@redpickle
I find it a bit annoying the way Ben Fogle always digs for the X factor sob story and makes a bigger deal of it than the host. It feels like he pushes that agenda quite a lot. Obviously Alex has had sad times but maybe he's actually quite happy with his new life and not just running away from his issues.
I don't this show is particularly bad on that front, because the reason why an awful lot of these people have made such drastic life decisions is because of trauma or negative experiences in their past. The stories of the people are quite an important part of the show too by now, especially if the 'wild' isn't that wild and mainly consists of a bit of off grid living close to a town or village.