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Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle is much in demand on the corporate circuit – presenting awards and motivational speaking, especially about his row across the Atlantic with Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell.
How Ben Came into our Lives
Ben Fogle came to our screens during his year spent on the remote Scottish island of Taransay, where he and thirty five other men women and children became totally independent and self sufficient as part of BBC1’s Castaway 2000.
He 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, and as a regular presenter alongside John Craven and Michaela Strachen on BBC 1's Countryfile. Ben went on to co-present BBC 1's Animal Park with Kate Humble.
Ben Fogle has presented numerous other programmes including Big Screen Britain, One man and His Dog, Inside Out, Death By Pets, What Are We Like, the Abyss Interactive, Heaven and Earth, and Holiday and has made numerous TV appearances including So Graham Norton, Celebrity Ready Steady Cook, The Big Read - Battle of the Books, Restoration, The Kumars at No 42 and Rise.
In 2004 Ben beat Eastenders actor Sid Owen in a three round charity boxing match for BBC Sport Relief.
He recently recorded his first talking book, Anna Sewell's, Black Beauty. Ben has also become a regular writer for numerous magazines and newspapers including The Times, The Guardian, The Sun, The Express, Glamour magazine and The Evening Standard, and he published his first travel book in 2004, The Teatime Islands: Adventures in Britain's Faraway Outposts
Ben was shortlisted as GQ personality of the year and nominated as best new talent at the RTS Midland awards.
Outside of the Public Eye
Ben is a regular skier and a keen horseman. He has his NAUI/PADI SCUBA diving certificate, his coastal skipper sailing certificate and is a qualified dingy sailor. Ben is fluent in Spanish and is undergoing his Private Pilots License training.
