Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

*Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild*
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
Starring	Ben Fogle
Narrated by	Ben Fogle
Original language	English
No. of seasons	16
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Renegade Pictures and Motion Content Group
Release
Original network	Channel 5 (UK)
Original release	22 April 2013 –; present
External links
	Official website

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild is a television series on Channel 5 hosted by adventurer Ben Fogle and produced by Motion Content Group^[1] and Renegade Pictures.^[2] The programme shows, in a series of unconnected episodes, Ben Fogle meeting people who have adopted 'alternative' lifestyles that are primarily 'off the grid' in some of the more remote locations on earth.^[3]^[4]^[5] Fogle hosted a spin-off series in 2015 called New Lives In The Wild UK with families in British locations, while 2020's Ben Fogle: Make A New Life In The Country is of a similar premise.

Premise[]

The series follows adventurer Ben Fogle as he meets people who have given up the rat race to live a simpler life in remote corners of the globe, often without modern amenities. In each episode, Ben immerses himself in their lives to explore their motivations and highs and lows whilst living in tough and harsh conditions in the wild.^[6]

Series overview[]

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	4	22 April 2013 (2013-04-22)	13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)
	2	4	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)	21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)
	3	4	21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)	12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)
	4	5	20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)	17 August 2015 (2015-08-17)
	5	8	25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)
	6	8	17 October 2017 (2017-10-17)	5 December 2017 (2017-12-05)
	7	4	25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
	8	4	8 January 2019 (2019-01-08)	29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)
	9	4	19 April 2019 (2019-04-19)	29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
	10	3	29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)	12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
	11	5	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)
	12	6	26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)	30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
	13	5	5 January 2021 (2021-01-05)	9 February 2021 (2021-02-09)
	14	6	16 February 2021 (2021-02-16)	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)
	15	4	30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)	21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)
	16	8	4 January 2022 (2022-01-04)	TBA

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2013)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series Producer	Producer & Directed by	Original air date
1	1	"Australia"	Restoration Island, Queensland, Australia	Natalie Wilkinson	Elliot Kew	22 April 2013 (2013-04-22)
2	2	"Alaska"	Seldovia, Alaska	Natalie Wilkinson	Elliot Kew	29 April 2013 (2013-04-29)
3	3	"New Zealand"	Haast, South Island, New Zealand	Natalie Wilkinson	Elliot Kew	6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
4	4	"Texas, USA"	Terlingua, Texas, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Elliot Kew	13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)

Season 2 (2014)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series Producer	Produced & Directed by	Original air date
5	1	"Georgia Swamplands, USA"	Georgia, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
6	2	"Himalayan Foothills, India"	Uttarakhand, India	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
7	3	"Leyte, Philippines"	Pancil, Leyte, Philippines	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
8	4	"Panama"	Bocas Del Toro, Panama	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)

Season 3 (2014)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer & Edit Producer	Original air date
9	1	"Namibia"	Namib Desert, Namibia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
10	2	"Alaska"	Alaskan Interior, Alaska, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)
11	3	"Utah, USA"	Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
12	4	"Swedish Arctic Circle"	Kurravaara, Arctic Circle, Sweden	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)

Season 4 (2015)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Produced & Directed by	Original air date
13	1	"Laos"	Don Det Island, Champasak Province, Laos	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
14	2	"Kimberley Region, Australia"	Kimberley, WA, Australia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	27 July 2015 (2015-07-27)
15	3	"Appalachian Mountains, USA"	Appalachian Mountains, Tennessee, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	3 August 2015 (2015-08-03)
16	4	"French Polynesia"	Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)
17	5	"Scotland"	Rùm, Scotland	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	17 August 2015 (2015-08-17)

Season 5 (2016)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer	Original air date
18	1	"North Cascades, USA"	North Cascades, Washington State, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)
19	2	"Tanzania"	Ruaha National Park, Tanzania	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)
20	3	"Hungary"	Gadács, Hungary	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)
21	4	"British Columbia, Canada"	Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)
22	5	"Ibiza"	Ibiza, Spain	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
23	6	"Outer Mongolia"	Khatgal, Outer Mongolia	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	29 November 2016 (2016-11-29)
24	7	"Appalachian Mountains, USA"	Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)
25	8	"Morocco"	Atlas Mountains, Morocco	Natalie Wilkinson	Claire Bugden	13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)

