Man vs. Wild

In a special first aired on June 2, 2009, Will Ferrell joined Grylls on a survival trip to Northern Sweden.

This season 4 premiere episode was called Men vs.

The general format of each episode is the premise that Grylls is left stranded in a region with his film crew.

The episode documents his efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization, usually requiring an overnight shelter of some kind.

So I do have a good idea of 80 percent of what's gonna happen.Contrary to onscreen presentation, his movements are rarely from Point A to Point B: "We plan it, if we're doing different locations, sometimes we'll have to do a whole crew move and get a helicopter.

So we'll use helis when we have to." In April 2008, Grylls and Discovery released a book that includes survival tips from the TV show.