{"id":11461,"date":"2022-02-22T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1589674"},"modified":"2022-02-22T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:52:08","slug":"ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild-couple-used-childrens-book-to-build-house","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild-couple-used-childrens-book-to-build-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild couple used children\u2019s book to build house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The ongoing season of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild continues with its penultimate episode tonight, as the presenter finds himself in rural Oxfordshire \u2013 closer to home than he\u2019s ever been before.<\/p>\n<p>The episode sees him spend a week with the Radwans \u2013 a family who have built their own house with help from a rather unexpected resource, as revealed in a first-look clip exclusive to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the clip, Fogle asks his hosts Lutfi and Ruby Radwan if they built their dwelling themselves, to which Lutfi replies: \u201cEveryone got involved, all the family have memories of slave labour on that!\u201d<\/p> <p>When asked how long it took them, Ruby initially answers five years, before Lutfi adds: \u201cWe actually did the building in two years! The interior probably Ruby will comment that it\u2019s not finished yet, but we\u2019re working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple then give some more details on how they built the house, before Fogle asks how they managed to learn all the skills they needed to complete the task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a manual which we built the house from,\u201d Lutfi answers. \u201cWhich was called Harry the Hippo Builds a House!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And when Fogle comments that it sounds like a children\u2019s book, he responds: \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful children\u2019s book \u2013 but very detailed, showing you where to put in your pipes and how to do the sewage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the clip below.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6298486032001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The official synopsis for the episode reads: \u201cThis week, Ben is closer to home than he\u2019s ever been, in rural Oxfordshire, spending the week with a multi-generational family, who surrendered their conventional life and transformed a 40-acre empty plot of land.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cBen learns about the obstacles the family overcome, how they\u2019ve spent two decades honing their skills and living off the land, which is now home to 11 members of the family. He uncovers how their Muslim faith has played a role in how they farm.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u201c<\/b>Ben gets stuck into rural life, herds sheep and trims hooves, drives his own tractor, tends to thousands of chickens and chicks, all the while realising that life in the home-counties can be as wild as anywhere else he\u2019s visited, and that now, a question mark now hangs over the future of this rural haven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild continues on Tuesday night (22nd February) at 9pm on Channel 5. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 12:00 am The ongoing season of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild continues with its penultimate episode tonight, as the presenter finds himself in rural Oxfordshire \u2013 closer to home than he\u2019s ever been before. 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