Season 6 (2017)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
26	1	"Wilderness Island, Australia"	Exmouth, WA, Australia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	17 October 2017 (2017-10-17)
27	2	"Freedom Cove, Canada"	Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)
28	3	"Sahara Desert, North Africa"	Edge of the Sahara Desert, Egypt	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)
29	4	"Great Barrier Island, New Zealand"	Great Barrier Island, New Zealand	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)
30	5	"Andalucia, Spain"	Montoro, Andalucia, Spain	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)
31	6	"Guatemala"	Lanquin, Guatemala	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)
32	7	"Missouri, USA"	Ozark Plateau, Missouri, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)
33	8	"Cambodia"	Koh Ach Seh, Cambodia	Natalie Wilkinson	Kate Fraser	5 December 2017 (2017-12-05)

Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild (2017 - 2018)[]

No.	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
S1	"Restoration Island, Australia"	Restoration Island, Queensland, Australia^[7]	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
S2	"Canyonlands National Park, Utah"	Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States^[8]	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)
S3	"Hungary"	Gadács, Hungary^[9]	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)
S4	"Texas"	Terlingua, Texas, USA^[10]	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)
S5	"India"	Uttarakhand, India^[11]	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	27 February 2018 (2018-02-27)

Season 7 (2018)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
34	1	"Arkansas, USA"	Winslow, Arkansas, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Dimitri Collingridge	25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)
35	2	"New Zealand"	Kawhia, North Island, New Zealand	Natalie Wilkinson	Dimitri Collingridge	2 October 2018 (2018-10-02)
36	3	"Thailand"	Mae Hong Son, Thailand	Natalie Wilkinson	Dimitri Collingridge	9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)
37	4	"Norway"	Nordskot, northern Norway	Natalie Wilkinson	Dimitri Collingridge	16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

Season 8 (2019)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series Producer and Director	Producer	Original air date
38	1	"Bulgaria"	Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	8 January 2019 (2019-01-08)
39	2	"Canada"	British Columbia, Canada	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	15 January 2019 (2019-01-15)
40	3	"Ireland"	Slieve League, County Donegal, Ireland	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	22 January 2019 (2019-01-22)
41	4	"Brazil"	Novo Airão, Brazil	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)

Season 9 (2019)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series Producer	Director	Original air date
42	1	"Peru"	Paracas, Peru	Sean McDonnell	Gary Johnstone	16 April 2019 (2019-04-16)
43	2	"Morocco"	Atlas Mountains, Morocco	Sean McDonnell	Gary Johnstone	23 April 2019 (2019-04-23)
44	3	"Panama"	Boquete, Panama	Sean McDonnell	Gary Johnstone	30 April 2019 (2019-04-30)
45	4	"Sri Lanka"	Talalla, Sri Lanka	Sean McDonnell	Gary Johnstone	7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

Season 10 (2019)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
46	1	"Sweden"	Southern Sweden	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)
47	2	"Ethiopia"	Lalibela, Ethiopia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)
48	3	"Panama"	Bocas del Toro, Panama	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)

Season 11 (2020)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
49	1	"Iceland"	Western Iceland	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)
50	2	"Siberia"	Northeastern Siberia, Russia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	14 January 2020 (2020-01-14)
51	3	"New Zealand"	Karangahake Gorge, North Island, New Zealand	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	21 January 2020 (2020-01-21)
52	4	"Croatia"	Papuk, Croatia	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)
53	5	"Oregon"	Wallowa Mountains, North eastern Oregon, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Sean McDonnell	4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)

Season 12: Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild (2020)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
54	1	"Gorge River, New Zealand"	Gorge River, New Zealand	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)
55	2	"Georgia, USA"	Swamplands of southern Georgia, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	2 June 2020 (2020-06-02)
56	3	"Wilderness Island Australia"	Exmouth, WA, Australia	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
57	4	"Arkansas, USA"	Winslow, Arkansas, USA	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)
58	5	"Fiji, Pacific Ocean"	Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)
59	6	"British Columbia, Canada"	Meadow Creek, BC, Canada	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

