0 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,470 X1:216 X2:500 Y1:508 Y2:534 We are an island nation 1 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,151 X1:165 X2:549 Y1:466 Y2:534 But we're aIso a nation of more than a thousand isIands 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,834 X1:172 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:534 I've aIways wanted to know what it means to be an isIander 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,036 X1:089 X2:626 Y1:508 Y2:540 So I'm traveIIing through the isIands of Britain 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,870 X1:205 X2:509 Y1:466 Y2:540 - From the remote North - Oh. my God! 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,072 X1:237 X2:478 Y1:508 Y2:540 to the sunny South 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,515 X1:179 X2:536 Y1:466 Y2:534 - This time I'm heading west - Hee-hee-hee! Woo-hoo-hoo! 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,194 X1:192 X2:522 Y1:466 Y2:540 To isIands that crown their own kings and queens 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,554 X1:313 X2:404 Y1:508 Y2:540 Hooray! 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,679 X1:116 X2:600 Y1:508 Y2:540 With unique animaIs found nowhere eIse 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,795 X1:285 X2:432 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. my God! 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,632 X1:212 X2:505 Y1:508 Y2:540 Blimey! They are bizarre. 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,998 X1:120 X2:595 Y1:466 Y2:534 And isIanders passionate about keeping their traditions and communities aIive 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,593 X1:288 X2:429 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Splutters ) - (Laughter) 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,272 X1:232 X2:486 Y1:508 Y2:540 l'm going to black out! 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,636 X1:173 X2:543 Y1:508 Y2:534 These are the isIands of Britain 16 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:27,436 X1:094 X2:626 Y1:466 Y2:540 I'm traveIIing west to isIands off the coasts of EngIand ScotIand Northern IreIand 17 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,476 X1:198 X2:516 Y1:508 Y2:534 and one or two in between 18 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:33,390 X1:175 X2:542 Y1:508 Y2:540 Is Iife different on every isIand? 19 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,948 X1:093 X2:626 Y1:508 Y2:540 Or is there something that connects them aII? 20 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,239 X1:240 X2:475 Y1:508 Y2:540 One thing's for sure 21 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:42,073 X1:198 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:534 most of them are a mystery to mainIanders Iike me 22 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:47,431 X1:102 X2:612 Y1:466 Y2:540 And the isIand I'm heading for now is apparentIy one of the strangest in Britain 23 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,791 X1:223 X2:494 Y1:508 Y2:540 l'm going to Piel lsland. 24 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,871 X1:155 X2:563 Y1:508 Y2:534 which is one of those small islands 25 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,758 X1:090 X2:628 Y1:508 Y2:540 that gets cut off from the mainland at high tide 26 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,593 X1:200 X2:516 Y1:466 Y2:534 but at low tide you can walk across the sands to it. 27 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,596 X1:229 X2:489 Y1:508 Y2:540 But it has its own king. 28 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,630 X1:115 X2:604 Y1:466 Y2:540 Only two people live there and historically the king of Piel lsland is the publican . 29 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,154 X1:195 X2:521 Y1:508 Y2:540 And today is his coronation . 30 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,038 X1:186 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:540 That's the ferry that takes you to Piel lsland going off there. 31 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,395 X1:128 X2:591 Y1:508 Y2:540 But they're just about to test the lifeboat 32 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,153 X1:158 X2:559 Y1:508 Y2:540 down the big rampy. splashy thing 33 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,071 X1:151 X2:565 Y1:508 Y2:540 and they said l can go on for a ride. 34 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,116 X1:263 X2:455 Y1:508 Y2:534 How about that? 35 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,352 X1:176 X2:541 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. my goodness! Look at that. 36 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,715 X1:251 X2:465 Y1:508 Y2:540 This is so exciting. 37 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:38,950 X1:336 X2:380 Y1:508 Y2:534 OK. 38 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,792 X1:300 X2:416 Y1:508 Y2:534 Woo-hoo! 39 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,871 X1:278 X2:440 Y1:508 Y2:534 Hee-hee-hee! 40 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,916 X1:273 X2:443 Y1:508 Y2:534 Woo-hoo-hoo! 41 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,396 X1:319 X2:396 Y1:508 Y2:534 Whoa! 42 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,436 X1:307 X2:412 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughs ) 43 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,151 X1:303 X2:415 Y1:508 Y2:534 Fantastic! 44 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,196 X1:300 X2:416 Y1:508 Y2:534 Woo-hoo! 45 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,479 X1:262 X2:455 Y1:508 Y2:540 That's just great. 46 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,439 X1:131 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:540 Absolutely nothing to do with the lslands Of Britain but what a laugh. 47 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,068 X1:208 X2:509 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. that's the way to do it. 48 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,628 X1:140 X2:576 Y1:466 Y2:534 Oh. no. back to the lslands Of Britain . There's Piel. 49 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,836 X1:237 X2:479 Y1:508 Y2:540 Tiny. tiny little island. 50 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,231 X1:125 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 I'm off the coast of North West EngIand 51 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,276 X1:242 X2:471 Y1:508 Y2:540 in Morecambe Bay 52 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,878 X1:166 X2:553 Y1:466 Y2:540 The Furness IsIands are Britain 's third Iargest chain 53 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,599 X1:082 X2:635 Y1:508 Y2:540 They neighbour the town of Barrow-in -Furness 54 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,316 X1:179 X2:536 Y1:508 Y2:540 PieI is Iess than a square miIe 55 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,791 X1:088 X2:626 Y1:466 Y2:540 Just about aII that's on it is a castIe and a pub The Ship Inn 56 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,552 X1:192 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:540 which usuaIIy attracts a steady fIow of day-trippers 57 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,189 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:466 Y2:540 but is currentIy hidden beneath a huge pIastic tent 58 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,236 X1:223 X2:493 Y1:508 Y2:540 whiIst being renovated 59 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,312 X1:086 X2:633 Y1:466 Y2:540 untiI it's finished the home of King and Queen -to-be Steve and SheiIa Chattaway 60 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,118 X1:241 X2:473 Y1:508 Y2:540 is far from a paIace 61 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,237 X1:152 X2:563 Y1:466 Y2:540 When we came here. we started off living in this caravan . 62 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,835 X1:163 X2:553 Y1:466 Y2:540 - That one? - Yeah. With a St Bernard puppy. 