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Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013)

Adventure · Documentary

Ben Fogle follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.

IMDb rating
8.7 (787 votes)
Seasons
19
Streaming (US)
Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 19 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

7.68 avg 4 episodes 8.5 → 7.6 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 34 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 28 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 29 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 19 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Australia8.534
2Alaska6.828
3New Zealand7.829
4Texas7.619

Season 2 (2014)

7.67 avg 4 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 26 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 35 votesEp 3: 6.4 · 18 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 15 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Georgia, USA Swamplands7.626
2Himalayan Foothills, India8.835
3Leyte, Philippines6.418
4Panama7.915

Season 3 (2014)

7.70 avg 4 episodes 8.0 → 7.6 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 25 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Namibia8.024
2Alaska7.625
3Utah7.621
4Swedish Arctic Circle7.625

Season 4 (2015)

7.44 avg 5 episodes 7.5 → 7.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 23 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Laos7.523
2Kimberley Region, Australia7.921
3Appalachian Mountains7.120
4French Polynesia7.522
5Scotland7.223

Season 5 (2016)

7.68 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 7.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 34 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 33 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 31 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 21 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1North Cascades, Washington State, USA8.034
2Ruaha National Park, Tanzania7.825
3Gadacs, Hungary7.533
4Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada8.031
5Ibiza, Mediterranean Island7.324
6Khatgal, Outer Mongolia7.924
7Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina7.720
8Morocco, Atlas Mountains7.221

Season 6 (2017)

7.60 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 23 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 17 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 17 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wilderness Island, Australia8.023
2Freedom Cove, Canada8.124
3Egypt7.825
4New Zealand7.417
5Andalucia, Spain6.817
6Guatemala7.312
7Missouri7.513
8Cambodia7.917

Season 7 (2018)

8.03 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 27 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 31 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 26 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 32 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Arkansas, USA8.227
2New Zealand7.631
3Thailand7.926
4Norway8.432

Season 8 (2019)

8.13 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 34 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 29 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 22 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 15 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria8.334
2Canada8.529
3Ireland8.222
4Brazil7.515

Season 9 (2019)

8.05 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 29 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 32 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Peru7.821
2Morocco8.029
3Panama7.819
4Sri Lanka8.632

Season 10 (2019)

7.30 avg 3 episodes 7.4 → 7.0 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 21 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sweden7.428
2Ethiopia7.524
3Panama7.021

Season 11 (2020)

8.14 avg 5 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 31 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 23 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 26 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 49 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 23 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Iceland7.931
2Siberia7.823
3New Zealand7.726
4Croatia9.049
5Oregon8.323

Season 12 (2020)

8.26 avg 5 episodes 8.3 → 8.4 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 8 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 6 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 7 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 6 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gorge River, New Zealand8.38
2Georgia, USA7.86
3Wilderness Island Australia7.97
4Arkansas, USA8.98
5Fiji, Pacific Ocean8.46

Season 13 (2021)

8.10 avg 5 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 21 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 21 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wales Mountainside: The Watkinson Family8.022
2Iceland7.523
3Northern Ireland7.819
4Scotland8.821
5Ireland8.421

Season 14 (2021)

7.88 avg 6 episodes 8.6 → 6.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 9 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 8 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 6 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 7 votes
Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1York Farm8.611
2Wales7.99
3Devon8.68
4Fair Isle8.29
5Exmoor7.26
6Isle of Rum6.87

Season 15 (2021)

7.50 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 22 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 15 votes
Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ullapool, Scotland7.814
2Wales - Mountain Valley8.022
3Suffolk7.215
4Isle of Erraid - Scottish Hebrides7.015

Season 16 (2022)

7.56 avg 11 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 15 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 13 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 9 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 9 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 10 votes
Season 16 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Portugal7.521
2Ireland7.623
3Greece7.316
4Cornwall7.319
5Shetlands7.715
6Northumberland7.816
7Oxfordshire7.215
8Arizona Desert7.213
9Norway7.89
10Morocco7.99
11Pembrokeshire Coast - Revisit7.910

Season 17 (2023)

7.98 avg 12 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 30 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 11 votes
Season 17 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sierra Nevada7.515
2Northern Queensland8.313
3Slab City, California7.813
4Uruguay8.330
5Tuscany7.813
6Oregon River7.811
7Zambia7.313
8The Azores8.214
9Dorset8.116
10Australia Revisit8.411
11Sweden Revisit8.011
12Bulgaria Revisit8.311

Season 18 (2024)

7.83 avg 11 episodes 8.4 → 8.0 56 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 13 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 9 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 6 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 9 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 5 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 8 votes
Season 18 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Columbia8.422
2Great Blasket Island7.214
3Norway7.913
4Thailand7.912
5Lincolnshire7.89
6Sri Lanka8.114
7Portugal7.310
8Chile8.26
9Revisit Cambodia/Thailand7.39
10Revisit: Norway8.05
11Revisit: Sri Lanka8.08

Season 19 (2025)

7.65 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 3: 9.4 · 15 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 6 votesEp 5: 5.8 · 6 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 9 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 8 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 10 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 7 votes
Season 19 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bulgaria8.213
2New South Wales8.511
3Italy9.415
4Australia - Fort Grey6.86
5New Mexico5.86
6The Isle of Wight7.39
7Utah7.98
8Morocco8.09
9Spain6.910
10Maine7.77
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