Ben Fogle
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Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild (2013)
Season 11
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.
Released April 22, 2013
Episode 56 min
14+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary, Reality
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Watch Providers: BritBox, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Production Companies: Renegade Pictures, BBC
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S11E1 - Iceland
Ben journeys to the freezing coastal waters of Iceland to live with Hakon, a former carpenter who overcame alcohol and embraced a clean, solo life in the wilderness on an private island.
Jan. 7, 2020, midnight
S11E2 - Siberia
Ben meets a scientist in Siberia, who gave up his urban life to work in the Russian Arctic on finding ways to reduce the impact of climate change on the permafrost. His project makes use of steam machines and monster trucks, but away from his environmental work, he is working on the idea of bringing the woolly mammoth back from extinction.
Jan. 14, 2020, midnight
S11E3 - New Zealand
Ben meets Lucy, who left Britain to start a new life with her husband Tim on New Zealand's north island. They now live with their two daughters in a yurt beside a river in the middle of 25 acres of woodland they have transformed into a farm. Ben discovers how the forest provides the family with everything they need, getting a taste of their daily routine of chopping wood and foraging for wild foods. He also discovers how the couple are providing their children with an alternative education and the campaign of activism Lucy has embarked on from their wilderness home.
Jan. 21, 2020, midnight
S11E4 - Croatia
As one of the world's most in-demand sporting coaches, 43-year-old Nikola Boric once travelled the world, welcomed everywhere he went. Now, he lives in a wooden cabin without electricity, water or heating, with just some pigs and goats for company. Experiencing Nikola's new life in the woods above the village of Kokocak on the edge of Papuk Nature Park, Ben tries to understand what drove Nikola to make a sudden decision to quit everything and retire to such a forgotten corner of the world, finding a new life of purity and self-sufficiency away from mainstream society.
Jan. 28, 2020, midnight
S11E5 - Oregon
Ben visits an ex-photographer who lives an isolated life in the wilds of Oregon, harvesting weeds for nutrition. There, Ben experiences a Native American-inspired sweat lodge.
Feb. 4, 2020, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 56 min.
Season Runtime: 7168 min.
Released: April 22, 2013
Last Air Date: Sept. 4, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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