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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 1 Episode 1 - Australia
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Australia

    S1:E1

    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.

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  2. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 1 Episode 2 - Alaska
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Alaska

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 1 Episode 3 - New Zealand
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - New Zealand

    S1:E3

    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.

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  4. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 1 Episode 4 - Texas
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Texas

    S1:E4

    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.

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  5. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 2 Episode 1 - Georgia Swamplands
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Georgia Swamplands

    S2:E1

    Adventurer Ben Fogle ventures into the swampland countryside of southern Georgia to spend time with Colbert, a former financier who now lives in his hand-built wooden cabin. In this remarkable travel documentary Ben learns some of the vital skills needed to survive in this dangerous backwater, including skinning roadkill, spearing frogs and drinking swamp water.

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  6. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 2 Episode 2 - Himalayan Foothills
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Himalayan Foothills

    S2:E2

    Adventurer Ben Fogle travels deep into the foothills of the Himalayas in the Indian countryside to meet Steve, a former fighter pilot who decided he could not live in an organized society. In his remote mountain property, Ben helps Steve chase off intruders, plough the fields with a team of buffalo, tends to Steve's future grave plot, and meditates naked with him.

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  7. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 2 Episode 3 - Philippines Jungle
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Philippines Jungle

    S2:E3

    Ben Fogle travels to a remote part of the Philippines countryside to meet Neil, a complex man who gave up on the American Dream for a new lifestyle with his adopted family in a very alien culture. In this revealing travel documentary, he meets Neil's family, living in a bamboo house on a hillside, where he helps kill a chicken and a pig, and learns about the school run, native transport style.

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  8. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 2 Episode 4 - Panama
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Panama

    S2:E4

    Ben Fogle travels to Panama where he meets Brits Ian and Vanessa, in their small, off-grid Caribbean Island home. As this astonishing travel documentary reveals, Ian listed his 'whole life' for sale on eBay, then set off on a two-year adventure to achieve his bucket list, sold the story of his life to Disney and spent the money building a new home in the remote Panamanian countryside.

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  9. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 3 Episode 1 - Namibia
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Namibia

    S3:E1

    Adventure guru Ben Fogle travels to the Namibian desert and spends time with Gideon, who quit his career to live in the largest conservation area in Africa. In this revealing travel documentary, Ben embraces the harsh work of farm life in temperatures pushing 40C, tending to more than 150 animals, repairing baboon damage to water pipes and learning how to castrate sheep with his teeth.

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  10. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 3 Episode 2 - Alaska
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Alaska

    S3:E2

    Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the wilderness of Alaska and spends time with Mike and Fran in their simple, self-built log cabin. In this eye-opening travel documentary, Ben discovers how the couple have created a self-sufficient lifestyle by working the land and trapping animals. He also gets stuck into forest survival, battling mosquitoes, adapting to 24-hour daylight and hunting prey.

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  11. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 3 Episode 3 - Utah
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Utah

    S3:E3

    Ben Fogle travels to the countryside of Utah to meet 72-year-old twins Bill and Bob Stone, who fled their adrenaline-junkie pasts for a tough subsistence lifestyle. In this fascinating travel documentary, he joins the brothers as they go cattle-wrangling, rock climbing and skydiving, while Ben also discovers why these former bounty hunters decided to cut themselves off from civilization.

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  12. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 3 Episode 4 - Swedish Arctic Circle
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Swedish Arctic Circle

    S3:E4

    Ben meets a 40-year-old Brit Gaynor who gave up her old lifestyle as a communications manager for a life of adventure, training huskies inside the Arctic Circle. In this intriguing travel documentary, he joins Gaynor in her hand-built cabin, which has neither electricity nor running water, and meets her 40 Alaskan huskies. They then embark on a tough trek, driving dogs through the icy wilderness.

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  13. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 1 - Laos
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Laos

    S4:E1

    Adventurer Ben Fogle travels to Southeast Asia to meet 31-year-old Jon Watkinson, who quit a career in finance for a new lifestyle in a handmade bamboo hut on a remote island in Laos. In this engrossing travel documentary, Ben digs trenches, attempts an extreme form of fishing and helps his host to lift and move an entire house. He also discovers how the locals have taken Jon to their hearts.

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  14. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 2 - Kimberley Region, Australia
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Kimberley Region, Australia

    S4:E2

    Adventurer Ben Fogle heads to Australia to meet 61-year-old Barbara Walker, a widow who has lived alone in an isolated Bush camp for eight years. In this intriguing travel documentary, he discovers how this former photographer adopted a new lifestyle in one of the world's most challenging environments, managing 63 wild horses and hand-rearing rescued animals in the remote countryside.

