Season 1

Ed Stafford challenges ultra-fit ex-Marine and ropes expert Aldo Kane to a race across the tangled wilds of Borneo's crocodile-infested mangrove swamps.

Ed flies to Kazakhstan to take on ex-South Korean special forces soldier KhenRhee, where he encounters life-threatening navigation errors.

Ed Stafford heads to the deadly Gobi desert with endurance athlete Matt Graham, where the pair face sand storms and extreme dehydration.

Ed races through northern Thailand against ex-military survival legend EJ Snyder, but the competition almost takes a fatal turn when one of them tumbles off a cliff.

Ed races primitive skills expert Cat Bigney across the deadly island paradise of Palau in the South Pacific, home to sharks and salt water crocodile.

Ed races Royal Air Force survival instructor John Hudson across the top of the monster mountains of the Himalayas. Monsoon rains and lethal bears are among its dangers.