Bear Grylls and Rutledge Wood Turn Everyday Cars Into Survival Machines
Bear Grylls and Top Gear's Rutledge Wood are turning ordinary cars into machines built for the wild.
The pair will front Adventure Garage With Bear Grylls, an eight-episode adventure series launched by Propagate Content and The Natural Studios, Variety reported on 12 October 2026. Eight episodes means eight self-contained builds and tests. Grylls arrives as the survivalist, Wood as the motoring presenter.
The format is simple. Grylls and Wood take standard road vehicles and rebuild them as extreme adventure machines. They then put each customised vehicle through its paces on missions across rugged terrain. A pass means the garage work holds up outside the garage.
What makes this stand out is the pairing of skills. One host brings knowledge of survival in harsh places. The other brings knowledge of engines, handling and what cars can take. Viewers get both the workshop and the field trip.
Behind the camera, four companies share production credits. They are The Natural Studios, Workerbee, Sovereign's Capital and Tablehouse. The Natural Studios operates as a joint venture with Banijay, meaning it is jointly owned and backed, while Workerbee is part of Banijay itself, the international production group.
The day-to-day lead is Ben Simms, who serves as showrunner, the person who oversees the creative direction and daily production, and as executive producer. Liz Schulze is also an executive producer. Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman and Ben Simon hold executive producer credits as well, senior roles that typically cover creative oversight and key business decisions.
The next step is sales. Propagate Content is bringing the series to market, which means it is offering the show to broadcasters, cable networks and streaming platforms around the world. Propagate was founded by Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens, who lead the company as co-chief executives. Founded in 2015, it develops, produces and distributes programming for broadcast, cable, digital and emerging platforms, according to Propagate Content.
No channel or launch date has yet been confirmed. That will depend on which buyers pick up the eight episodes and where they place them in their schedules. For viewers, that sales window is the wait between a show being announced and a platform giving it a date and a slot.
