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.
TV series
Tough Guy or Chicken?
200960 min1 season · 8 episodes
Reality
Seasons and episodes
1 season · 8 episodes
1
S1 E1Ecuador
Aug 20, 200960 min
To start their epic journey they travel high into the Andes where they must become chagras - the weathered, hard-as-nails cowboys of Ecuador. They do battle with the local, deadly fighting bulls, many of which end up in bullrings across Sou
S1 E2Siberia
Aug 27, 200960 min
Continuing their epic journey they travel to the Siberian arctic to become Evenki reindeer herders, a people who have survived in one of the most hostile locations for thousands of years. This is about learning to deal with extreme cold wit
S1 E3Mexico
Sep 3, 200960 min
The adventurers head into the jungle of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and become cave-divers in a vast network of largely uncharted, pitch-black, underwater tunnels.
S1 E4Amazon
Sep 10, 200960 min
The adventurers join boys of the Jaminawa tribe in the Brazilian Amazon and endure six days of a jungle initiation to become men. To succeed they must follow the rules of Jaminawa shaman Carlito, who has taught generations of boys the secre
S1 E5Namibia
Sep 17, 200960 min
After two months on the road, they have arrived in blistering heat of the Namibian bush for their fifth challenge - to join the Ju-Wasi tribe of San Bushmen on a traditional hunt in an extremely inhospitable environment.
S1 E6Bahamas
Sep 24, 200960 min
After the pain of the Amazonian jungle and the arid heat of the Namibian bush, they have come to paradise - the Bahamas. Unfortunately for them their challenge lies underwater, in the shape of sharks.
Starring
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Tough Guy or Chicken??
- Tough Guy or Chicken? is not currently listed on a streaming service in the US. Use the country picker on the page to check other markets.
- How many seasons of Tough Guy or Chicken? are there?
- Tough Guy or Chicken? has 1 season and 8 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Tough Guy or Chicken??
- Tough Guy or Chicken? has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 9, 2009.
- Who stars in Tough Guy or Chicken??
- Tough Guy or Chicken? stars Lauren Laverne, Ross Edgley.
