Escape to the Legion

Season 1

Bear Grylls breaks through the romance surrounding the French Foreign Legion by taking 11 other "lost souls" to an old camp in the Sahara to undertake a 4 week boot camp to see who can cut it.

Where to Watch Season 1

4 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1In the scalding heat of the desert it becomes apparent that many of the men fall short of the physical and psychological qualities they need to survive their training.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Three days into legionnaire life, the recruits are wishing they'd never been born. Bear is punished for a minor misdemeanour by being buried up to his neck in sand.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Halfway through, three of the recruits have already left and the remaining volunteers are dropping like flies with the medics battling to keep them on their feet.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4It's the final week of training. But before any recruits can pass, they must survive two days of training in the desert, an eight-kilometre run in full combat gear and a 40km march to the sea.

Cast of Season 1

  • Bear GryllsSelf
  • Bobby AbedeenSelf
  • Dean GardnerSelf
  • Kurt FinchSelf
  • Lee GibbsSelf
  • Loic Le GaillardSelf
  • Terry MortonSelf
  • Will CollisSelf
  • Rupert SmithDirector
  • Duncan Graham-RoweWriter
  • Mark WestcottProducer

 

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