The Island with Bear Grylls is a survival skills reality television series narrated by Bear Grylls on the Channel 4 which began on 5 May 2014. Thirteen British men were taken to a remote, uninhabited Pacific island by Bear Grylls for a month where they were left completely alone, filming themselves, and with only the clothes they were wearing and some basic tools. Their initial priorities were to find a fresh water source and food to feed themselves. On 23 May 2014, it was announced that The Island has been recommissioned for a second series to air in 2015.