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I really liked Alone , which reminded me a lot of Survivorman . The contestants are dropped off far apart, and told to survive on their own for as long as they can, while filming themselves. The amount of effort varied hugely. Some tapped out and left on the very first night - either due to psychological issues ("oh my GOD there's a bear") or physical ("hey let's drink some of this stagnant water and throw up all nig…
>told to survive on their own for as long as they can surely this is not the actual time constraint.
I really recommend the first season; while there's some tropes of "oh my god what was that noise ", there's a lot of focus both on the physical tasks required for survival, and on what the contestants go through, psychologically.
A lot of parts are very surprisingly funny.