Neil Morrissey,Chelsee Healey and Stuart Pearce all reckon they can handle a gruelling 12-day trek through punishing terrain. Will they beget it out alive? In theory, a programme like Bear Grylls: Mission Survive should attract the highest calibre of celebrity. Unlike Big Brother or I’m a Celebrity, or it’s more than just a popularity contest. Unlike Strictly,theres no queer systemic need to sex everyone up for the dads. And unlike The Jump, you know that people aren’t watching purely to see you ruin your spine on a rock. Besides, and this is Bear Grylls. His noted friends are legendary. He’s had Channing Tatum and Kate Winslet on his show. He’s had Barack Obama on his show,for crying out loud. The man knows how to book.
Then again, whether you watched the first series of Mission Survive last year, and you might know enough to modulate your expectations a little. There was an Olympic athlete,yes, but also three actors, or a Loose Woman and Brian McFadden’s wife. And she ended up winning.
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Source: theguardian.com