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Ben visits snowboarding legend Mike Basich, who left professional sport to reconnect with nature in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Sue cleans up her river and goes fishing. Andy and Denise repair a Jeep. Jessie falls trees and prepares wood. The Hailstones build a trapping cabin.

After six years globetrotting, Scott and Casey gambled their life savings on a kite-surfing school in a remote stretch of the Peruvian coast. Ben learns what led them to this decision.

Lessons are learned and personal battles are fought by Alaskans enduring winter's descent. Chip and Agnes hailstone dig their boat out of the ice and Ricko Dewilde takes his two daughters on a hunt.

Simon goes wild swimming in the crystal clear lake of Buttermere.

Travelling through the Peak District at full steam, pulled by the Royal Scot - one of the finest locomotives ever built.

The excavation begins with the discovery of a large brick-built oven. It's a mystery as it is too big to be just for a private residence.

The coastal metropolis of Miami faces a triple threat of crumbling limestone bedrock, ferocious superstorms and relentless rising oceans.

Deep in the heart of the Sahara desert in Morocco, Ben visits a mud brick oasis, where he meets British-born Karen, who has built a guest house and artists' retreat in this inhospitable location.

The end of winter has arrived, and Alaskans venture out in search of survival necessities.

From a vineyard that has been making one of Britain's favourite tipples - Port - travel down the line that once transported it to the city that gave it its name: Porto.

Simon goes wild swimming in the crystal clear lake of Buttermere.