The BEST survival show currently on TV is “Dual Survival”, which has a genuine “odd couple”. One guy is an gruff ex-Special Forces type who teams up with a barefoot, shorts-wearing hippie with pigtails and piercings.
BOTH of those guys are the real deal.
The approach they take and the techniques they use are not Hollywood, like Grylls. They take 30 minutes to cross a stream because they know that wet = hypothermia = death. You’d think they’d hate eachother, but they get along really well and their skills are complementary. Excellent show.
We watch that show all the time.
The barefoot guy, Cody, is really funny.
When it comes to building a fire, that guy is the expert.