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Bear Grylls and Will Ferrell: Born Survivors
How long will it take Hollywood's star comedian Will Ferrell to lose his sense of humour when he spends 48 hours in the Arctic wilderness with Bear Grylls? Ferrell starts with wisecracks before they've even abseiled from the helicopter into the mountainous, snowy wastes. Next comes low-key clowning as he adapts to Grylls' action-man ways. But after sliding down icy gullies and tramping through thigh-deep snow, Ferrell's gag output slows down. It looks like Grylls is going to get through this without either turning crabby or laughing himself silly. And at least he can get his own back on Ferrell for eating the emergency candy bar by feeding him a dinner of reindeer's eyes and jowls. It's like The Odd Couple on tour - Ferrell is admirably perky and Grylls can't help smiling - but Laurel and Hardy they ain't.