''Bare Necessities'' is a

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survival

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produced by Pudding Productions, which ran for two series plus a pilot episode from 1999 to 2001.

Content

Co-hosted by Ed Hall and former commando survival expert

Hugh McManners Hugh McManners is an English musician and author, and a campaigner for medical research to help war veterans. Music McManners writes contemporary rock and folk songs and is currently working with producer Jez Coad on an album to be released in ...

, two teams of three were taken to spend one week in difficult conditions, to survive while eating unpleasant food and performing demanding tasks, being judged by McManners to decide the winner of a five-star hotel holiday. The teams were made up of contestants with the same profession, including nurses and estate agents competing in the Mexican jungle, taxi drivers and hospital doctors on a remote beach in

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, bank managers and vegetarian students in the

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, models and lawyers on a desert island in

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, or builders and IT specialists in the

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. The episodes included survival tips from McManners.

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''Bare Necessities''
at Pudding Productions * 1999 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings 1990s British reality television series 2000s British reality television series Works about survival skills British English-language television shows {{UK-reality-tv-prog-stub