63 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,433 X1:198 X2:519 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yeah. Yeah. it wasn 't good. 64 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,708 X1:090 X2:624 Y1:466 Y2:540 Living on PieI is difficuIt with none of the services we take for granted on the mainIand 65 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,679 X1:211 X2:505 Y1:508 Y2:540 Well. we've no electricity. 66 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,354 X1:089 X2:626 Y1:508 Y2:540 We've only had running water for a few years. 67 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,192 X1:111 X2:606 Y1:508 Y2:540 thers no spare's you cant go to the shop 68 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:23,398 X1:134 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:540 You start learning to do different skills. Vehicle maintenance and things. 69 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,911 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:508 Y2:540 Steve and SheiIa put up with the hardships 70 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,437 X1:112 X2:604 Y1:466 Y2:540 because Iiving here has been their dream since coming on hoIiday as chiIdren 71 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,794 X1:104 X2:611 Y1:466 Y2:540 Now when the Iast ferry-Ioad of tourists go they have the whoIe isIand to themseIves 72 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,237 X1:160 X2:557 Y1:466 Y2:540 What it's like when the punters go and it's just the pair of you? 73 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,719 X1:262 X2:454 Y1:466 Y2:534 SHElLA: Lovely. - Fantastic. 74 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,756 X1:275 X2:444 Y1:466 Y2:534 MARTlN : ls it? SHElLA: Yes. 75 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,957 X1:133 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:540 When we first found out that we'd got the tenancy of the island. 76 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,679 X1:118 X2:598 Y1:466 Y2:534 - we came up here with a bottle of wine... - Yeah. 77 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,352 X1:251 X2:466 Y1:508 Y2:540 ..and just sat here. 78 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,149 X1:124 X2:595 Y1:466 Y2:534 and we just noticed that my family name is carved in here. 79 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,593 X1:272 X2:445 Y1:508 Y2:540 James Boylan . 80 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,272 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:508 Y2:534 l didn 't know it was there before. 81 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,716 X1:110 X2:605 Y1:466 Y2:540 - So you come from a long line of vandals. - (Steve and Sheila laugh) 82 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,319 X1:083 X2:637 Y1:466 Y2:540 Steve and SheiIa won the tenancy of the isIand over 300 appIicants 83 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,518 X1:122 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:540 This afternoon Steve wiII be crowned in this very castIe 84 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,754 X1:143 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:540 The reason that PieI has a King at aII goes back centuries 85 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,070 X1:238 X2:475 Y1:508 Y2:540 ApparentIy in 1 487 86 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,312 X1:145 X2:570 Y1:466 Y2:539 an army of foreign mercenaries arrived on PieI with Lambert SimneI 87 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,675 X1:136 X2:578 Y1:508 Y2:540 a 1 0-year-oId pretender to the throne 88 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,716 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:508 Y2:540 They decIared him King of EngIand 89 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,159 X1:093 X2:622 Y1:508 Y2:540 It aII ended on a bIoody battIefieId for SimneI 90 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,712 X1:225 X2:489 Y1:508 Y2:540 But his story Iived on 91 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,952 X1:127 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:540 and somehow became the tradition that the pub IandIord is the King of PieI 92 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,876 X1:121 X2:598 Y1:466 Y2:534 Now the next in Iine is driving his tractor back to the mainIand 93 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,952 X1:202 X2:514 Y1:466 Y2:540 to pick up the one artefact vitaI for today's coronation 94 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,472 X1:202 X2:513 Y1:466 Y2:540 We've come to coIIect a fantastic piece of history 95 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,232 X1:170 X2:543 Y1:508 Y2:540 brought from the IocaI museum 96 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,276 X1:232 X2:483 Y1:508 Y2:540 Wa-hey! Look at that! 97 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,357 X1:158 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Gosh. How old is it? - About 1730. Something like that. 98 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,032 X1:179 X2:538 Y1:508 Y2:540 Probably a bit...probably older. 99 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,030 X1:338 X2:379 Y1:508 Y2:534 Oh. 100 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,829 X1:087 X2:628 Y1:466 Y2:540 This 300-year-oId throne was thought to have been made from a barreI 101 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,354 X1:081 X2:632 Y1:508 Y2:540 And every King of PieI has been crowned on it 102 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,271 X1:187 X2:534 Y1:508 Y2:540 We have to hurry back to PieI 103 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,999 X1:090 X2:623 Y1:508 Y2:540 before the fast-moving tide cuts off the isIand 104 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,312 X1:071 X2:646 Y1:466 Y2:540 In the Iast decade 40 peopIe have Iost their Iives in Morecambe Bay 105 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,868 X1:099 X2:615 Y1:508 Y2:540 incIuding 23 cockIe pickers in just one night 106 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,830 X1:137 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:540 STEVE: You can see the tide's coming in now. 107 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,754 X1:111 X2:608 Y1:466 Y2:534 lt comes round the south side of the island and the north side of the island. 108 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,950 X1:139 X2:577 Y1:508 Y2:540 You need to get across really quickly. 109 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,556 X1:178 X2:540 Y1:466 Y2:540 We have really cut this too fine for my liking with this chair. 110 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,874 X1:103 X2:617 Y1:466 Y2:534 There's a IocaI saying that the tide comes in faster than a horse can run 111 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,155 X1:172 X2:543 Y1:508 Y2:540 But water 's not the onIy danger 112 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,674 X1:119 X2:597 Y1:508 Y2:540 These mudfIats have hidden quicksands 113 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:08,068 X1:105 X2:615 Y1:466 Y2:540 Being cut off from the mainIand twice a day and surrounded by sinking sands 114 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,234 X1:115 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:540 is a fact of isIand Iife that Steve can 't afford to take for granted 115 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,036 X1:099 X2:618 Y1:508 Y2:539 Look. we've made it. We've crossed the tide. 116 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,109 X1:332 X2:384 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yay! 117 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,156 X1:246 X2:471 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. l'm happy now. 118 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,311 X1:147 X2:570 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt's so stressful coming across there. 