Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK
In this series Ben stays closer to home, as he visits more people who have chosen to live outside the norms of society, living in wild and remote locations in the United Kingdom.
- 2015-2021
- 2 seasons
- Documentary
In this series Ben stays closer to home, as he visits more people who have chosen to live outside the norms of society, living in wild and remote locations in the United Kingdom.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
The Owen Family
45 mins
Ben revisits Amanda and her husband Clive, stars of Our Yorkshire Farm, on their remote farm of Ravenseat in the Yorkshire Dales. Ben discovers how they get by in the tough world of farming and meets the latest addition to their flock.
Episode 2
Wales
45 mins
Ben revisits Emma, who has embraced a truly organic life, hidden away in overgrown woodland in wildest Wales. Ben helps Emma construct a new communal mud hut.
Episode 3
Devon
45 mins
Ben heads to Devon to revisit the Mason family who, five years ago, were all stuffed into a cramped renovated horse box. Ben is now welcomed into their new home, on their own land.
Episode 4
Fair Isle
45 mins
Ben journeys to Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UK, where he is reunited with Tommy, an American artist who has lived in an off-the-grid stone cottage on the island for 15 years.
Episode 5
Exmoor National Park
45 mins
Ben revisits Simon and Debbie Dawson, who run their own off-grid smallholding in a picturesque valley in Exmoor National Park. He helps them build their new eco-home and discovers the hardships and dilemmas they face.
Episode 6
Isle of Rum
45 mins
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.