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10 Episodes 2025 - 2025
Episode 1
45 mins
Ben meets Brits Jordan, Lewis and their two children, who are renovating a dilapidated farmhouse in a Bulgarian village. As he helps them, Ben learns of their challenging pasts and gains a deep understanding of their need for a new start.
Episode 2
45 mins
Ben meets American photographer Jimmy in New South Wales, who shares how his husband Richard inspired them to start a life together in the wild. Jimmy has faced multiple tragedies leaving Ben to wonder why he's remained in the wild alone.
Episode 3
45 mins
In the mountains of Piedmont, Italy, Ben meets Father Johannes, an Austrian priest living as a hermit. The pair tour Johannes' tiny home, complete with its own chapel and Ben is surprised to find they have more in common than he thought.
Episode 4
45 mins
Ben embarks upon an epic journey to meet one of the most remote families he has encountered so far. He discovers what led to married academics Bec and Reece to seek isolation in the Australian outback.
Episode 5
45 mins
Ben Fogle travels to the New Mexico desert near Roswell to meet 70-year-old Karen. He rolls up his sleeves to help and learns about the hardships she has faced throughout her life.
Episode 6
44 mins
Ben meets a family who have embraced the permaculture principle by carving out a slice of wilderness for a simple life on an Isle of Wight cliffside. But their way of life is challenged by legal action and by the risk of landslide.
Episode 7
45 mins
Ben travels to Utah's canyonlands, where he meets Scott, who built his off-grid home from the ground up. As their friendship grows, Scott shares fragments of his past with Ben and reveals that he hasn't always lived such a solitary life.
Episode 8
45 mins
Ben heads to North Africa to visit former Army officer Mark and his Argentinian wife Ayelen. They have spent the last 17 years building a home on the Moroccan coast while raising two young children. Ben hears how they are faced by drought.
Episode 9
45 mins
Ben journeys to Spain to meet 50-year-old free spirit Nara, who's spent most of his adult life without modern conveniences like shoes, toothbrushes and flushing toilets. He explains how his unconventional childhood shaped his outlook.
Episode 10
45 mins
Ben's journey takes him to an off-grid home nestled deep in the forests of Canton, Maine, where he meets Arthur, a hunter-gatherer with a PhD in botany.