Ben Fogle
Wednesday, 26th November 2003
Ben Fogle was born in 1973, the son of actress Julia Foster and broadcast vet Bruce Fogle. He spent a year on the remote island of Taransay, where he and thirty five other men women and children became totally independent and self sufficient.
Ben returned to reality as the roving correspondent for a glossy magazine. Assignments took Ben to Japan, the Falklands, Nepal, Zambia, Bali, East Timor, the Arctic Circle and Barbados. Ben was also a regular presenter alongside John Craven and Michaela Strachen on BBC 1’s Countryfile and BBC 1’s Animal Park with Kate Humble.