The BEST episodes of Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild season 6
Every episode of Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild season 6!
Adventurer Ben Fogle gets a taste of extreme escapism in this brand new series meeting those who have turned their backs on the daily grind. Each week, Ben spends time in one of the world’s most remote locations, meeting the people who now inhabit these inhospitable corners of the planet after leaving their ordinary lives behind. Our intrepid guide also wonders whether these extraordinary individuals and their incredible experiences might tempt him to move his own family out of London and away from the comforts of the city. Is it daring or downright crazy? Ben wants to discover the truth about life in tough, harsh conditions, where doing battle with Mother Nature is a daily reality.
#1 - Cambodia
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2017
Ben travels to Cambodia to live with a fellow Brit who is raising his own castaway tribe on a tropical island. Ben sleeps in a hammock, drinks rainwater and experiences how fragile life is for this family on their tiny island.
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#2 - Freedom Cove, Canada
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2017
Ben meets a couple who have made their home on a floating island they have built themselves which sits in the aptly named Freedom Cove on Canada's west coast.
#3 - Wilderness Island, Australia
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2017
Ben travels to an island off Australia's north-western cape to meet two people who were compelled to turn their backs on their former lifestyles after going through similar, tragic experiences.
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#4 - New Zealand
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2017
Ben travels to an island off the New Zealand coast to meet a man who gave up a career in medicine to live off-grid.
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#5 - Sahara Desert, North Africa
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/2017
Ben journeys to North Africa, to live with American widow Maryanne on the farm she's built on the edge of the Sahara. He discovers why she swapped her city abode for a simpler and tougher way of life in the Egyptian desert.
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#6 - Missouri
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2017
Ben travels to the Ozark Plateau in Missouri to live with a wilderness expert, Bo, who gave up life on the road with his bluegrass band to teach survival skills.
#7 - Andalucia, Spain
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2017
Ben Fogle meets people who have given up the rat race for an alternative lifestyle. In a remote part of Andalucia in Spain, Ben meets a couple from Brighton who gave up their careers to breed alpacas.
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#8 - Guatemala
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2017
Ben Fogle meets people who have given up the rat race for an alternative lifestyle. In South America, Ben discovers why Mike Merrill, a former sound engineer from Texas, decided to build a backpackers hostel deep in the Guatemalan jungle. He also gets stuck into building projects, machete fishing and tubing a dangerous river to transport vital supplies, and sees how Mike interacts with the local Mayan people.