Ray Mears' Bushcraft

Ray Mears' Bushcraft

We love Ray Mears - he's a survival God. He eats insects. And enjoys it.

Ray spent years and years honing his survival skills in some of the world's harshest landscapes - we'd rather pop down the pub of course, but it's fascinating watching someone else travel to the most inhospitable and dangerous places on earth and try to exist on next to nothing.

Along the way Ray introduces us to people we'd never, ever meet and takes us to places Easy Jet simply doesn't fly to. Plus, he lets us in on some invaluable survival secrets. After all, you really never know when you'll be stranded somewhere with a penknife in one hand and a caterpillar in the other.

In Ray Mears' Bushcraft, the SAS survival guru pops along to the Amazon jungle, Tanzania, Canada, America and Sweden, and explores the important role played by bushcraft in the survival of indigenous people. He puts his own resourcefulness to the test as he lives alongside people such as the Yekuana of Venezuela and the Masai of Tanzania, learns new skills like making buckskin and hones his expertise in others like animal tracking.

When is it on?

Ray Mears' Bushcraft is next on at 7:00 am on Thursday, 26th November on Dave.
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Africa Camp

More tips on how to stay alive in the wild with survival expert Ray Mears. This show finds him in the company of true hunter gatherers, the Hadza of Tanzania.

  1. On at 7:00 am on Thursday, 26th November on Dave
  2. On at 8:00 am on Thursday, 26th November on Dave Ja Vu
  3. On at 2:00 pm on Thursday, 26th November on Dave
  4. On at 3:00 pm on Thursday, 26th November on Dave Ja Vu
  5. On at 7:00 pm on Thursday, 26th November on Dave
  6. On at 8:00 pm on Thursday, 26th November on Dave Ja Vu

African Safari

Ray Mears is back with more top lessons on survival in the wild. He takes a safari - the Swahili word for journey - by teaming up with a Maasai warrior in Tanzania.

  1. On at 7:00 am on Friday, 27th November on Dave
  2. On at 8:00 am on Friday, 27th November on Dave Ja Vu
  3. On at 2:00 pm on Friday, 27th November on Dave
  4. On at 3:00 pm on Friday, 27th November on Dave Ja Vu
  5. On at 6:00 pm on Friday, 27th November on Dave
  6. On at 7:00 pm on Friday, 27th November on Dave Ja Vu

Sweden

Mears explores the art of outdoor living, practicing his knowledge of the natural world. This time Ray is in Sweden, where the ancient skills of bushcraft are in daily use.

  1. On at 7:00 am on Monday, 30th November on Dave
  2. On at 8:00 am on Monday, 30th November on Dave Ja Vu
  3. On at 10:00 am on Monday, 30th November on Dave
  4. On at 11:00 am on Monday, 30th November on Dave Ja Vu
  5. On at 2:00 pm on Monday, 30th November on Dave
  6. On at 3:00 pm on Monday, 30th November on Dave Ja Vu
  7. On at 7:00 pm on Monday, 30th November on Dave
  8. On at 8:00 pm on Monday, 30th November on Dave Ja Vu

Four Seasons

Ray Mears returns to Britain to show how a knowledge of bushcraft sheds new light on every aspect of the changing seasons, showing animals in their natural habitats.

  1. On at 7:00 am on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave
  2. On at 8:00 am on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave Ja Vu
  3. On at 11:00 am on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave
  4. On at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave Ja Vu
  5. On at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave
  6. On at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave Ja Vu
  7. On at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave
  8. On at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, 1st December on Dave Ja Vu

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  • BadgerShaman BadgerShaman | 23 Nov 09

    Ray mears is a bit of an inspiration. Not only has he survived a hellicopter crash from which he helped rescue others, but he has also lived through the awful trauma of losing a loved one to a terminal illness. Gods bless you Mr Mears.

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  • BadgerShaman BadgerShaman | 23 Nov 09

    Ray mears is a bit of an inspiration. Not only has he survived a hellicopter crash from which he helped rescue others, but he has also lived through the awful trauma of losing a loved one to a terminal illness. Gods bless you Mr Mears.

  • swampyB20364 swampyB20364 | 25 Oct 09

    "What can i say Mr Ray Mears is one of my all time faverets,I've met him only once and was made "SO WELCOME" i felt i was a brother in flesh not just in bushcraft. He spent time talking to you even at a book sign. The let down in Dave web sight is the refferance to Ray as an "SAS" expert. please get this right. (In the outdoors "He beat's them hands down)