Les Stroud (Born October 20, 1962 in Mimico, Ontario[1][2]) is a Canadian musician, film maker, and survival enthusiast best known as the host of the television program Survivorman. After a short career behind the scenes in the music industry, Stroud became a full-time wilderness guide, survival instructor and musician based in Huntsville, Ontario. Stroud has produced survival-themed programming for The Outdoor Life Network, The Discovery Channel, and The Science Channel.

Bear Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British mountaineer and adventurer as well as best-selling author, television presenter, and international motivational speaker. Grylls, a former member of the British Special Forces, made his name by becoming, at the age of 23, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest and return alive in 1998.

He hosts the television programme Born Survivor: Bear Grylls (also known as Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel worldwide and Channel 4 in the UK). He was formerly the host of the television show, Escape to the Legion which was also on Channel 4 in the UK & on the Military Channel. Grylls is currently filming new HD episodes of the born survivor series.