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Two-part documentary revealing life on Fair Isle, Britain's most remote inhabited island. Following the arrival of a new couple as they settle in and adapt to island life.

Fair Isle is Britain's most remote inhabited island, situated halfway between the Shetland and Orkney Islands. It's an extraordinary place to live. There's no power at night, no pub and it can be cut off for days at any time of the year. Once home to nearly 400 people, today Fair Isle's population is just 55 - a perilously low number on an island where all essential jobs are carried out by the hard-working community, who are doing everything they can to increase their population and ensure the island's survival.

This intimate two-part series begins with the arrival of a new couple and follows them as they settle in and adapt to island life, and follows a family whose 11-year-old son has to leave home to board at secondary school on mainland Shetland.

59 minutes

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Sun 24 Nov 2019 20:00

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  • Mogwai

    Ether

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Steven Robertson
Researcher Martyn McLaughlin
Sound Recordist Stewart Houston
Executive Producer Jo Roe
Visual Editor Jonathan Seal
Producer Louise Lockwood
Director Louise Lockwood

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