119 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,472 X1:275 X2:440 Y1:466 Y2:534 - God. - l think we'll... 120 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:25,913 X1:308 X2:410 Y1:508 Y2:540 Morning. 121 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,319 X1:241 X2:477 Y1:508 Y2:540 How are you doing? 122 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,790 X1:089 X2:627 Y1:466 Y2:540 - l think we might pop it in here out of the way. - Excuse me and His Majesty. 123 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,313 X1:181 X2:535 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yep. There we go. Thank you . 124 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,915 X1:150 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:540 lt's funny. because it seems like it's a sort of novelty monarchy thing. 125 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,552 X1:186 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:540 and yet it goes so far back that there's some gravity to it. 126 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,039 X1:199 X2:517 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. it's steeped in tradition . 127 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,912 X1:107 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:540 To witness the ceremony the isIand is invaded by around a thousand reveIIers 128 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,195 X1:108 X2:607 Y1:508 Y2:540 guided across the sands at the Iowest tide 129 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,353 X1:199 X2:519 Y1:466 Y2:540 Steve has not just taken on the tenancy of the pub 130 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,911 X1:098 X2:621 Y1:466 Y2:540 He is custodian of an isIand that is obviousIy important to the peopIe of Barrow 131 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,074 X1:153 X2:561 Y1:466 Y2:539 And Steve and SheiIa's daughters NicoIa and Tina 132 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,276 X1:123 X2:592 Y1:508 Y2:540 are Iooking forward to being princesses 133 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,715 X1:114 X2:604 Y1:508 Y2:540 You look fantastic. Any princessy nerves? 134 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,833 X1:155 X2:561 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. no. l was born to play this role. 135 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,157 X1:218 X2:498 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Tina... Oh. look at you . - Hi. 136 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,832 X1:244 X2:473 Y1:508 Y2:540 You look gorgeous. 137 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,070 X1:188 X2:528 Y1:508 Y2:540 What a couple of princesses. 138 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,197 X1:190 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:540 l'm getting my driving licence changed to princess. 139 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,714 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:540 And you can have it on your cheque book as well. 140 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,279 X1:250 X2:467 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt sounds fantastic. 141 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,271 X1:257 X2:459 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Can you really? - Yeah. 142 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,795 X1:198 X2:517 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Are you nervous? - l am getting nervous now. 143 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,598 X1:296 X2:420 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Are you? - Yeah. 144 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,113 X1:215 X2:503 Y1:508 Y2:540 Everyone's on your side. 145 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,236 X1:171 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:539 - No-one's going to throw rocks. - No. no. 146 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,276 X1:252 X2:463 Y1:466 Y2:534 - l just mustn 't cry. - Aw! 147 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,033 X1:173 X2:543 Y1:466 Y2:540 - l've waited a long time for this. - Yeah. l bet you have. 148 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,718 X1:118 X2:596 Y1:466 Y2:540 Ex-king Jack NichoIson Ieads the throne the mayor of Barrow-in -Furness 149 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,394 X1:125 X2:590 Y1:508 Y2:540 and an army of supporters to the castIe 150 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,830 X1:181 X2:538 Y1:466 Y2:540 Keeping to tradition Steve puts on his royaI regaIia 151 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,391 X1:093 X2:622 Y1:466 Y2:540 whiIst guarded by the Queen and princesses ready for his big moment 152 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,835 X1:151 X2:566 Y1:508 Y2:534 You stand there. A few on this side. 153 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,559 X1:158 X2:561 Y1:508 Y2:540 l call upon the good knights of Piel 154 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,757 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:508 Y2:540 to go fetch the victim to the chair. 155 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,149 X1:139 X2:580 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Cheering and fanfare drown speech) 156 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,551 X1:271 X2:444 Y1:508 Y2:539 All assembled. 157 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,596 X1:256 X2:464 Y1:508 Y2:534 l have the honour 158 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:33,874 X1:271 X2:446 Y1:508 Y2:540 of dubbing you 159 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,916 X1:198 X2:518 Y1:508 Y2:540 the new King of Piel lsland. 160 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:38,079 X1:296 X2:422 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Cheering) 161 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,076 X1:252 X2:465 Y1:508 Y2:534 Take it like a man . 162 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,676 X1:296 X2:422 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Cheering) 163 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:51,955 X1:304 X2:413 Y1:508 Y2:540 Hip. hip... 164 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,917 X1:313 X2:404 Y1:508 Y2:540 Hooray! 165 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,194 X1:294 X2:421 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hip. hip... - Hooray! 166 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,349 X1:304 X2:413 Y1:508 Y2:540 Hip. hip... 167 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,396 X1:313 X2:404 Y1:508 Y2:540 Hooray! 168 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,869 X1:217 X2:499 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Bell rings ) TOWN CRlER: Hear ye! 169 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,508 X1:300 X2:416 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Yes. - Hear ye! 170 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,318 X1:282 X2:435 Y1:508 Y2:540 On this day... 171 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,072 X1:251 X2:467 Y1:508 Y2:540 Steven Chattaway 172 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:13,075 X1:186 X2:530 Y1:466 Y2:540 has duly been announced as King Steven of Piel lsland! 173 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,116 X1:212 X2:506 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Cheering and applause) 174 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,432 X1:225 X2:493 Y1:508 Y2:540 Ladies and gentlemen . 175 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,476 X1:225 X2:492 Y1:508 Y2:540 and my new subjects... 176 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,635 X1:288 X2:429 Y1:466 Y2:540 - l like it! - (Laughter) 177 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,309 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:540 Thank you very much for coming to Piel and supporting your island. 178 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:31,879 X1:248 X2:469 Y1:508 Y2:540 Now go drink beer! 179 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,349 X1:259 X2:459 Y1:466 Y2:534 (Cheering) MAN : More beer! 180 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,919 X1:197 X2:518 Y1:508 Y2:540 Well. here's a real surprise. 