Ben Fogle

BBC2 have filmed a week long retrospective looking back at the original series, Castaway 2000. Using archive footage and interviews, the series promises a nostalgic return to Taransay and an opportunity to find out what happened to Roger, Ray, Ron and the 36 other Castaway’s. Dates to be confirmed.

A brand new series of the hit Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle begins in the new year with Ben leading five fresh teams to some of the most extreme enviroments on earth. Explorer Benedict Allen and naturalist Charlotte Uhlenbroek join Ben’s panel to choose team members during a gruelling selection process in the Brecon Beacon’s of Wales. The series will run each weeknight for six weeks on BBC2 at 6.30pm.

Ben and Kate Humble return for a seventh series introducing a whole new cast of animal characters at Longleat safari park including three new Tigers.

Following the success of Wild in Africa, Ben and Kate travelled to the Californian coast to report on the marine mammals and sealife and the scientists and volunteers who work alongside. Highlights include Great White sharks in the Farallon Islands, 20 miles West of San Fransisco and the work of MBARI, the underwater research vessel studying the creatures of the deep in the Mariana Trench. 10 x 1 hours BBC2.

The acclaimed series Through Hell and High Water made by TwoFour documenting Ben and James Cracknel’s attempt to row across the Atlantic ocean has added another award to its belt. The five part BBC documentary has been awarded a prestigious RTS award for best Daytime series, hailed as ‘innovative’ and ‘daring’.