Escape to the Legion

Episode 1 (1x1)

Air date: Jul 04, 2005

Explorer Bear Grylls experiences life in the French Foreign Legion. Joining a group of 12 recruits from various backgrounds, he undergoes a month of gruelling training in a Sahara camp. The romantic image of a refuge for men seeking to escape the past evaporates in the face of physical and psychological torment, as the staff push them to breaking point