Summary The team goes island-hopping around the Western Isles and out to Shetland. On Eriskay, Nick meets up with a family of dolphins, hunts for gannets with the Guga hunters of Lewis. Neil Oliver hears the tragic story of a 1918 shipwreck off the Isle of Lewis in which more than 200 servicemen returning from the First World War were drowned. Hermione Cockburn tests the acoustic qualities of Fingal's Cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, and Miranda Krestovnikoff investigates a project to breed a super-strong Shetland pony. Tessa Dunlop is on a deep-sea survey ship to see how the epic voyage of HMS Challenger first revealed the astonishing secrets of life in the depths of the world's oceans.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Neil Oliver Nicholas Crane Mark Horton Miranda Krestovnikoff
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 2, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : The Open University BBC Birmingham
Summary The team goes island-hopping around the Western Isles and out to Shetland. On Eriskay, Nick meets up with a family of dolphins, hunts for gannets with the Guga hunters of Lewis. Neil Oliver hears the tragic story of a 1918 shipwreck off the Isle of Lewis in which more than 200 servicemen returning from the First World War were drowned. Hermione Cockburn tests the acoustic qualities of Fingal's Cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, and Miranda Krestovnikoff investigates a project to breed a super-strong Shetland pony. Tessa Dunlop is on a deep-sea survey ship to see how the epic voyage of HMS Challenger first revealed the astonishing secrets of life in the depths of the world's oceans.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 2, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : The Open University BBC Birmingham
