Islands of Britain (TV series)

Islands of Britain
Presented byMartin Clunes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducersMartin Small
Claire Meech
Rebecca Saponiere
Raghav Shome
Running time45 minutes
Production companyITV Productions
Original release
NetworkITV
Release3 May (2009-05-03) –
17 May 2009 (2009-05-17)
Related
Islands of Oz

Islands of Britain is a 2009 documentary series, filmed over the summers of 2008 and 2009 and hosted by Martin Clunes, which visited a number of the islands that lie off the coast of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as the Channel Islands.

Episodes

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Episode 1: The North

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Visited Muckle Flugga, Forewick Holm, and Unst in the Shetland Islands then Lewis and Harris, Eigg and Barra in the Outer Hebrides.

Episode 2: The West

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Visited Piel Island[1] in Cumbria, Islay in the Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Man, and Rathlin off the coast of Northern Ireland.

Episode 3: The South

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Visited Guernsey and Sark in the Channel Islands, St. Michael's Mount, and St Martin's, St Mary's, St Agnes, and Bishop Rock in the Isles of Scilly.

International adaptation

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An Australian version of the series titled Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia aired on the Seven Network in 2016, and was co-produced by Buffalo Pictures and hosted by Clunes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jon Granger (23 September 2008). "TV Star Martin Clunes Hails New King of Piel". NorthWest Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  2. ^ Knox, David (21 March 2016). "Cameras roll on Islands of Oz". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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