The BEST episodes of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 1

Every episode of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 1!

Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.

Last Updated: 5/13/2024Network: Discovery Channel (UK)Status: Continuing

8.06

31 votes

#1 - Borneo

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2019

Ed Stafford challenges ultra-fit ex-Marine and ropes expert Aldo Kane to race across the tangled wilds of Borneo's mangrove swamps.

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8.00

16 votes

#2 - India

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2019

Ed Stafford has bitten off more than he thinks he can chew by racing serving Royal Air Force survival instructor John Hudson across the top of the monster mountains of the Himalayas.

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7.96

23 votes

#3 - Thailand

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/21/2019

Ed Stafford risks life and limb as he races through the harsh Thai jungles against ex-military survival legend EJ Snyder.

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7.89

28 votes

#4 - Kazakhstan

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2019

Ed Stafford finds himself marooned in a never-ending natural maze as he flies to Kazakhstan to take on ex-South Korean special forces soldier Khen Rhee.

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7.45

29 votes

#5 - Mongolia

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/2019

Mongolia's Gobi desert is the setting for the ultimate survival race as Ed Stafford is paired against survival supremo and famed endurance athlete Matt Graham.

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7.27

15 votes

#6 - Palau

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2019

Ed Stafford goes up against primitive skills expert Cat Bigney in a race across the stunning but deadly island paradise of Palau in the South Pacific.

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