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!

Ben Fogle travels round the world to visit people who have given up the rat race.

Last Updated: 12/6/2024Network: Channel 5Status: Continuing
Cambodia
star
8.57
7 votes

#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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Freedom Cove, Canada
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8.44
9 votes

#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.

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Wilderness Island, Australia
star
8.17
6 votes

#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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New Zealand
star
8.00
7 votes

#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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Sahara, North Africa
star
7.71
7 votes

#5 - Sahara, 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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Missouri
star
7.70
10 votes

#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.

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Andalucia, Spain
star
7.50
10 votes

#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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Guatemala
star
7.42
12 votes

#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.

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