Season 6
8 episodes
45 min. per episode
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A city dweller immerses in wild, uncovering resilience and purpose while confronting nature's harsh realities and human vulnerabilities.
Episodes
Ben visits a remote island off Australia's north-western cape meeting a couple whose story is as remarkable as the landscape. He gets a lesson in mud-crabbing and of the urgent need for fresh water, which the island currently lacks.
Ben meets Wayne and Catherine who've built their own home floating in a Canadian bay. As the couple celebrate 30 years of marriage, Ben finds out what they endure to stay afloat.
In North Africa, Ben meets American widow Maryanne on the farm she has built on the edge of the Sahara. He discovers why she swapped her city abode for a simpler but tougher way of life in the Egyptian desert.
Ben journeys to Great Barrier Island off New Zealand's North Island where he meets another Ben, a former academic who gave up his promising scientific career to live off-grid in a secluded 76-acre forest.
Ben journeys to a remote corner of Spain's Andalusian mountains to meet a British couple who have given up their respective careers in Brighton to become alpaca farmers.
A British urbanite 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.