Tough Guy or Chicken?

Tough Guy or Chicken?
Genre	Reality
Written by	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Gary Hunter
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Three
Release	20 August (2009-08-20) – 8 October 2009 (2009-10-08)

Tough Guy or Chicken? is a 2009 reality television series shown on BBC Three. It involves five young British men spending four months travelling the world taking tough challenges with deadly animals and in hostile locations. The series is made up of 8 episodes where, in each, the men are taken to a different part of the world to take on the different challenges that await them. If they are not up for the tasks required of them they fail the given challenge.

Ross Edgley, who was then 22 years old, took part.

Episodes

No.	Featured location	Original release date
1	Ecuador	20 August 2009 (2009-08-20)
Challenge: In the Andes where they must become chagras
2	Siberia	27 August 2009 (2009-08-27)
Challenge: In the Siberian Arctic to become Evenki reindeer herders
3	Mexico	3 September 2009 (2009-09-03)
Challenge: In the Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and become cave-divers
4	Amazon	10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
Challenge: Six days of a jungle initiation to become men
5	Namibia	17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)
Challenge: With the Ju-Wasi tribe of San Bushmen on a traditional hunt
6	Bahamas	24 September 2009 (2009-09-24)
Challenge: To become shark wranglers in just six days
7	Bangladesh	1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
Challenge: To catch venomous snakes
8	Japan	8 October 2009 (2009-10-08)
Challenge: To become Buddhist Yamabushi monks and take part in one of the toughest pilgrimages

Results

Pos	Contestant	EP1	EP2	EP3	EP4	EP5	EP6	EP7	EP8
1	Nick	P	P	P	P	P	P	F	P
2=	Ross Edgley	P	P	P	P	F	F	F	F
2=	Reuben	F	P	F	P	P	F	F	P
4	Easton	F	F	F	P	F	F	P	P
5	Ben	F	F	F	F	P	F	F	F

See also

Last Man Standing (UK TV series)

External links

• BBC page for Tough Guy or Chicken?
• IMDB Tough Guy or Chicken?