181 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,070 X1:184 X2:534 Y1:508 Y2:540 l thought. l'm ashamed to say. 182 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,355 X1:084 X2:633 Y1:508 Y2:540 the crowning of a publican on the island of Piel 183 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,637 X1:139 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:539 was just a sort of ''And. finally...'' story on the end of the news. 184 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,359 X1:196 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:540 but when you get there. you meet Steve and Sheila. 185 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,113 X1:183 X2:533 Y1:466 Y2:540 They're such lovely people and they're so committed to it. 186 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,031 X1:124 X2:592 Y1:508 Y2:540 And the fact that they both care about it. 187 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,032 X1:096 X2:621 Y1:466 Y2:540 and all the people who came onto the island. who regularly come. 188 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,511 X1:080 X2:635 Y1:466 Y2:540 and have been coming here since they were children . all feel very special about it. 189 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,034 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:508 Y2:534 made it a real treat to be there. 190 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,276 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:534 It's time to Ieave this corner of EngIand and traveI further west 191 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,717 X1:108 X2:606 Y1:466 Y2:540 Having met the King of PieI I'm now going to visit ''The Queen of the Hebrides'' 192 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,439 X1:087 X2:628 Y1:508 Y2:540 In this trip through the Western IsIes of Britain 193 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,115 X1:141 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:540 I've now reached some of the most dangerous waters in the British IsIes 194 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,309 X1:090 X2:628 Y1:466 Y2:540 Here aIong the west of ScotIand there's been a major shipping channeI for centuries 195 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,709 X1:093 X2:621 Y1:508 Y2:540 bringing essentiaI suppIies to nearby isIands 196 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,556 X1:095 X2:624 Y1:466 Y2:540 But the reefs currents and one of the Iargest whirIpooIs in the worId 197 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,790 X1:098 X2:616 Y1:508 Y2:534 have cIaimed hundreds of vesseIs and Iives 198 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,954 X1:141 X2:576 Y1:508 Y2:540 It's aII in an archipeIago of 42 isIands 199 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,758 X1:185 X2:529 Y1:508 Y2:534 known as the Inner Hebrides 200 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,831 X1:119 X2:595 Y1:508 Y2:540 And I'm going to its southernmost isIand 201 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,433 X1:327 X2:387 Y1:508 Y2:540 IsIay 202 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,112 X1:264 X2:452 Y1:508 Y2:534 The ''Y '' is siIent 203 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,628 X1:176 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:539 270 vesseIs have come to grief in the waters around here 204 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,234 X1:165 X2:549 Y1:508 Y2:534 from ocean Iiners to submarines 205 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,950 X1:118 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:540 IsIander Gus Newman wants to show me the finaI resting pIace of a steamship 206 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,393 X1:212 X2:502 Y1:508 Y2:540 known as a CIyde puffer 207 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:23,993 X1:202 X2:514 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. yeah. yeah. yeah. yes! 208 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,638 X1:268 X2:448 Y1:508 Y2:539 Oh. God. there! 209 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,439 X1:231 X2:485 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Happy with that? - Yes. overjoyed. yes. 210 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,080 X1:185 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Looking lovely and freezing. - (Laughs ) 211 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,470 X1:209 X2:508 Y1:508 Y2:540 Mmm. Just my side of icy. 212 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,192 X1:174 X2:542 Y1:508 Y2:540 The pIan is I take a cIoser Iook 213 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,511 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:534 That's the cabin . That's where the cabin would be. 214 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,477 X1:173 X2:544 Y1:508 Y2:534 Ive never dived a wreck before 215 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,233 X1:158 X2:559 Y1:508 Y2:540 l've only dived in very warm water. 216 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,108 X1:090 X2:628 Y1:466 Y2:540 l worry about snagging my gear on something and getting trapped down there 217 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,636 X1:144 X2:573 Y1:508 Y2:540 but there's safety measures in place. 218 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,676 X1:226 X2:490 Y1:508 Y2:540 so l should be all right. 219 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,150 X1:141 X2:574 Y1:466 Y2:540 These wrecks teII a story of the hazards of IocaI Iife 220 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,708 X1:103 X2:611 Y1:508 Y2:534 as isIander Bertie Brown knows aII too weII 221 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,758 X1:112 X2:605 Y1:466 Y2:540 When we look out on the sea. everyone just looks and says there's rocks out there 222 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,638 X1:158 X2:560 Y1:466 Y2:534 but l know there's that wreck there or there's that reef there. 223 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,518 X1:207 X2:511 Y1:466 Y2:540 l know what they look like. lt's a great thing to know. 224 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,673 X1:094 X2:625 Y1:466 Y2:540 And you go down and you look at the wrecks and you think of the past and what happened 225 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,274 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:540 and why they went down and read a bit of history about them 226 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:20,759 X1:222 X2:493 Y1:466 Y2:534 - and it's good to know. - Yeah. 227 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,308 X1:110 X2:605 Y1:508 Y2:540 All the history of the island. really. in them. 228 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,838 X1:235 X2:481 Y1:508 Y2:539 OK? One. two. three. 