Dual Survival
| Dual Survival | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality show Survival skills |
| Starring | Cody Lundin (season 1-3) Joseph Teti (season 3-present) Dave Canterbury (season 1-2) |
| Narrated by | Paul Christie |
| Country of origin | Template:TVUS |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 34 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | June 11, 2010 – present |
Dual Survival is an American reality cable television series aired on the Discovery Channel.[1] The show features a pair of survival experts in challenging environments.[1]
For the first two seasons the show featured the differing outdoor survival philosophies and skills of Cody Lundin, a naturalist and primitive-skills expert who runs the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Arizona and Dave Canterbury, a military-trained survival instructor who runs the Pathfinder Training School in Ohio.[2] Beginning with the third season, Canterbury was replaced with Joseph "Joe" Teti.
Production
Dual Survival's first and second seasons originally aired in 2010 and 2011, respectively.[3][4] A third season began production in 2012,[5] and began airing on January 1, 2013.[6] The show was renewed for a fourth season[7] with a scheduled debut on April 2, 2014.[8]
Format
In Dual Survival's first two seasons, each episode features Lundin and Canterbury in a different survival situation: marooned on a deserted island, lost in a forbidding jungle, or stranded in an arid desert. They have to survive for a number of days with minimal gear.[9] Along the way, Lundin and Canterbury demonstrate various survival skills such as using primitive methods to make fire and obtaining potable water.
Conflict often arose from differences between Lundin and Canterbury's individual survival philosophies and methods. Lundin, who does not wear shoes or long pants, sometimes slowed down the duo when navigating through particularly tough terrain.[10]
In season 3, Joe Teti replaced Canterbury.[11] Teti is a former Force Recon Marine and retired Army Special Forces.[12] On February 17, 2014 Lundin announced on his Facebook page and on his website that he had been fired from Dual Survival due to differences of opinion on matters of safety. [13][14]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Cast | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 10 | Cody Lundin | Dave Canterbury | June 11, 2010 | August 20, 2010 | |
| 2 | 12 | April 22, 2011 | July 1, 2011 | |||
| 3 | 11 | Joseph Teti | January 1, 2013 | March 13, 2013 | ||
| 4 | 10 | Cody Lundin Matt Graham |
April 23, 2014 | June 25, 2014 | ||
| 5 | 13 | Matt Graham | January 21, 2015 | April 22, 2015 | ||
| 6 | 4 | September 30, 2015 | October 21, 2015 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Bill McConnell | Grady Powell | January 13, 2016 | March 15, 2016 | |
| 8 | 7 | Josh James Bo McGlone |
June 15, 2016 | August 3, 2016 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Jeff Zausch | EJ Snyder | August 24, 2016 | October 12, 2016 | |
See also
- Survivorman, a similar series hosted by Les Stroud
- Surviving Urban Disasters, another series hosted by Stroud.
- Beyond Survival, another series hosted by Stroud that looks at the survival techniques of the last indigenous tribes.
- Man vs. Wild, a similarly themed Discovery Channel series hosted by Bear Grylls.
- Man, Woman, Wild, an American survival-themed series showing Mykel Hawke and his wife Ruth England surviving in the wild.
References
- ^ a b Dawn, Randee (June 11, 2010). "Odd couple battle elements in "Dual Survival"". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Strauss, Gary (August 27, 2010). "Survival shows are now the fittingest on television". USA Today. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Dual Survival Season 2 is Renewed". Pop Tower. September 20, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Dual Survival Episode Guide". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ Brzoznowski, Kristin (April 6, 2012). "Discovery Reveals Upfront Slate". World Screen. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ "Cody Lundin will be partnered with Joseph Teti when Dual Survival returns in January". HULIQ. November 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- ^ Lundin, Cody (1 May 2013). "Cody Lundin Press Release – Dual Survival Season Four!!". codylundin.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ Teti, Joseph (5 March 2014). "The new season of Dual Survival". Facebook.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Episodes : Dual Survival : Discovery Channel". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "Bios : Dual Survivor : Discovery Channel". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ McKay, Hollie (November 30, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: 'Dual Survival' names Joseph Teti its new military survival pro". Fox News. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- ^ "Former Green Beret and counterterrorism expert Joseph Teti joins survivalist Cody Lundin on 'Dual Survival'". NY Daily News. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Lundin, Cody. "Dual Survival Update". Facebook. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ Lundin, Cody. "Dual Survival Update". Cody Lundin Blog. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.