{"id":23634,"date":"2025-08-22T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bear-grylls-to-lead-new-wilderness-series\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:36:05","slug":"bear-grylls-to-lead-new-wilderness-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bear-grylls-to-lead-new-wilderness-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Grylls to Lead New Wilderness Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bear Grylls will help people rebuild relationships in the Welsh wilderness in his new 16-part series,<em> Wild Reckoning<\/em>, for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent a lifetime learning from the wild, and, above all, I believe in its power to heal,\u201d said Grylls. \u201cAway from the noise and distractions of daily life, we\u2019re giving people the chance to reflect, reconnect and rebuild. But nothing comes for free. The price is often courage to face the scary and the humility to walk side by side respectfully with others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grylls, alongside a team of mediators, psychologists and survival mentors, will guide participants through intense emotional journeys, where they will have two days in the Welsh wilderness to resolve their differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Wild Reckoning<\/em> is a rare opportunity to help those in emotional conflict to face their differences with courage, and hopefully come through stronger, together. I\u2019m proud to host it in North Wales, a place that truly means so much to me,\u201d Grylls continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an ambitious new format played out across the spectacular scenery of North Wales,\u201d said Ben Smith, creative director for T\u0177\u2019r Ddraig. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to bring some of the remarkable stories and people we\u2019ve been talking with to screen on the BBC. It is our greatest hope that we can help to heal rifts and help the people who have come forward. We\u2019re also delighted to have Bear and our team of amazing experts lead this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex McLeod, commissioning editor for BBC Daytime, commented: \u201cThis is a bold and emotionally charged series that uses the raw power of nature to help people confront what\u2019s really at stake in their relationships. In stepping away from the constant noise of our fast-paced, digital lives, participants are given the rare chance to reflect, reconnect and reset. With Bear Grylls and his expert team guiding them through intense physical and emotional challenges, the series offers a unique and powerful route to reconciliation. It\u2019s about real people, real issues\u2014and the transformative power of the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian Carey, commissioning editor for BBC Cymru Wales, said: &#8220;We are incredibly excited to be working with Bear and his team on such an important new series, one that showcases the dramatic and awe-inspiring Welsh landscape to such positive effect. Seeing Bear in his own &#8220;back-yard&#8221; working to affect change in people&#8217;s lives, while also passing on skills and insights that can help all of us, feels very timely and refreshing\u2014and we can&#8217;t wait for audiences to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BBC Daytime and BBC Cymru Wales have co-commissioned <em>Wild Reckoning<\/em>, a series from Wrexham-based T\u0177\u2019r Ddraig, part of Banijay UK\u2019s Workerbee Group, fronted by Grylls for BBC One and iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear Grylls will help people rebuild relationships in the Welsh wilderness in his new 16-part series, Wild Reckoning, for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":23637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[11501,9347,5747,112,11500,7563,11499,7564],"class_list":["post-23634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alex-mcleod","tag-bbc-cymru-wales","tag-bbc-daytime","tag-bear-grylls","tag-julian-carey","tag-tyr-ddraig","tag-wild-reckoning","tag-workerbee-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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