229 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,592 X1:279 X2:439 Y1:508 Y2:540 Down you go. 230 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,555 X1:074 X2:644 Y1:508 Y2:540 In 1917 a CIyde puffer caIIed the John Strachan 231 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,838 X1:119 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:534 was bringing cargo to the Inner Hebrides when it hit a rock 232 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,157 X1:111 X2:603 Y1:466 Y2:540 It sank here yet another casuaIty in the struggIe to keep these isIands aIive 233 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,836 X1:158 X2:561 Y1:466 Y2:534 Puffers were specificaIIy designed to work these waters 234 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,593 X1:097 X2:620 Y1:508 Y2:540 This one was 80 feet Iong and had a fIat huII 235 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:01,434 X1:095 X2:620 Y1:466 Y2:540 aIIowing it to run aground on the remote beaches and unIoad its cargo 236 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,349 X1:132 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:540 These cabins aIso housed a crew of four puffer men 237 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,035 X1:080 X2:637 Y1:508 Y2:540 ThankfuIIy aII the crew on this ship were saved 238 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,912 X1:168 X2:546 Y1:508 Y2:540 But now it's me who needs heIp 239 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,390 X1:170 X2:548 Y1:466 Y2:540 I'm having troubIe with my mask and it's making me panic 240 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,914 X1:180 X2:538 Y1:508 Y2:534 l don 't like it. l don 't like it at all. 241 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,956 X1:262 X2:456 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Warning signal) 242 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,276 X1:327 X2:391 Y1:508 Y2:540 Easy. 243 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,078 X1:283 X2:434 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt's the mask. 244 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,590 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:508 Y2:540 l was trying not to panic and breathe. 245 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,148 X1:158 X2:561 Y1:466 Y2:540 But then l was sort of. ''Ah. there's a big ship down here!'' 246 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,310 X1:212 X2:505 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt was all covered in kelp. 247 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:39,833 X1:215 X2:503 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt does look very ghostly. 248 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,148 X1:231 X2:485 Y1:508 Y2:540 Aye. it is ghostly. aye. 249 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,279 X1:144 X2:571 Y1:466 Y2:540 - You can see right under the hull. - Yeah. but then l just couldn 't stop... 250 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,193 X1:160 X2:557 Y1:508 Y2:540 stop my breathing from panicking. 251 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,874 X1:122 X2:594 Y1:508 Y2:540 They were the worst moments of my life. 252 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,599 X1:212 X2:506 Y1:466 Y2:540 Coming up. knowing that l had to breathe sensibly. 253 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,317 X1:332 X2:384 Y1:508 Y2:534 Yes. 254 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,030 X1:073 X2:644 Y1:508 Y2:540 On the way up. when all l wanted to do was...cry. 255 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:08,318 X1:110 X2:604 Y1:466 Y2:540 Being isoIated by treacherous seas is a fact of Iife for IsIay's 3 000 inhabitants 256 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,234 X1:126 X2:589 Y1:466 Y2:534 They've come to reIy on this beautifuI isIand's naturaI resources 257 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,238 X1:096 X2:619 Y1:508 Y2:540 It's a fertiIe pIace where farming has thrived 258 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,551 X1:187 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:536 earning the isIand the titIe ''The Queen of the Hebrides'' 259 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,679 X1:101 X2:614 Y1:508 Y2:540 But it's whisky that IsIay is worId-famous for 260 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,073 X1:111 X2:604 Y1:508 Y2:540 It's been made here for around 600 years 261 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,038 X1:125 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 And some say it's the best you can buy 262 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,357 X1:080 X2:636 Y1:466 Y2:540 To find out what's so speciaI about IsIay whisky I've come to the BruichIaddich DistiIIery 263 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,399 X1:108 X2:612 Y1:466 Y2:534 where pIant manager Duncan MacGiIIivray has made me an offer I can 't refuse 264 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,038 X1:231 X2:484 Y1:466 Y2:540 - How are you? - l'm good. thank you . 265 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,712 X1:240 X2:478 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt's nice to meet you . 266 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,199 X1:198 X2:515 Y1:508 Y2:540 A chance to make my own 267 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,033 X1:239 X2:476 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Did l do that? - You did that. yeah! 268 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,271 X1:117 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:540 It aII starts with something caIIed a mash BarIey and water 269 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,193 X1:189 X2:528 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. here we go. Look at that. 270 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,236 X1:218 X2:498 Y1:508 Y2:540 This is some magic mix. 271 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,153 X1:142 X2:572 Y1:508 Y2:540 After adding some yeast it ferments 272 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,679 X1:085 X2:632 Y1:508 Y2:540 Then my brew is ready to be distiIIed into spirit 273 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,631 X1:239 X2:476 Y1:466 Y2:540 - OK. - Try not to spill any. 274 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,789 X1:287 X2:432 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Both laugh) 275 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:29,078 X1:124 X2:590 Y1:466 Y2:540 We may caII it Scotch but whisky's probabIy not Scottish at aII 276 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,515 X1:112 X2:604 Y1:508 Y2:540 The IocaIs say it arrived here from IreIand 277 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,955 X1:101 X2:613 Y1:508 Y2:540 And IsIay was a stepping stone to ScotIand 278 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,914 X1:096 X2:620 Y1:466 Y2:534 - lt's like Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. - lt is. 279 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,472 X1:074 X2:644 Y1:508 Y2:540 as you can see it's absoloutly crystal clear 280 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,753 X1:100 X2:615 Y1:466 Y2:540 - lt's bloody strong. though. isn 't it? - Yes. that is quite strong. lt'll be about 68% . 281 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,913 X1:093 X2:623 Y1:466 Y2:540 - lt's a big event in the mouth. though. isn 't it? - That's right. There's a lot going on . 282 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,399 X1:194 X2:523 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yeah. there's a lot going on . 283 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,436 X1:202 X2:512 Y1:508 Y2:540 FinaIIy it's time to barreI it 284 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,550 X1:172 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:540 But onIy after three years can it be officiaIIy caIIed whisky 285 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,200 X1:169 X2:548 Y1:466 Y2:540 - How was your whisky-making? - lt was interesting. 286 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,475 X1:129 X2:584 Y1:508 Y2:539 As master distiIIer Jim McEwan knows 287 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,553 X1:151 X2:569 Y1:466 Y2:540 his casks do more to the cIear spirit than just store it 288 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,834 X1:175 X2:542 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt takes the colour from the oak. 289 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:17,319 X1:232 X2:484 Y1:508 Y2:539 Oh. l didn 't know that. 290 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,550 X1:171 X2:545 Y1:508 Y2:540 We don 't use artificial colouring. 291 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,358 X1:232 X2:485 Y1:508 Y2:540 l don 't know anything! 292 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,270 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 293 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:23,952 X1:295 X2:422 Y1:508 Y2:534 l'd no idea. 294 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,000 X1:155 X2:564 Y1:466 Y2:534 And it turns out my cask wiII empty aImost as fast as I can fiII it 295 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,996 X1:182 X2:536 Y1:508 Y2:540 lf you fill this cask now. Martin . 