Bear Grylls makes a thrilling entrance at Celebrity Bear Hunt premiere and poses with his seldom-seen wife Shara at the red carpet

Bear Grylls certainly lived up to his Action Man name as he made a dramatic arrival to the Celebrity Bear Hunt premiere on Tuesday night.

The survival expert, 50, abseiled from the side of a building onto the red carpet at the Odeon West End in central London.

He was clad in all his adventurer gear as he slowly lowered himself down and impressed with crowds with his stunt.

He later posed with his rarely-seen wife Shara who cut a chic figure in a grey winter coat and leopard print heels.

On the new Netflix competition series, a group of unexpected celebrities are placed in the wilds of Central America to be hunted by one of the most formidable predators in the world – Bear Grylls himself.

Bear was joined by the show’s host Holly Willoughby who looked as stylish as ever in a gorgeous black plunging gown.

Holly, a former This Morning host at 43, makes a comeback to television on the program after some time away from the screen since leaving the ITV daytime show.

She showcased her sophisticated fashion sense in a stylish outfit worth £1,800 designed by London’s very own David Koma. The ensemble included luxurious velvet accents and was paired with simple matching heels to add some extra height.

As Bear puts them through their paces in the show, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’.

The Bear Hunt is said to be a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, face elimination from the show.

Elsewhere at the premiere model Lottie Moss, 27, turned heads in a busty white gown with a dramatic thigh split.

The Saturdays singer Una Healy, 43, meanwhile opted for a dark red vinyl dress covered in sparkly detailing.

Spice Girl Mel B, 49, showed off her toned legs in a grey mini skirt which she teamed with a long camel coat.

Steph McGovern wore an all-black outfit for the occasion and sported a wrist support.

It comes after Bear admitted Holly was very nervous ahead of filming for the new show as she embarked on her TV comeback.

She took some time away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice, after a ‘graphic’ kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed back in 2023.

However the star is now throwing herself back into the spotlight with her most adventurous show yet, Celebrity Bear Hunt.

And her co-star Bear has explained just how nervous Holly was as he confessed: ‘She was was in at the deep end.’

Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery on Virgin Radio UK on Tuesday morning, Bear chatted about working with Holly as he said: ‘She was a dream.

‘I’ve never really worked with anyone else like that before. She’s just gentle, heart led. She was nervous. She was in at the deep end.

‘What a great girl, and she added such a beautiful bit of empathy and love, a sort of warmth to the celebs when they’re back at camp because they were nervous. Everyone’s kind of high octane in it.

‘And she was great. She was great.’

Show bosses have pulled out all the stops with their latest line-up which features Spice Girl Mel B, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Boris Becker and model Lottie Moss.

Also joining the A-list line-up is Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Steph McGovern, Una Healy, Kila Bokinni, Leomie Anderson and Danny Cipriani.

Holly recently opened up about the challenges that came with being back at home after she took time out from work last year.

Finding a new role as a stay-at-home-mum, the former This Morning host said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids – Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 – when they got back from school but they’d be ‘exhausted’.

She told The Sunday Times: ‘It’s been sh** for all of us, we’ve had to get used to how each other works again, you know?’

‘Don’t get me wrong, the kids, to begin with when I was at home a lot, they’d walk through the door and I’d be like, ‘So? What happened?’ because I hadn’t spoken to anyone [all day].

‘Normally I’m at work and absolutely knackered, and so I’m like, ‘All right kids?’ and they’re like, ‘All right Mum,’ and that’s it – and suddenly I was, ‘So, what happened today?’ They were like, ‘Mum, just because you’ve been at home all day — we’ve been at school, we’re exhausted’.’

Holly revealed she loved being able to return to doing the school run, something she knows other parents must have been jealous she usually got out of doing due to her early morning TV gigs.

As well as that, she said she had been able to go to so many more things her children – who she shares with her TV producer husband Dan Baldwin – were getting up to.