À leurs trousses: Bear Grylls

I wasn't sure what to expect when I put Celebrity Bear Hunt on, but I can at least say that I was not disappointed. I loved watching the chemistry between the celebrities, watching male egos get trampled on and the unlikely succeed. I give all the celebrities full credit because this looked tough. I am 100% sure I wouldn't have made it past one activity, let alone be able to go into the Bear Pit. I wasn't overly impressed with who Bear selected as the winner, but nevertheless, Celebrity Bear Hunt is a great show if you just have some time to kill and enjoy a bit of survival reality television.

While this is a Netflix show, it's really a show which is very similar to something you would have seen on Channel 4 at some point in your life.

The show is advertised as Bear Grylls hunting down celebrity's in the jungle, but in reality he's just playing hide and seek with them in a closed off area. An area which, as you continue to watch the episodes, you soon realize is very small.

This premise is quite entertaining early on but becomes repetitive by around the third or forth time they do it since the escape roots are the same rotation.

The enjoyment is also ruined the moment it becomes apparent Bear knows exactly where all the exits of the "Bear pit" are, so he just waits close by for the celebrities to come to him.

Each episode could probably be helped by being a little shorter, as other than the odd bits of drama that the daily challenges create, they can feel a bit long as we continuously hear over an over about how hot the weather is.

Overall its just ok, something to pass the time if you want something easy to watch, but i cant help feel like it could have been a lot more than it is.

Its "Celebrities" playing hide and seek for an hour then crying to camera saying its the toughest challenge they've ever faced. If 6 year olds play it for fun then its not that intense and the over the top breakdowns to camera come off a bit ridiculous.

There's too big a divide between the level of difficulty and the contestants reactions all the way through, at one point one of them's talking about how the experience has changed her forever..... that's fine but it was the second day and she hadn't even been in the 'Bearpit' yet, which is where they play hide and seek.

It's watchable but it's more of a background show while you're doing housework, no need to lock in.

I mean it's obviously scripted and not real. They can "evade" bear if they choose but there is no way the production crew would let them do that. Walk 50m in a random direction in the pit and then lie down and cover themselves with leaves and branches would have a 100% success rate of evading capture, but no way they would be allowed to do that.

Other than watching a bunch of unfit old incapable "celebs" wander around aimlessly not understanding what they are doing, there is not much to see here.

It's noise in the background while you do something else, I personally was baking some amazing food, good background noise.

Also as an aside, when did men become so pathetic and incapable of handling anything?

However, it's nothing short of scripted false nonsense. Z List celebrities with zero people skills or like-ability sitting around arguing or pretending to be chased by a disinteresting Bear Grylls. Even he looks like he can't be bothered with the show. Had any aspect of this show be realistic or unscripted then it would be a delight. Unfortunately it's a big thumbs down.

Many of the celebrities appearing on the show are rude, narcissistic and difficult to watch. Mel B needs to give up and call it a day in the spotlight. Her 5 minutes of fame in the 90s are well and truly over and her desperation for relevance makes this show even drearier.