296 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,710 X1:144 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:540 within 24 hours the wood will absorb 2% of what you put in there. 297 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,954 X1:100 X2:618 Y1:466 Y2:540 And every year thereafter. the angels' share will be about 1 .5% . That's what you lose. 298 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,076 X1:164 X2:555 Y1:508 Y2:540 ''The angels' share''. did you say? 299 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:50,188 X1:111 X2:608 Y1:466 Y2:539 lt's estimated. if you take the angels' share from all the bars in Scotland. 300 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,999 X1:213 X2:504 Y1:508 Y2:540 lost through evaporation . 301 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:59,519 X1:117 X2:602 Y1:466 Y2:540 it comes out at about 1 60 million bottles of alcohol is lost from Scotland each year 302 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,556 X1:261 X2:454 Y1:508 Y2:534 from the barrels. 303 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,551 X1:116 X2:600 Y1:508 Y2:540 And people say that Scots are miserable. 304 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,517 X1:212 X2:503 Y1:508 Y2:539 Well. this is not the case. 305 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,397 X1:148 X2:567 Y1:508 Y2:534 We have a season ticket to heaven . 306 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:09,674 X1:181 X2:537 Y1:508 Y2:540 Keep your fingers out the way. 307 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,799 X1:145 X2:570 Y1:466 Y2:540 As my whisky's put away to mature and evaporate for the next 1 5 years 308 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,908 X1:145 X2:575 Y1:466 Y2:534 Jim McEwan has no doubt why IsIay makes such a worId-cIass drink 309 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,549 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:540 When you pick up a glass of whisky and you nose it and taste it. 310 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:29,352 X1:141 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:540 you should feel and taste a character of the people who made it. 311 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,597 X1:105 X2:611 Y1:508 Y2:540 You know. people pick up glasses and say. 312 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,911 X1:135 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:534 ''l get wet tulips on a Tuesday morning with the wind off the east.'' 313 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,877 X1:102 X2:615 Y1:508 Y2:540 Go away and play with the traffic. you know. 314 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,599 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:508 Y2:540 Think about the people who made it. 315 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:45,231 X1:072 X2:644 Y1:466 Y2:540 And the people here have been . for generations. the DNA here is just making whisky. 316 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,476 X1:080 X2:636 Y1:466 Y2:540 AIthough the passion and drive of the isIanders make IsIay whisky such a success 317 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,835 X1:125 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 the owner of the distiIIery is an incomer 318 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,551 X1:284 X2:432 Y1:508 Y2:540 What a spot. 319 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,632 X1:085 X2:632 Y1:508 Y2:534 He was a successfuI wine merchant in London 320 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,349 X1:115 X2:599 Y1:466 Y2:540 and moved Iock stock and cask to IsIay just four years ago 321 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,751 X1:186 X2:530 Y1:508 Y2:539 Oh. what a nice Jack Russell. 322 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,356 X1:288 X2:429 Y1:508 Y2:534 Hello. Hello. 323 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,038 X1:142 X2:574 Y1:508 Y2:540 Ah. the welcoming committee's here. 324 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:28,394 X1:268 X2:449 Y1:508 Y2:534 Come on in . Hi. 325 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:29,674 X1:254 X2:463 Y1:466 Y2:534 - How do you do? - Maureen . 326 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,955 X1:210 X2:507 Y1:466 Y2:534 Va '': '' ow oo 'yo .. oo ? W o oo '''o W o oo '''o 327 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,155 X1:278 X2:437 Y1:466 Y2:539 - Come on in . - Hi. Mark. 328 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,674 X1:148 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:540 - This is Rory. - How do you do? Nice to meet you . 329 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,876 X1:231 X2:485 Y1:466 Y2:540 - How are you doing? - Glad you made it. 330 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,678 X1:276 X2:440 Y1:466 Y2:534 - What a spot. - lt's not bad. 331 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,193 X1:288 X2:430 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt's fantastic. 332 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,077 X1:126 X2:588 Y1:508 Y2:540 Mark Reynier is Iiving the isIand dream 333 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,597 X1:080 X2:636 Y1:466 Y2:540 He's converted a farmhouse into a Iuxury home with breathtaking views 334 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,830 X1:207 X2:509 Y1:508 Y2:534 We'll sit down there and... 335 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,797 X1:200 X2:514 Y1:508 Y2:540 He Iives on the whisky isIe 336 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,394 X1:202 X2:515 Y1:466 Y2:534 And his eight-year-oId son even has his own beach 337 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,790 X1:198 X2:519 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Do you sail as well. Rory? - Yes. 338 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,836 X1:248 X2:469 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. you lucky fella. 339 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,433 X1:294 X2:424 Y1:508 Y2:540 How idyllic. 340 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:07,230 X1:187 X2:530 Y1:466 Y2:540 l never believed in fate until this all sort of happened. 341 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,233 X1:127 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:540 So l called CalMac ferry to book us. to go from the mainland across to lslay. 342 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,709 X1:140 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:540 and she said. ''And when will you be coming back?'' 343 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,836 X1:232 X2:484 Y1:466 Y2:540 - And l said. ''l'm not.'' - (Laughter) 344 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,911 X1:156 X2:559 Y1:508 Y2:540 And that's when you realise. yeah. 345 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,956 X1:103 X2:613 Y1:508 Y2:540 You're buying a one-way ticket to an island. 346 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,632 X1:243 X2:473 Y1:508 Y2:534 What's it been like? 347 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,915 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt is a massive cultural difference. 348 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,434 X1:090 X2:628 Y1:508 Y2:540 You know. if you've worked in Central London 349 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,080 X1:185 X2:533 Y1:466 Y2:539 and you suddenly come up to a Hebridean island. 350 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,199 X1:072 X2:644 Y1:466 Y2:539 you're dealing with a completely different culture. a Celtic. Gaelic culture. 351 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,635 X1:162 X2:553 Y1:508 Y2:540 A tremendous pride and passion . 352 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,472 X1:233 X2:483 Y1:508 Y2:540 This particular island. 