Bear Grylls - The Island (C4)

[danny la rouge]

I can't believe a WHOLE PIG actually walked into their camp of its own accord

I saw the end of the episode because other people in the house were watching. I’m pretty sure the pig was introduced by the production team. It wasn’t native wildlife.

I won’t be watching another episode of a show in which animals are allowed to be slowly strangled by tethers. That’s pretty fucking repulsive stuff in the name of entertainment.

 

[bellaozzydog]

Anyone watching the celeb version?
I can't believe a WHOLE PIG actually walked into their camp of its own accord, came back again, accidentally died, AND THEY STILL DIDN'T EAT IT!! This from a veggie of 15+ years. I think they all deserve to starve to death because of that. Bear Grylls will have permanent hand prints on his face from all the face palms.

I can’t get my head around this. Are they all too petrified to be seen not doing the right thing. Was that fucker so unstable he would see everyone starve and so unstable that people didn’t want to upset him

I don’t eat meat any more but i’ve been on survival exercises where you are given a rabbit or chicken to look after and i’m Fucking telling you, three days of eating nowt you would strangle a rat and eat it

Arseholes the lot of them

 

[kebabking]

I'm of the view that the pig was a domestic animal, it didn't behave like any wild animal I've ever seen. noted in the voice over that 'we've ensured that there's enough food to eat..', which is code for 'we've stocked it'.

I take the view that the production crew had a duty of care to the pig by dint of having intervened in its life, and by dint of putting the 'survivors' somewhere they would not otherwise be.

That does not excuse the vapid idiot who actually did it. He did it, he even mentioned the potential danger of strangulation to the pig while discussing with the others when he was deciding to do it. He took an action that was entirely about his own feelings, that he knew carried dangers for the pigs, and then took no mitigating action to reduce that danger. Utter, utter cunt.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Thank you for alerting me to this new series! I've only just started watching....they....left...their...water....behind

 

[paulhackett]

I'm of the view that the pig was a domestic animal, it didn't behave like any wild animal I've ever seen. noted in the voice over that 'we've ensured that there's enough food to eat..', which is code for 'we've stocked it'.

I take the view that the production crew had a duty of care to the pig by dint of having intervened in its life, and by dint of putting the 'survivors' somewhere they would not otherwise be.

That does not excuse the vapid idiot who actually did it. He did it, he even mentioned the potential danger of strangulation to the pig while discussing with the others when he was deciding to do it. He took an action that was entirely about his own feelings, that he knew carried dangers for the pigs, and then took no mitigating action to reduce that danger. Utter, utter cunt.

At least he gave the pig a burial at sea.. because that doesn't make him a cunt

 

[bellaozzydog]

At least he gave the pig a burial at sea.. because that doesn't make him a cunt

It’s what the pig would have wanted

 

[Part 2]

Every series the pig thing is always a set up!

 

[joustmaster]

I still can't believe the vegan hung a pig

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I can't believe they didn't eat it but then they know they are only a few days away from food and I have my suspicions about their conditions anyway as they don't look anything like as bad as the Islanders usually do.

 

[Boudicca]

I think this lot are coping better than previous groups. They built a shelter and got the fire going straight away. Also they have actually been catching fish. But Bear still has to put the 'will they die of starvation?' spin on it.

 

[joustmaster]

They also found all those papaya in that tesco carrier bag by the tree

 

[JuanTwoThree]

It's like watching the passengers from the B Ark (in Hitch-hikers Guide) on a desert island.

'B' Ark

 

[wtfftw]

I still can't believe the vegan hung a pig

pescatarian.

 

[smmudge]

Shame they only figured out* at the last moment how to attract sharks, ie blood.

*they may not have worked this out

They did seem to do a lot better than previous groups, as in, looked like the risk of death was a bit lower.

I certainly wouldn't go through all that for max one hour's airtime for a few weeks.

Big Brother is on every day! And The Circle, they're just sitting around on a sofa ffs.