Ben Fogle New Lives in The Wild
Ben Fogle New Lives in The Wild is a report on Channel 5. Ben Fogle travels round the world to visit people who have given up the rat race. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 119 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2026.
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1:00:00 Ben Fogle New Lives in The Wild
Ben spends time with a British former dump-truck driver who sold his life on eBay.
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1:00:00Ben meets a former Florida cab driver who now farms coconuts on a remote island.
1:00:00Ben meets a former fighter pilot who has given up the rat race for a simple life.
1:00:00Ben journeys to the swamplands of Georgia USA to live with a former high-flying financier.
Series 1
1:00:00Ben travels to Alaska to stay with Bretwood, Erin and their two children.
1:00:00Ben lives with a former businessman on his inaccessible Australian island.
Series 21
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1:00:00Ben meets Randilyn, a woman who is on a perpetual walk across the country.
1:00:00Ben visits a couple whose ambition to rescue a few horses has created a community farm.
1:00:00Ben experiences a different kind of wild living - 'continuous cruising' on a narrowboat.
1:00:00Ben visits a remarkable family whose is perched on one of the region's highest mountains.
1:00:00Ben ventures into forested wilderness to stay with two remarkable artists.
1:00:00Ben visits a former war journalist to find out what took his host to a remote island.
Series 20 1:00:00
1:00:00Ben journeys to rural Thailand to meet Yidan, who left city life to build a farm.
1:00:00Ben meets Brit Rupert, who resides in in a traditional house in the mountains of Japan.
1:00:00Ben meet Aleks, a Norwegian model who now resides in the deserts of Botswana.
Series 19 1:00:00
1:00:00Ben's journey takes him to an off-grid home nestled deep in the forests of Canton, Maine.
1:00:00Ben meets 50-year-old free spirit Nara, who's lived without mod cons most of his life.
1:00:00Series 3, Episode 1 - Namibia
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Ben heads to Africa to meet a master bushman who quit a city career for the dry desert.