353 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,279 X1:094 X2:623 Y1:508 Y2:540 because it is surrounded by treacherous sea. 354 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,794 X1:156 X2:559 Y1:508 Y2:534 the island has evolved in isolation . 355 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,757 X1:112 X2:605 Y1:508 Y2:540 You might as well be on a different planet. 356 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:51,949 X1:161 X2:557 Y1:466 Y2:540 There is a very true. strong notion of independence. 357 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,999 X1:093 X2:622 Y1:466 Y2:539 which l haven 't seen on many of the other islands. which are more accessible. 358 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,196 X1:159 X2:556 Y1:508 Y2:540 And that is an extraordinary thing. 359 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:00,998 X1:197 X2:519 Y1:508 Y2:540 This pride and this passion . 360 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,629 X1:105 X2:611 Y1:466 Y2:540 which if you harness it in the right direction . you know. it's unbeatable. 361 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,876 X1:210 X2:503 Y1:508 Y2:534 And harness it Mark has 362 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,313 X1:078 X2:636 Y1:508 Y2:540 But whisky's not the onIy success story on IsIay 363 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,829 X1:252 X2:466 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Skirl of bagpipes ) - Here we go. 364 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,799 X1:109 X2:606 Y1:466 Y2:540 Like whisky bagpipes are thought to be quintessentiaIIy Scottish 365 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,037 X1:086 X2:635 Y1:466 Y2:540 They were actuaIIy invented in the MiddIe East and spread by the Romans 366 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,793 X1:189 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:540 But to these isIanders they're more than a tradition 367 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,836 X1:252 X2:465 Y1:508 Y2:540 They're a passion 368 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,598 X1:165 X2:553 Y1:508 Y2:540 RecentIy the IsIay bagpipe band 369 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,717 X1:167 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:540 came cIose to winning the WorId Piping Championship 370 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,712 X1:264 X2:451 Y1:508 Y2:534 Wow. Fantastic. 371 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:57,994 X1:267 X2:449 Y1:508 Y2:534 That's fantastic. 372 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:02,517 X1:086 X2:629 Y1:466 Y2:540 Having a top-ranking bagpipe band is a source of reaI pride for an isIand community 373 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,354 X1:106 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:540 And according to piper James McEachern it brings the generations together 374 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,637 X1:128 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Was your father a piper? ls that right? - Yeah. 375 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,632 X1:110 X2:608 Y1:508 Y2:540 yes my father was a game piper 376 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,278 X1:297 X2:419 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Was he? - Yeah. 377 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:16,920 X1:169 X2:547 Y1:466 Y2:540 We went to sleep with my father playing the pipes. 378 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,956 X1:165 X2:550 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Wow. - We were just brought up with it. 379 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,795 X1:091 X2:627 Y1:466 Y2:540 And did you see him and think. ''l like the look of that. One day l'm going to do that too''? 380 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,757 X1:183 X2:535 Y1:508 Y2:540 l wasn 't really given an option . 381 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,796 X1:305 X2:412 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. right! 382 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,270 X1:165 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:540 And the young 'uns. they're still... they're loving it. aren 't they? 383 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,636 X1:078 X2:638 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yeah. There's a great camaraderie in this band. 384 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,790 X1:209 X2:507 Y1:508 Y2:540 Are you going for a shot? 385 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,077 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:540 Well. yes. l imagine l'll make a terrible sound but... 386 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,276 X1:236 X2:480 Y1:466 Y2:540 - You probably will. - Yes. l probably will. 387 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,032 X1:203 X2:515 Y1:508 Y2:540 l'm sure we'll all enjoy that. 388 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,236 X1:249 X2:467 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Be a good laugh. - Yes! 389 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,720 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Martin speaks over her) How...? uh? What are you doing? 390 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,791 X1:198 X2:517 Y1:466 Y2:534 - l'm just fixing it up for you . - OK. 391 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,030 X1:264 X2:451 Y1:466 Y2:534 - l'm ready now. - OK. 392 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,076 X1:294 X2:422 Y1:508 Y2:540 On you go. 393 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,276 X1:289 X2:430 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Plays tune) 394 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,953 X1:288 X2:429 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Splutters ) - (Laughter) 395 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,315 X1:175 X2:542 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughs ) l'm going to black out! 396 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:16,629 X1:306 X2:411 Y1:508 Y2:539 Oh. God. 397 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,476 X1:261 X2:457 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Continues tune) 398 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,309 X1:212 X2:505 Y1:508 Y2:534 You're almost at the end! 399 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,231 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 400 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,951 X1:307 X2:412 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughs ) 401 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,157 X1:272 X2:447 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Finishes tune) 402 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,829 X1:273 X2:442 Y1:508 Y2:540 Ah. thank you . 403 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,756 X1:208 X2:509 Y1:508 Y2:540 l'm going to sit down now. 404 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,957 X1:224 X2:490 Y1:508 Y2:540 I'm impressed by IsIay 405 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,598 X1:254 X2:464 Y1:508 Y2:540 It may be isoIated 406 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,432 X1:189 X2:524 Y1:508 Y2:540 but from whisky to bagpipes 407 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,149 X1:147 X2:569 Y1:466 Y2:534 these isIanders seem determined to make their mark on the worId 408 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,875 X1:178 X2:537 Y1:508 Y2:540 Now I'm traveIIing further west 409 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,714 X1:122 X2:592 Y1:466 Y2:540 to an isIand which takes this independence of spirit another step 410 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:13,670 X1:091 X2:626 Y1:466 Y2:534 with its very own government buried treasure and creatures found nowhere eIse on earth 411 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:21,432 X1:077 X2:640 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's in the geographicaI centre of the British IsIes and extends to 200 square miIes 412 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,792 X1:265 X2:451 Y1:508 Y2:534 The IsIe of Man 413 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,189 X1:095 X2:622 Y1:508 Y2:540 The Manx peopIe are very proud of their fIag 414 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,430 X1:115 X2:601 Y1:508 Y2:540 There's no sign of a union fIag anywhere 415 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,838 X1:160 X2:553 Y1:466 Y2:540 That's because the IsIe of Man is not part of the united Kingdom 416 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,594 X1:132 X2:588 Y1:508 Y2:539 The 80 000 isIanders share our Queen 417 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,911 X1:171 X2:543 Y1:466 Y2:534 but have their own government which sets their own Iaws 418 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,312 X1:190 X2:527 Y1:466 Y2:534 And I've come to CastIetown to meet the Prime Minister 419 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,079 X1:232 X2:486 Y1:508 Y2:540 Here's a funny thing... 