Ben Fogle
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Ben Fogle (born 1973) is a British television presenter who is notorious for his courting of the media through which he is promoted. He is one of the few people to build a successful career after being a reality show participant.
[edit] Biography
The son of cockney actress Julia Foster and broadcasting veteran Bruce Fogle, Ben attended Bryanston School in Dorset. He took a year off from school and worked in an orphanage in Ecuador. Upon his return he read Latin American Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He worked on the Picture Desk of Tatler magazine in London.
Fogle first came to public notice by participating in the BBC reality show Castaway 2000, which followed a group of thirty-six people marooned on the island Taransay for a year starting 1 January 2000.
Fogle was the first to cross the line in the pairs division of the 2005–2006 Atlantic Rowing Race in "Spirit of EDF Energy", partnered by James Cracknell, third overall. They made landfall in Antigua at 07:13 GMT on 19 January 2006, a crossing time of 49 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes. After penalties, they were placed second in the pairs and fourth overall.
He has also completed the six-day Marathon des sables for the World Wide Fund for Nature across 160 miles of the Sahara Desert and the Safaricom Marathon in Kenya for the TUSK Trust.
He has also written a book called The Teatime Islands about the last remaining islands in the British Empire in which he travels to St Helena, Ascension Island, the Falkland Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territories and Tristan da Cunha. He also attempted to travel to Pitcairn Island but they got wind that he was a journalist and refused to let him land when he arrived. It was short listed for the WH Smith’s people’s award for Best Travel book.
[edit] Television Credits
- Castaway 2000 (2000)
- So Graham Norton in 1 episode (2001)
- The Kumars at No. 42 in 1 episode (2001)
- One Man and His Dog
- Countryfile (2001-)
- Animal Park (2002-)
- Big Screen Britain (2003)
- Kelly in 1 episode (2003)
- Death by Pets (2003)
- Loose Lips in 1 episode (2003)
- Today with Des and Mel in 1 episode (2004)
- The Terry and Gabby Show in 1 episode (2004)
- Big Brother's Little Brother in 1 episode (2004)
- Sport Relief 2004 (2004)
- This Week in 1 episode (2004)
- The Weakest Link in 1 episode (2004)
- The Paul O'Grady Show in 1 episode (2004)
- Through Hell and High Water (2006)
- Cash in the Attic
- Extreme Dreams With Ben Fogle
- Loose Women in 1 episode (2007)
