Watch the three-part Britain's Treasure Islands documentary series on BBC FOUR, starting Tue 12 Apr 2016 21:00. (repeated Wed 13 Apr 2016 20:00).
This mini-documentary explore the wildlife of the British Indian Ocean Territory - seven huge coral atolls that include about 60 islands across a vast sector of the Indian Ocean. This UK Overseas Territory is home to unsurveyed waters, an unnamed island and the most pristine coral reefs on Earth. The underwater world of the British Indian Ocean Territory is like peering back through time to see a glimpse of the world before the impact of mankind. About one quarter of all of the reef fishes of the world live here. Unlike so many other parts of the globe, the reefs of the Territory are largely intact and represent the healthiest on earth. On land enormous colonies of sea birds abound; red footed boobies, brown boobies, sooty terns and many others. And in the forests that cover the island, there lives the coconut crab - the biggest terrestrial invertebrate alive today.
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Please note: although complementary to the BBC FOUR series, the 40 short mini-documentaries are not commissioned or editorially overseen by BBC.
To discovery the wildlife, history and cultures of all of the UK Overseas Territories, please visit www.BritainsTreasureIslands.com
BRITAIN'S TREASURE ISLANDS - MINI-DOCUMENTARIES
Introduction
Overview of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series [ Ссылка ]
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society [ Ссылка ]
Mini-documentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Tristan da Cunha – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Falkland Islands – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
South Georgia – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
British Antarctic Territory – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
British Indian Ocean Territory – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Pitcairn Islands – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Bermuda – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Cayman Islands – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Montserrat – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Anguilla – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage [ Ссылка ]
Mini-documentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – natives and aliens [ Ссылка ]
Ascension Island – supplying the garrison [ Ссылка ]
Saint Helena – wirebird conservation [ Ссылка ]
Saint Helena – plant conservation [ Ссылка ]
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island [ Ссылка ]
Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island [ Ссылка ]
Falkland Islands – Jimmy the ex-whaler [ Ссылка ]
British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut crabs [ Ссылка ]
British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds [ Ссылка ]
British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater [ Ссылка ]
Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island’s wildlife [ Ссылка ]
Life on Pitcairn Island – home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty [ Ссылка ]
Mini-documentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories
Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories [ Ссылка ]
Overview mini-documentaries
Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs [ Ссылка ]
Islands of Evolution [ Ссылка ]
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book [ Ссылка ]
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Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series [ Ссылка ]
