Bear Grylls admits ‘no-one is ever fully safe’ in TV bombshell
EXCLUSIVE: The famous adventurer admits his shows can be 'unpredictable'.
Bear Grylls is soon to be back on screens in a brand new Amazon Prime series as he warned that "no one is fully safe" on his shows. The 52-year-old British adventurer is set to host The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls, which follows the cast of the groundbreaking historical drama The Chosen as they take on challenges across forests, deserts, and canyons.
For decades, Bear has survived dangerous expeditions around the globe, anchored by his faith in Jesus. Now he's taking the stars of the global hit series The Chosen on missions into the unknown. Cast members Jonathan Roumie (Jesus), Paras Patel (Matthew), Elizabeth Tabish (Mary Magdalene), Noah James (Andrew), and Luke Dimyan (Judas) join series creator and executive producer Dallas Jenkins as Bear leads them through Utah's treacherous Castle Valley, Canyonlands, the Ausable River, the Colorado River, the Great Basin Desert, and the Adirondack Forest.
Speaking exclusively to Express ahead of the show's launch, Bear admitted: "I think that one thing I can say with absolute certainty is no one has ever done an episode of Running In The Wild or Chosen In The Wild and felt absolutely safe from start to finish."
He explained: "The wild is unpredictable and we are in difficult places, especially with Chosen In The Wild. We went to some real extremes.
"But I think as a team, we have a small crew, and we all work really well together. We are always mindful of trying to keep everyone safe, but we are working in dynamic places such as hanging off rock faces at, sort of, 600ft up in the air."
"You can't screw up," Bear warned. "And we also have rookies with us, so that's the other thing. None of these actors have ever done anything like this before. But the magic of it is that it really does bring people back to the bare essentials.
"You know, there's no hiding so you get to see people be real and open. I love that."
The new series, hosted by Bear Grylls, premieres August 9, 2026, on Prime Video with all six episodes available at launch.
