Phil Breslin
Self - Host
Built to Survive (2022)
Season 1
Phil Breslin draws on the knowledge of science, First Nations peoples and his own experience in the wild, to find out how animals have adapted to some of the world's most extreme and diverse, natural habitats.
Released July 4, 2022
Episode 25 min
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S1E1 - Wet and Wild Rainforests
In the heat and humidity of the rainforest Phil reveals the survival adaptations of the elusive tree kangaroo, the colourful cassowary and the lethal scrub python.
July 4, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - Desert Dwellers
In the endless heat of the sands near Munga Thirri, (The Simpson Desert), Phil encounters Australia's largest lizard - the perentie, our fastest flightless bird - the emu, and the world's largest marsupial - the red kangaroo.
July 5, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - Wild Wild Wetlands
Phil Breslin ventures into Australia's notorious swamp country where he encounters the speedy freshwater crocodile, the predatory barramundi and the world's largest reptile, the saltwater crocodile.
July 6, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - Coastal Critters
Phil Breslin heads along the rugged cliffs and sandy flats of the coast where he finds a master of the skies - the sea eagle, a master of disguise - the estuarine stone fish and the master of camouflage - the sting ray.
July 7, 2022, midnight
S1E5 - Mud and Mangroves
Phil Breslin heads into the mangroves, for a muddy encounter with a feisty mud crab, a shovel-nosed ray that he catches bare-handed and a mosquito, well quite a lot of mosquitoes that almost eat him alive.
July 8, 2022, midnight
S1E6 - Big Blue Ocean
Phil Breslin heads out into the deep blue ocean for a close encounter with the toothy tiger shark, the graceful and majestic manta ray and a giant of the deep - the humungous humpback whale.
July 11, 2022, midnight
S1E7 - Island Castaways
Phil Breslin leaves the Australian mainland for some island-hopping fun and encounters a green sea turtle laying her eggs, a pack of wild dingoes on the hunt and a snake with a terrifying name - death adder, lying in ambush.
July 12, 2022, midnight
S1E8 - Savannah Survivors
Phil Breslin visits the savannah for an encounter with Australia's largest predatory bird, a wedge-tailed Eagle, one of the world's most venomous snakes - the coastal taipan and a real-life dragon - the frill-necked lizard.
July 13, 2022, midnight
S1E9 - Rivers of Life
Phil Breslin journeys down Australia's river system by kayak, all the way from the rocky rapids to the wide brown estuaries. Phil encounters a duc-billed platypus, a long-finned eel and a bull shark.
July 14, 2022, midnight
S1E10 - Woodland Wanderers
If you go down to the woods today you might just find Phil Breslin tracking down a yellow-bellied glider, an eastern brown snake and the cuddliest of all Australians, the koala.
July 15, 2022, midnight
Network: ABC Me
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 256 min.
Released: July 4, 2022
Last Air Date: July 15, 2022, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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