<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Island with Bear Grylls is a British reality television programme which premiered on Channel 4 on 5 May 2014 . Four series have aired since 2014 . Narrated by Bear Grylls, it features participants placed on remote uninhabited Pacific islands as a test of their survival skills . They are left completely alone, filming themselves, and with only the clothes they were wearing and some basic tools and training . Pitched as an assessment of the capabilities of British men in the 21st Century, the first series featured thirteen male participants . Following accusations of sexism, the second series used two islands, with 14 men on one, and 14 women on the other . The third series continued the gender divide theme and featured eight men and eight women abandoned on opposite sides of a single island . </P> <P> The fourth series, which aired from April 2017, focused primarily on age rather than gender, featuring initially separate tribes of older people (30 to 66 years) vs younger people (18 to 30 years). On 14 May 2017, it was announced that The Island with Bear Grylls had been renewed for a fifth series to air in 2018 . </P>

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