Adventurer Ben visits musician Vanessa Forero, and finds out what took her from her native Yorkshire to life on a remote South American mountainside. (S18 Ep1)[S]
Ben revisits global nomads Miriam and Peter in the forests of the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria, and discovers dramatic events have caused them to change their lives. (S17 Ep12)[S]
In Sweden, Ben revisits Annalisa, who has a new partner and homestead. He learns of life during the pandemic and how they sustain a thrifty life in a forest wilderness. (S17 Ep11)[S]
Ben returns to Western Australia to catch up with charismatic widow Barbara. Since he last saw her, there has been a serious cancer scare and a devastating bush fire... (S17 Ep10)[S]
In Dorset, Ben spends a week with Chris, a former paratrooper who has spent the last five years walking the UK's coastline, finding love and raising thousands for charity. (S17 Ep9)[S]
Ben travels to the small remote island of Flores - home to Magnus, Lucy and one-year-old Frey, who live in an off-grid cottage on a steep sloped mountain. (S17 Ep8)[S]
Ben journeys into Zambia to live with a British family who have built a safari lodge on the edge of a national park, overcoming fire, flooding and dangerous wildlife. (S17 Ep7)[S]
Ben spends time with 'Pirate' Rob, who lives for half the year with his 18-year-old son Damien in a sandbag house on an island in the middle of an industrial river in Oregon. (S17 Ep6) [S]
In Tuscany, Ben meets British couple George and Sophie who have breathed new life into a farmhouse. George's desire to live self-sufficiently lead to a lifelong project. (S17 Ep5)[S]
Ben journeys to South America to visit Rhona, a Brit actress who left Hollywood to live alone in a remote Uruguay valley, having become disillusioned with Tinseltown life. (S17 Ep4)[S]
Ben spends time with DNA, a homeless artist who's built a home from scrap on a desert hill in Slab City, California - an alternative lifestyle community. (S17 Ep3)[S]
Ben visits Bette in the wilds of northern Queensland, where she's been dealing with snakes, floods and isolation since moving to the harsh Australian wilderness 30 years ago. (S17 Ep2)[S]
Ben meets people who've turned their backs on the rat-race. Snowboarding legend Mike Basich left professional sport to reconnect with nature in the Sierra Nevada mountains. (S17 Ep1)[S]