《百家讲坛》是中央电视台科教频道（CCTV-10）2001年7月9日开播的讲座式栏目，栏目宗旨为建构时代常识，享受智慧人生。选择观众最感兴趣、最前沿、最吸引人的选题。追求学术创新，鼓励思想个性，强调雅俗共赏，重视传播互动。栏目选材广泛，曾涉及文化、生物、医学、经济、军事等各个方面，现多以文化题材为主，并较多涉及中国历史、中国文化。
查克（汤姆?汉克斯 Tom Hanks饰）任职于美国联邦快递，他系统工程师的职业决定了他的生活忙碌、自律、充满时间紧迫感。而查克总能把一切工作都井井有序的安排在每天的日程里，时间就在他的控制之下。他无暇顾及的只是女朋友凯莉（海伦?亨特 Helen Hunt 饰）。 一场飞机失事改变了这一切。所有人都以为查克丧生于这场灾难中，然而事实上他活了下来，被困在一个荒无人烟的小岛上。荒岛上的生活就连吃喝都成问题，查克成为了现代鲁滨逊。但另一方面，他在这里却因为与大自然依存，与险境搏斗，与孤独作伴，与饥饿抗争，得到了以前从来没有领悟到的感受。当他回到现代社会时，人生有了新的开始。
1 "South Island" July 18, 2011 Bear Grylls must fling himself out of a plane and parachute to safety to reach this remote area. Crossing the country's highest mountain range and starting a fire in a waterlogged forest are just some of the unpredictable things he faces in this terrain. 2 "Fire And Ice" July 25, 2011 Bear Grylls is dropped on an ice cap covering an active volcano. In blizzard conditions he struggles to make headway, and the barren land offers little food. Can he reach civilization when faced with swollen river crossings and ever present flash floods? 3 "Red Rock Country" August 12, 2011 Bear Grylls is in red rock country - southern Utah. Armed only with a lasso, he descends a rock pinnacle and gets trapped in a narrow gorge. Crossing an arid wilderness, he's left hanging 100 ft above a ravine. And Bear's craziest airplane stunt ever! 4 "Land of The Maori" August 19, 2011 Over 100 people drown each year in New Zealand, and Bear must cross a raging river on a tree trunk to head toward civilization. On his journey to safety he runs out of water, is forced to climb up active volcanic ranges and scale down a waterfall. 5 "Working the Wild" November 29, 2011 Bear Grylls takes the viewer behind the scenes to meet the crew that follows his every step. Whether he's jumping from helicopters or eating the unimaginable, the camera is never far away from the action. Now the crew gets to tell their side of the story.
