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To a degree, yes.

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is

Also,

"According to Weinert, while filming in California's Sierra Nevada mountains - an episode in which Grylls, 33, is seen biting off the head of a snake for breakfast - Grylls actually spent some nights with the show's crew in a lodge outfitted with television, stone fireplaces, hot tubs and internet access.

The Pines Resort at Bass Lake is advertised as "a cozy getaway for families" and is a luxurious hotel with its own spa on a lake.

In another instance, where Grylls was supposed to be surviving on a desert island, he was actually in Hawaii and spent nights at a motel, Weinert said.

The same episode had Grylls building a Polynesian-style raft using only materials around him, including bamboo, hibiscus twine and palm leaves for a sail. Weinert said he actually lead a team of builders to construct the raft.

It was then taken apart so that Grylls could be shown building it on camera."

-http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/a-tv-survivalist-caught-cutting-corners/
It's a real TV show certainly and the fact it is a TV show designed to entertainment, it's entirely possible while everything is 'real' it could be staged realism for the camera.

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