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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 Worst Episode
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    Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 20 Episode 1 - Botswana
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Botswana

    S20:E1

    Ben meets Norwegian Aleks, who now lives in Botswana, learning of her incredible journey and meeting her adopted family, the Ju'/hoansi people, who have called southern Africa home for many thousands of years.

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  2. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 20 Episode 2 - Japan
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    #2 - Japan

    S20:E2

    Ben meets Brit Rupert (57), who resides in a traditional house in the mountains of Japan. Rupert has fully embraced the culture of his adopted homeland but his peaceful existence arose from hardship.

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  3. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 20 Episode 3 - Thailand
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Thailand

    S20:E3

    Ben journeys to rural Thailand to meet Yidan, who left city life to build a farm from scratch. As he helps her work, he uncovers the deeper reasons behind her bold transformation.

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  4. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 1 - Uganda
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    #4 - Uganda

    S21:E1

    Ben visits former war journalist Ali Porteous to find out what took his host to a remote island on Lake Victoria, learning of the events that bind her to Uganda's violent past.

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  5. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 2 - Norway
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    #5 - Norway

    S21:E2

    Ben ventures into the forested wilderness of Scandinavia to stay with two remarkable artists, throwing himself into their world of art and nature, and tackling the physical tasks the pair now struggle with.

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  6. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 4 - Cheshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Cheshire

    S21:E4

    Ben experiences a different kind of wild living - 'continuous cruising' on a narrowboat - staying with his host Dave, whose move to an off-grid life on the canals became a lifeline after personal tragedy.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 5 - Tenerife
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    #7 - Tenerife

    S21:E5

    Ben Fogle heads to the island of Tenerife to visit young couple Emma and Edo, whose ambition to rescue a few horses has created a community farm and very different wild sanctuary.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 6 - Missouri
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    #8 - Missouri

    S21:E6

    Ben Fogle meets Randilyn, a woman on a perpetual walk across the US. What began as a solitary journey with her dog has grown into a multi-wagon caravan, complete with a menagerie of animals she cares for on the move.

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  9. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 7 - French Polynesia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - French Polynesia

    S21:E7

    Ben travels almost 10,000 miles to the remote Pacific atoll of Ahe, in French Polynesia, to meet three generations of the Humbert family. Their lives revolve around their off-grid pearl farm and the ocean they call home. As Ben gets to know the family, he discovers how they have overcome debt, illness and hardship to build a life in one of the most isolated places on Earth.

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  10. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 19 Episode 5 - New Mexico
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - New Mexico

    S19:E5

    Ben travels to the desert near Roswell, meeting 70-year-old Karen, rolling up his sleeves to help, and learning about the hardships she has faced throughout her life.

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  11. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 2 Episode 3 - Philippines Jungle
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 1 Episode 2 - Alaska
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 19 Episode 4 - Australia
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Australia

    S19:E4

    Ben embarks on an epic journey to meet one of the most remote families he's encountered, uncovering what drove academics and married couple Bec and Reece to leave civilisation for complete isolation.

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  14. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 19 Episode 9 - Spain
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Spain

    S19:E9

    In Spain, Ben meets 50-year-old free spirit Nara, who has spent most of his adult life without modern conveniences. Ben learns how Nara's unconventional childhood shaped his distinctive outlook on life.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 6 Episode 5 - Andalucia, Spain
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Andalucia, Spain

    S6:E5

    Adventure fan Ben Fogle travels to Spain's remote Andalucía Mountains and meets British couple Alan Parks and Lorna Penfold. The couple left their careers for a lifestyle they knew nothing about and the dream of becoming successful alpaca farmers. Life is busy at their 150-year-old 'Olive Mill' home with dogs, chickens and the nine alpacas that need to be sheared regularly.

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  16. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 10 Episode 3 - Panama
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Panama

    S10:E3

    Ben meets Jaimie, an inventor who has built a unique home for his family on a remote island off the coast of Panama. Ben gets a taste of the unconventional family's daily routine, which includes scrubbing boat hulls, getting some exercise in a pedalo, hacking through the island's vegetation, and home schooling for the children. He also discovers the unusual family dynamics in the household and takes a look at some of his host's inventions, which include a computer game depicting his unusual life.

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  17. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 14 Episode 6 - Isle of Rum
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Isle of Rum

    S14:E6

    Ben visits the Goddard family, who were living a wild and weather-beaten existence in an off-grid static caravan on the Isle of Rum. 5 years on, Ben discovers them living on the mainland, having swapped their caravan for an actual house.

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  18. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 15 Episode 4 - Scottish Hebrides
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Scottish Hebrides

    S15:E4

    Ben travels to a unique, tiny island in the Scottish Hebrides where he meets ex-social care worker Philip, who has embraced a new way of life in this small, alternative community. In his company, Ben spends the week cut off from the outside world, in an old lighthouse keeper's cottage, where he experiences the unusual routines of the island's community.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 3 - Appalachian Mountains, Tennessee
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Appalachian Mountains, Tennessee

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4 Episode 5 - Scotland
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 8 - Morocco, Atlas Mountains
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 17 Episode 7 - Zambia
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Zambia

    S17:E7

    Ben journeys into the heart of Zambia to live with a British family who have built a safari lodge on the edge of a national park. Ben uncovers what prompted this intrepid couple to start a new business and a family in the unforgiving bush, and learns how they have had to overcome fire and flooding to keep their African dream alive.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 19 Episode 6 - The Isle of Wight
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Isle of Wight

    S19:E6

    Ben meets a family who have carved out their own slice of wilderness for a simple life on an Isle of Wight cliffside, but who have faced legal challenges and the risk of a landslide.

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  24. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 21 Episode 3 - Montana
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Montana

    S21:E3

    Ben visits a remarkable homestead perched on one of the region's highest mountains, home to the Bellrose family, who have spent five years battling a brutal climate where daily life can be a matter of survival.

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  25. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 5 Episode 5 - Ibiza
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Botswana" is the worst rated episode of "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/14/2025. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Japan".