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Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: Season 5

8 episodes Premiered Oct 25, 2016 Updated Oct 17, 2026
Previously on Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S5·E1 Mytharc

North Cascades, Washington State USA

Oct 25, 2016 · 45 min

Adventurer Ben Fogle journeys to the Pacific Northwest to live with British-born Lynx Vilden. As this intriguing travel documentary reveals, this former punk-rock wild-child has sp

S5·E2 Mytharc

Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Nov 1, 2016 · 44 min

Adventurer Ben Fogle heads to Tanzania, living nomadically with Brit-born Moli and his wife Noelle. As this engrossing travel documentary reveals, they swapped a city lifestyle for

S5·E3 Core

Gadacs, Hungary

Nov 8, 2016 · 45 min

In 2015, Julia from South Africa and her British husband Gareth bought a derelict farmhouse online. They had never visited Eastern Europe before but wanted a new low-impact, self-s

S5·E4 Core

The Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Nov 15, 2016 · 44 min

Ben Fogle journeys into the Canadian countryside and meets Julius and Kristin in a remote mountain valley lodge. In this eye-opening travel documentary, he discovers how the former

S5·E5 Core

Ibiza

Nov 24, 2016 · 45 min

In the secluded Ibizan countryside, Ben Fogle visits a commune, the brainchild of ex-navy officer Chris. For 30 years, he has lived in the untamed heart of this Spanish island. In

S5·E6 Core

Khatgal, Outer Mongolia

Nov 29, 2016 · 44 min

Ben ventures deep into the freezing tundra of Mongolia on the longest adventure he's experienced. In this intriguing travel documentary, he meets Micky and Trina, who left behind A

S5·E7 Mytharc

Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina

Dec 6, 2016 · 45 min

Ben heads to a secret location in the USA's Appalachian Mountains to live with forest dweller, Tod and his own wild community. In this engrossing travel documentary, Ben finds out

S5·E8 Mytharc

Morocco, Atlas Mountains

Dec 13, 2016 · 45 min

Ben is in the Moroccan countryside, near the Atlas Mountains, staying with Dina and Mostafa, who shunned the American dream to live a simple lifestyle in a mud house. In this revea

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