Season 13 (2021)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Producer/Director	Original air date
60	1	"Wales Mountainside: The Watkins Family"	Pembrokeshire, Wales	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	5 January 2021 (2021-01-05)
61	2	"Iceland"	Fljótsdalsvegur, Iceland	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	12 January 2021 (2021-01-12)
62	3	"Northern Ireland"	Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	19 January 2021 (2021-01-19)
63	4	"Scotland"	Eastern Highlands, Scotland	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	26 January 2021 (2021-01-26)
64	5	"Ireland"	Galway, Ireland	Natalie Wilkinson	Livia Simoka	9 February 2021 (2021-02-09)

Season 14: Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild (2021)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series Editor	Series Producer & Director	Original air date
65	1	"The Owen Family"	Ravenseat Farm, Yorkshire Dales, England^{[nb 1]}	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	16 February 2021 (2021-02-16)
66	2	"Wales"	Welsh woodland, Wales	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)
67	3	"Devon"	Devon countryside, England	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)
68	4	"Fair Isle"	Shetland island, Scotland	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	9 March 2021 (2021-03-09)
69	5	"Exmoor"	Exmoor National Park, Devon, England	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)
70	6	"Scotland"	Rùm, Small Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland	Amy Hounsell	Kate Fraser	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)

Season 15 (2021)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Series & Executive Producer	Series Producer/Director	Original air date
71	1	"Ullapool"	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)
72	2	"Wales"	Black Mountains, Wales	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)
73	3	"Suffolk"	Suffolk, England	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)
74	4	"Scottish Hebrides"	Erraid, Inner Hebrides, Scotland	Natalie Wilkinson	Jo Young	21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

Season 16 (2022)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Location	Editor & Edit Producer	Series Producer & Director	Original air date
75	1	"Portugal"	Castelo Branco, Portugal	Alexis Anoyrkatis	Natalie Wilkinson	4 January 2022 (2022-01-04)
76	2	"Ireland"	County Mayo, Ireland	Alexis Anoyrkatis	Natalie Wilkinson	11 January 2022 (2022-01-11)
77	3	"Greece"	Andros, Greece	Alexis Anoyrkatis	Natalie Wilkinson	18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)
78	4	"Cornwall"	Perranporth, Cornwall, England	Alexis Anoyrkatis	Natalie Wilkinson	25 January 2022 (2022-01-25)
79	5	"Shetlands^[14]"	TBC	Alexis Anoyrkatis	Natalie Wilkinson	8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)

Notes[]

^ This episode was an update to a November 2015 visit undertaken by Fogle as part of the spin-off series New Lives In The Wild UK and featured new footage of Amanda, Clive and the Owen children from Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm^[12]^[13]

References[]

^ "Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild". Motion Content Group. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ "All Programmes (Catalogue)". Renegade Pictures. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ Sean O'Grady (19 November 2015). "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK, TV review". The Independent.
^ "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild".
^ Tim Dowling. "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild – TV review". The Guardian.
^ "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". enegadepictures.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Restoration Island, Australia". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Canyonlands National Park, Utah". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Hungary". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Texas". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "India". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Yorkshire shepherdess teams up with TV's Ben Fogle for new show on rejecting urban life". The Northern Echo.
^ "Renegade Pictures TV Programmes". renegadepictures.co.uk.
^ "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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[14] This episode was an update to a November 2015 visit undertaken by Fogle as part of the spin-off series New Lives In The Wild UK and featured new footage of Amanda, Clive and the Owen children from Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm^[12]^[13]

[1] "Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild". Motion Content Group. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[2] "All Programmes (Catalogue)". Renegade Pictures. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[3] Sean O'Grady (19 November 2015). "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK, TV review". The Independent.

[4] "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild".

[5] Tim Dowling. "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild – TV review". The Guardian.

[6] "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". enegadepictures.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[7] "Restoration Island, Australia". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[8] "Canyonlands National Park, Utah". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[9] "Hungary". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[10] "Texas". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[11] "India". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[12] "Yorkshire shepherdess teams up with TV's Ben Fogle for new show on rejecting urban life". The Northern Echo.

[13] "Renegade Pictures TV Programmes". renegadepictures.co.uk.

[15] "Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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