what they need and where it's located
at the exit points.
-[Mel B] Where are we? -We're at the Decision Tree, here.
-[Laurence] Yeah. -Here's the gate. We've just come in here.
[Holly] But Bear has placed some decoy tools out in the open,
which, naturally, he's booby-trapped.
-Trigger one of these… -[clank, whoosh]
…and it could be game over.
There's only three exits, so one of us is gonna end up hiding.
Let's not overthink this.
I've enjoyed you all. You're amazing. See you in Narnia.
-You are dropping us like a stone. -Mm. Something even heavier than a stone.
[dramatic music plays]
[Leomie] It is 100% every man for themselves.
You know, best of luck and all that, but I really need to find an exit ASAP.
Traps are set. Trip wires ready to go.
They've got five minutes to get going before I enter the pit.
[music building]
-[bang] -[Laurence] Oh! Let's go!
[low, tense music plays]
Okay.
[bird calls]
[bird twittering]
-[howling] -What the hell is that noise?
[guttural hoot]
[Steph] Oh my God. That sounds like it's gonna eat me.
I'm shaking. Look at that. My God.
[breathes heavily]
[exhales deeply]
[monkeys chatter]
[resonant pinging]
[Laurence] There should be a dry riverbed around here somewhere.
I'm definitely going for an exit.
I don't think the going-to-ground solution is really viable.
Straight into a thicket.
Okay. That looks like it's not happening.
Having looked at the map, I'm actually going for under the fence,
simply because it seems to be the nearest exit.
[Holly] The under-fence exit might be the closest,
but it's the most exposed and up the steepest hill.
I want to get to where I need to go quite quickly
before they release the Bear.
Oh. [grunts]
Ow. Ow.
[huffing]
Old knees.
Okay.
[dramatic drum music plays]
[Steph] I'm thinking this must be… the Wild Wood.
My plan is to go for the tunnel exit,
because that one looks the easiest to get there.
I think I'm probably over… too far over that way.
[Holly] The tunnel exit is located on the eastern edge of the pit
through a maze of undergrowth.
Hmm. This is getting thicker, this Wild Wood.
[Mel B] I'm just heading this way.
I'm just gonna trust my instincts
and try and follow the map to the cliff exit.
My instincts have led me to some terrible decisions,
but I'm hoping
this won't.
[resonant ping]
[Holly] The cliff climb is on the furthest edge of the pit.
To get there,
Mel will have to release a raft using the correct tool
and cross a crocodile-infested pool.
I hope I'm doing it right. I hope I'm going in the right direction.
[foreboding music plays]
[Mel B grunts]
My thing is, get a head start, run towards cliff climb,
and hopefully, along the way, I can pick up some tools.
[resonant ping]
[Holly] Leomie is heading for the same exit as Mel B,
but as only one of them can use it,
it's going to be a race to get there first.
-[rocks skitter] -[grunts] Oh my God. That's disgusting.
-[dramatic sting] -That's disgusting.
Okay, it's time to do this.
[dramatic action music plays]
[Bear] This is their first contact with the Bear Pit,
but I'm taking no prisoners.
I've taught them how vital it is to stay alert, on amber, at all times.
That's not easy when you're frightened, adrenalized, and tired.
But if they drop their guard, I'll take them down.
[music rises, fades]
The hunt begins.
Once they hear this, they know I'm now in the Bear Pit.
[banging]
[distant popping]
Oh God. He's in.
[popping continues]
[Mel B] Right, that's him.
-[Bear] The hunt is live. -[tense music builds]
[ticking]
[Laurence] Right, Bear's out.
[Bear] The celebrities have all had a head start,
so if they're smart, they'll be well on their way to an exit by now,
which means I've gotta make up time.
-[tense, dramatic music plays] -[resonant pinging]
[music abates]
[Bear] So one thing I'm definitely noticing…
[pants]
…is just… how physical as it is here,
the heat must be 110 at the moment.
So if I'm feeling it, they will be feeling it.
I wanna make that work to my advantage.
Now's the time to pick it up and go.
[foreboding music plays]
I'm not running too much at this stage.
I want to conserve a bit of energy.
Still… I've got to the exit.
[breathlessly] Okay.
Oof.
Right, gotta dig.
Shovel… is there.
Okay, fine.
[Holly] Laurence now knows the location of the tool he needs to dig under the fence.
[resonant ping]
But it involves trekking almost a kilometer
across the Bear Pit and back
without being spotted by Bear.
[dramatic drum music plays]
[breathing heavily] Gotta get to the… shovel as soon as possible,
come back,
and dig through.
But obviously, now
the game has changed
because Bear's out.
-[ominous music plays] -[resonant pinging]
[resonant ping]
Right, amber alert.
I'm on full amber alert. I really don't wanna get caught.
I don't think I'm that far away from the tunnel exit.
I just don't know how I'm gonna get there.
My strategy is trying to keep hiding, keep looking,
stay low, and slowly move.
This reminds me of that time I bumped into my ex in a bar,
and I really didn't wanna see her.
[chuckles]
[resonant pinging]
[rapid pinging]
-[dramatic sting] -[animal howling]
Oh, I can hear something.
I don't know what that is.
I thought this might seem the quietest route to go.
[breathing heavily]
[tense music plays]
So this is like a dry riverbed here.
It is a thoroughfare through this ravine.
Very hard to move through this stealthily.
[breathing heavily]
Somewhere, I think I need to go… up.
But… not right now.
Oh, I've found a thing.
[gasps] Yes!
On my way to the exit, I found a tool.
I've no idea if this is gonna help me or not.
[sighs]
I really don't know.
[Bear whispers] I can definitely hear someone over there.
Oh, come on.
-[grunts] -[Bear] Okay, let's move.
[tense music continues]
What's that?
[music building]
-[music halts] -Come on.
[birds warbling]
[birds chirping]
[Bear] I can't hear anything now.
The trail's gone cold.
[softly] So much of tracking and hunting is knowing when to push
and knowing when to hold.
I'm pretty tempted, actually, just to wait it out here.
-[dramatic drum music plays] -[resonant pinging]
[sighs] I'm back on the path.
But I don't even know what path I'm on.
Is that something?
Red flags.
What's that?
[tense music plays]
If I see anything as I'm going along, I'm collecting anything,
because it means somebody else is not able to get out of the exit,
which also makes things a little bit easier for myself.
I don't know what makes the most sense.
It could be a trap.
If there is a part that I can walk on that's not gonna activate it…
I don't know.
[dull thwaps]
I don't know if this is the smartest way.
[leaves rustle]
Does this mean that it's safe?
[tense music building]
[music abates]
[tense, dramatic music plays]
[music builds]
-[bang] -Aw!
-[mechanism clacks] -[shrieks]
[music abates]
-What the hell was that? -There's someone in the shovel catch.
[music swells]
[dramatic drum music plays]
[music fades out]