Alone UK

I have not watched the American or Australian versions of this show which apparently have more experienced contestants however if you like to watch complete novices survive in the Canadian wilderness with bears coming into camp you'll love this. Contestants have basic skills as it would be pretty boring if they were survival experts. The whole point of the show is to watch them struggle to deal with the psychological effects of being terrified alone at night with wild animals roaming around the woods and hunt for food in order to stay as long as possible to win the cash not breeze through it like Bear Grylls as implied in other reviews. Best reality TV I've seen for a while. Ignore the negative reviews and give it a go.

I have seen the original Alone series and thoroughly enjoyed it so I had to give this one a try. I was skeptical at first after seeing the lack of experience the contestants had. I underestimated quite a few of them and it was great to see them persevere and adapt to the unknown. I would like to see more experienced members take on the second season; many of them didn't seem to know what they were getting themselves into. The lack of research done beforehand was frustrating to watch. I think it would be more endearing to watch people that are skilled, enthusiastic and well equipped to succeed.

The characters are very relatable (being from a modern day background myself) and the show is very inclusive such as a survivalist with autism, another survivalist with mental health issues/ex addiction etc. This show is amazing! People with no survival skills are put into an environment they have never been with risk of predatory animals, starvation and cold weather.. can't go wrong for a TV show! I have watched three seasons of the American version of this show and I found this just as entertaining if not even better than the American version! If you enjoy bushcraft and wilderness survival (and don't mind occasional scenes of animal cruelty/death) then this show is for you.

I wasn't 10 min into this show before things felt, "off". My first comment to my partner was, "Is she wearing make up?".

I had to go online and find out why. Random people with no survival skills see how long they last. But they all look like models, in shape, the typical cast you see in most reality shows.

The first episode we see two of them get naked, one to "get fresh" after half a day in the woods. Unlike Alone Aussie where people were gaining 30-40lbs.

In the entirety of the show Alone, I've never heard anyone complain about the taste of boiled water. Well you won't have to wait long to hear people here.

I think if they made this a spin-off show called, "Alone for Dummies", I'd be okay with it. But watching people with no skills flail about with comments like, "I heard something, it's definitely not human"....well duh, you're in the forest. I can't do it. Please don't do more like this in this formate and if you do, call it something else.

I have no interest in format for Alone.

Although not every season of Alone USA was perfect, the vast majority made for compelling viewing and broke the mould of currently awful reality shows.

The format of using experienced outdoor experts and military vetrans worked perfectly for those shows.

Then along comes Alone UK placing completely inexperienced people into an environment totally outside their abilities.

While the original series produced characters that the viewer could empathise with, the UK show introduces characters who at best, the viewer feels sorry for, and at worst, prayed for them to tap out asap!

The addition of nudity and excessive foul language reflects badly on the UK and is really unnecessary.

Sorry, but Channel 4 has completely missed the point of the tried and tested formula used on the Original Alone seasons, and it can only be hoped they will change if there happens to be further seasons.