Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S07E03

Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S07E03

Spektrum
55 minutes
2018
Documentary

French-Canadian Julien lives in a remote Buddhist monastery in the jungle-mountains of Thailand, far off any conventional map. Ben learns how and why this former teenage student from the West stripped away all complications of a modern life for a primitive Eastern and religious existence, and how this choice affected his family.

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Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - Season 3
S3E1

Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S03E01

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Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S03E01

Ben heads to Africa and the deep desert sand dunes of Namibia. He lives with 50-year-old Gideon David and his young family in the largest conservation area on the continent. Gideon is a master bushman who quit a city career in life insurance for the dry and dusty desert.

S3E2

Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S03E02

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Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - S03E02

Ben is no stranger to remote parts, but this trip to Alaska will test him to the limit. His only access to his hostsʼ home is via bush plane. If he were to walk, the journey would take ten days and would take him right through grizzly bear country. Ben joins married couple Mike and Fran Turner, who welcome him into their simple, self-built log cabin. He discovers how they have created a self-sufficient lifestyle by working the land and trapping the animals around them.

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2018
Documentary

French-Canadian Julien lives in a remote Buddhist monastery in the jungle-mountains of Thailand, far off any conventional map. Ben learns how and why this former teenage student from the West stripped away all complications of a modern life for a primitive Eastern and religious existence, and how this choice affected his family.