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Ben Fogle who starred in BBC's Castaway 2000 reveals he would do it all over again 25 years later


A quarter-of-a-century later Ben Fogle has said he wants to recreate the experience of Castaway 2000 all over again, and would love to be left on the Hebridean island of Taransay once again.

Since appearing on the programme Mr Fogle, 51, has spoken about his enduring affection for what is Scotland’s largest uninhabited island and once even wanted to buy it. It wasn’t plain sailing with those taking part putting up with foul weather, a revolt against programme makers, smuggled mobile phones, a flu outbreak, blazing rows and even a contestant in a speed boat escape. In 2011, as he made public his ultimately unsuccessful desire to buy it, he wrote in The Telegraph: ‘Each day I spent on Taransay, I went exploring with my black Labrador, Inca.

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