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  15. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 3 - Appalachian Mountains
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Appalachian Mountains

    S4:E3

    Adventurer Ben Fogle ventures deep into the Appalachian Mountains to spend time with Justin, who rejected the trappings of a privileged lifestyle to live in the remote countryside. In this revealing travel documentary, he discovers how Justin's life in the wild began with a grueling 2,000-mile trek to his home, where he has no electricity or running water and all his meals are fresh roadkill.

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  16. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 4 - Ocean Living
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Ocean Living

    S4:E4

    Ben Fogle heads to French Polynesia and spends time with Brit Rick and his girlfriend Jasna, who live a nomadic life on their yacht, sailing around the waters of the archipelago they have made their home. In this rugged travel documentary, Ben builds hammocks, rigs sails, spears fish for dinner, experiences rough seas and learns how the couple use the islands to support their transient lifestyle.

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  17. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 5 - Scotland
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Scotland

    S4:E5

    Adventurer Ben Fogle joins Nic and Ady, who uprooted themselves from a comfortable life to live on the island of Rum in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. In this inspiring travel documentary, Ben learns how they survive such a challenging lifestyle, helps them tend their animals, farm their vegetable patch and dig the foundations for what they hope will be their future home in the remote countryside.

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  18. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 1 - Pacific Northwest
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Pacific Northwest

    S5:E1

    Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the Pacific Northwest to live with British-born Lynx Vilden. As this intriguing travel documentary reveals, this former punk-rock wild-child has spent more than half her life hunting, eating and sleeping in the wilderness. Lynx teaches Ben the tricks of surviving this Stone Age lifestyle and discovers her mission to convince the rest of us to 'become prehistoric'.

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  19. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 2 - Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

    S5:E2

    Adventurer Ben Fogle heads to Tanzania, living nomadically with Brit-born Moli and his wife Noelle. As this engrossing travel documentary reveals, they swapped a city lifestyle for a vast wilderness and a new safari guiding business. In one of the wildest and least visited parks in the area, Ben experiences living alongside some of the most fearsome animals on Earth.

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  20. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 3 - Gadacs, Hungary
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Gadacs, Hungary

    S5:E3

    In 2015, Julia from South Africa and her British husband Gareth bought a derelict farmhouse online. They had never visited Eastern Europe before but wanted a new low-impact, self-sufficient lifestyle. In this fascinating travel documentary, Ben Fogle meets them at the property in the Hungarian countryside, helps install a window and assists as they try to buy chickens in the local market.

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  21. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 4 - The Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

    S5:E4

    Ben Fogle journeys into the Canadian countryside and meets Julius and Kristin in a remote mountain valley lodge. In this eye-opening travel documentary, he discovers how the former war correspondent became one of North America's top grizzly bear guides. Ben joins his hosts as they prepare for the adventure of bear viewing season and heads out on a 24-hour trek to find new ground away from hunters.

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  22. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 5 - Ibiza
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Ibiza

    S5:E5

    In the secluded Ibizan countryside, Ben Fogle visits a commune, the brainchild of ex-navy officer Chris. For 30 years, he has lived in the untamed heart of this Spanish island. In this revealing travel documentary, Ben discovers why this self-confessed playboy has shunned a life of excess for a back-to-basics lifestyle and why he's built a commune from the rubbish that partygoers leave behind.

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  23. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 6 - Khatgal, Outer Mongolia
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Khatgal, Outer Mongolia

    S5:E6

    Ben ventures deep into the freezing tundra of Mongolia on the longest adventure he's experienced. In this intriguing travel documentary, he meets Micky and Trina, who left behind American comforts for a new lifestyle as missionaries in a country they knew nothing about. Despite freezing conditions and near-death experiences, Ben discovers they have made a huge impact in this remote area.

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  24. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 7 - Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina

    S5:E7

    Ben heads to a secret location in the USA's Appalachian Mountains to live with forest dweller, Tod and his own wild community. In this engrossing travel documentary, Ben finds out why his host stripped away all the complications of modernity for a life in the woods following his own rules. Ben embraces the forest lifestyle life, making fires, digging clay for pots, processing bear and foraging.

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  25. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 8 - Morocco, Atlas Mountains
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Morocco, Atlas Mountains

    S5:E8

    Ben is in the Moroccan countryside, near the Atlas Mountains, staying with Dina and Mostafa, who shunned the American dream to live a simple lifestyle in a mud house. In this revealing travel documentary, Ben meets them at breaking point, as they have no money left and the land they’ve purchased can’t sustain them. Ben tries to play a part in improving their chances of surviving.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Australia" is the best rated episode of "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/22/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Alaska".