Season
- Season 1 2013-04-22
- Season 2 2014-02-06
- Season 3 2014-11-21
- Season 4 2015-07-20
- Season 5 2016-10-25
- Season 6 2017-10-17
- Season 7 2018-09-25
- Season 8 2019-01-08
- Season 9 2019-04-16
- Season 10 2019-10-29
- Season 11 2020-01-07
- Season 12 2020-05-26
- Season 13 2021-01-05
- Season 14 2021-02-16
- Season 15 2021-03-30
- Season 16 2022-01-04
- Season 17 2023-01-03
- Season 18 2024-01-02
- Season 19 2024-10-16
- Season 20 2025-01-08
- Season 21 2025-08-14
Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild - Season 12 Episode 3 Return to Wilderness Island, Australia
7.85 60 minutes A life-threatening parachuting accident was the catalyst that persuaded Jim Alston to pursue his "Robinson Crusoe" dream, while his partner Kim Nguyen also had a near-death experience in a horrific car crash. In 2017 Ben Fogle went to visit the pair on the aptly named Wilderness Island off Australia’s north-western cape, where he got a lesson in the art of mud-crabbing and the necessity for fresh water (which the island was without). Ben now returns to find Kim and Jim have now built an eco-resort and gained an extended family. "This island has served as therapy for both of them," he concludes. SUMMARY Ben reunites with a couple living off the west coast of Australia, and discovers the logistical nightmares they have overcome to make a home for themselves on a desert island, as well as enduring the extremes of the Australian climate. While they have recently had cause to celebrate, their lives are becoming increasingly difficult, which may result in them moving on.
