Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

Synopsis

Ben Fogle follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.

First Air Date: 2013-04-22

Last Air Date: 2026-02-24

Number of Seasons: 21

Number of Episodes: 127

Networks: 5

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Top Cast

Ben Fogle as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2013) - (4 Episodes)

Season 2 (2014) - (4 Episodes)

Season 3 (2014) - (4 Episodes)

Season 4 (2015) - (5 Episodes)

Season 5 (2016) - (8 Episodes)

Season 6 (2017) - (8 Episodes)

Season 7 (2018) - (4 Episodes)

Season 8 (2019) - (4 Episodes)

Season 9 (2019) - (4 Episodes)

Season 10 (2019) - (3 Episodes)

Season 11 (2020) - (5 Episodes)

Season 12 (2020) - (6 Episodes)

Season 13 (2021) - (5 Episodes)

Season 14 (2021) - (6 Episodes)

Season 15 (2021) - (4 Episodes)

Season 16 (2022) - (11 Episodes)

Season 17 (2023) - (12 Episodes)

Season 18 (2024) - (11 Episodes)

Season 19 (2025) - (10 Episodes)

Season 20 (2025) - (3 Episodes)

Season 21 (2026) - (6 Episodes)

Season 1 (2013)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Australia (2013-04-22)

Adventurer Ben Fogle travels to Restoration Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to visit former businessman David. As this intriguing travel documentary reveals, David lost $10million in the stock market crash of 1987, as well as his marriage and his home. Now he lives alone on an island in a house made of recycled material and makes beer to trade with local fishermen for food.
Ep. 2: Alaska (2013-04-29)

Adventurer Ben Fogle travels to Alaska to visit a couple who hiked 4,000 miles to find a new home and lifestyle. As this incredible travel documentary reveals, they spend half the year in a mountainside yurt, then hike in the region's countryside for the next six months. Ben joins the family and learns some essential survival skills including grizzly bear protection and navigating Alaskan storms.
Ep. 3: New Zealand (2013-05-06)

Adventurer Ben Fogle travels to New Zealand's South Island to meet Robert and Catherine, who left a privileged lifestyle to survive as hunter-gatherers. As this intriguing travel documentary reveals, they live in an area of countryside that’s two days from the nearest road. Ben helps Robert hunt for rock lobsters and joins Catherine to climb a waterfall to fix the family's gravity-fed water pipe.
Ep. 4: Texas (2013-05-13)

Adventurer Ben Fogle visits John, a former fashion photographer who gave up his opulent lifestyle to move to the remote Texas countryside. In this intriguing travel documentary, John shows Ben the building made from scrap wood and iron that serves as his bedroom, as well as luxuries including a phone and freezer run from electricity generated by solar panels.