Ed Stafford: First Man Out

TV Series
2019–
TV-14

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Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a sho... Read allExpect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Ed Stafford

Self

• 2019–2022

Andrew Wood

Self

• 2019

Gary Humphrey

Self

• 2020

E.J. Snyder

Self

• 2019–2022

Matt Wright

Self

• 2020

Kylie Furneaux

Self

• 2020

Josh James

Self

• 2020

Will Lord

Self

• 2020

Aldo Kane

Self

• 2019

Matt Graham

Self

• 2019

Cat Bigney

Self

• 2019

John Hudson

Self

• 2019

Ken Rhee

Self

• 2019

Hakim Isler

Self

• 2020

Sam Brown

Self

• 2022

Rob Sixsmith

Self

• 2022

Sam Pinkstone

Self

• 2022

Steven Hanton

Self

• 2022

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10Sunflower_

Not as bad as the reviews

The current season is by far the best but overall it isn't a bad watch. It isn't worth the 10 stars but it's way better than a 1 or 2 so I had to balance it out.

It's more dramatised than Ed Stafford's previous series but it isn't as soap opera as what the reviews are banging on about. When you watch Bear Grills, you know you're getting fakeness and scripted productions. But Ed Stafford always seems genuine.

. I don't really know what people expect from survival tv shows as if it is something or somewhere that is genuinely dangerous, then they aren't going to completely risk their lives for views.

3brettmathewson

Entertaining but bogus

Show is entertaining but completely scripted and choreographed as other have stated. One thing I point to point out. Ed Stafford displays incredibly bad judgement on many of these excursions that nobody without a camera and safety crew nearby would ever undertake. Stafford is no survival expert he; is a risk taker and an actor.

3valentinmh

Sorry Ed, your producers' intellect became asymptotic to ZERO

And you're to blame, too ! To lower as much those standards you used to hold dear. Killing a goat with a stone in China...at 20 m...LOL. Even the colour of flesh of that supposed fresh killed animal is hilarious and unbelievable stupid to be delivered to us as a real fact. You're shows are now like those sham Geronimo circus in 1890s.

7mhanna-09676

Enjoyable but...

I enjoy watching Ed and the others for their skills and the overall race but Ed's need to chew like a cow on camera can wear on you after an episode or two...I don't know why so many "bushcraft" and "survival" shows feel the need to include the scenes where the participants chomp food with their mouths open right into the mic, when they have hours of video to pick from. This burned me out with Survivorman and is already burning me out on this show. I don't judge if that's how you eat but to the editors, maybe cut that clip or at least kill the sound. Those of us with misophonia would greatly appreciate it.

9markmurphy74

Survival is only half the battle!

Stumbled across 'Ed Stafford: First Man Out' and have binge watched all of his shows since - that's how much this show entertained me.

Ed is a survival expert pitted against an opponent with their own set of survival skills, in a race that lasts days across various landscapes including; deserts, mangroves, jungles, mountains and more.

As these are survival races made for TV, expect some very close finishes for our entertainment.

Adding a race element to a survival documentary is an interesting spin on this genre.

It's well worth a watch, even if it's to take a break from Ed's more serious survival shows.