420 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:07,075 X1:132 X2:584 Y1:466 Y2:540 On the lsle of Man . the Chief Minister. their Prime Minister. a Mr Tony Brown . 421 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,230 X1:090 X2:626 Y1:508 Y2:540 can be approached. You can go and find him. 422 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,117 X1:120 X2:596 Y1:508 Y2:540 You can go to his house. He has a shop. 423 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,077 X1:215 X2:501 Y1:508 Y2:540 And l'm going to do that. 424 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,593 X1:234 X2:484 Y1:508 Y2:534 lf l can find the street. 425 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,398 X1:344 X2:374 Y1:508 Y2:534 Hi. 426 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,597 X1:148 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:540 Don 't know where Arbory St is? We're looking for the Chief Minister. 427 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,750 X1:122 X2:595 Y1:508 Y2:540 Carry on round the corner. lt's just there. 428 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,831 X1:123 X2:593 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. brilliant. Thanks very much. Cheers. 429 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,478 X1:194 X2:522 Y1:466 Y2:534 - See where the chemist is? - Yeah. 430 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:27,754 X1:224 X2:493 Y1:508 Y2:540 lf you just go to the left. 431 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,434 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 His shop is just...round the corner here. 432 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,556 X1:102 X2:616 Y1:508 Y2:540 Down the street. you'll see the electric shop. 433 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,149 X1:285 X2:431 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Mr Brown ? - Yes. 434 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,355 X1:268 X2:449 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hi. - How are you? 435 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,759 X1:198 X2:519 Y1:508 Y2:540 You're an easy man to find. 436 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,990 X1:205 X2:511 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Easy to find? - You're really easy. yeah. 437 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,195 X1:312 X2:405 Y1:508 Y2:534 Thanks. 438 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,797 X1:228 X2:489 Y1:508 Y2:540 OK. Ta. See you . Bye. 439 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,313 X1:254 X2:461 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Thank you . Bye. - Yeah. 440 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,073 X1:088 X2:629 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt's quite unusual. isn 't it. for a Prime Minister... 441 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,118 X1:077 X2:641 Y1:508 Y2:540 l don 't see Gordon Brown working in a shop or... 442 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,397 X1:140 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:540 How has that evolved? The fact that you're the Chief Minister 443 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,153 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:540 and yet here you are. completely accessible to everyone? 444 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,596 X1:183 X2:535 Y1:466 Y2:540 l had the shop business going before l got into politics. 445 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,355 X1:158 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:540 And l like the shop work. l enjoy it. so on a Saturday l'm in here. 446 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,149 X1:113 X2:603 Y1:466 Y2:540 - And it keeps you in touch with people. - lt's just part of our community way of life. 447 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,639 X1:276 X2:441 Y1:508 Y2:540 Brilliant. yeah. 448 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,792 X1:093 X2:623 Y1:466 Y2:540 People who come here say there's something about it. a feel about it. 449 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,472 X1:194 X2:523 Y1:508 Y2:540 You know. we mix very well. 450 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,232 X1:155 X2:564 Y1:508 Y2:540 Do you think that's an island thing? 451 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,790 X1:095 X2:622 Y1:466 Y2:540 l think it's generally an island thing. l think so. We're friendly. l think. 452 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,029 X1:298 X2:418 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hiya. - Morning. 453 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:28,317 X1:096 X2:621 Y1:466 Y2:540 - May l have some triple A batteries. please? - Triple A. The gold? 454 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,311 X1:221 X2:496 Y1:508 Y2:540 So that's f-3.20. please. 455 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:32,396 X1:307 X2:410 Y1:508 Y2:540 Bye-bye. 456 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,516 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Going to sell the frying pan ? - l'd love to. 457 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,512 X1:259 X2:457 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Cheers. - f-1 5.gg. please. 458 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,316 X1:288 X2:429 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Ooh! - (Laughter) 459 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,914 X1:132 X2:583 Y1:508 Y2:540 All the old jokes. madam. They're free. 460 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:43,637 X1:333 X2:384 Y1:508 Y2:540 Bye. 461 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,915 X1:118 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hiya. - Hiya. l was after a telephone extension . 462 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,797 X1:332 X2:384 Y1:508 Y2:534 Yes. 463 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,438 X1:193 X2:523 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Oh. - What length are you after? 464 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:50,953 X1:181 X2:535 Y1:508 Y2:540 This gentleman will serve you . 465 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,271 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:540 That's f-2.T'5. l think you're going to enjoy this. sir. 466 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:55,395 X1:274 X2:442 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Cheers. - OK. see you . 467 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,357 X1:141 X2:576 Y1:508 Y2:540 Thanks very much. Come back soon . 468 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:58,998 X1:153 X2:563 Y1:508 Y2:540 Very good. What shall we do now? 469 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,040 X1:094 X2:623 Y1:508 Y2:540 When he's not seIIing batteries on Saturdays 470 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:08,035 X1:079 X2:637 Y1:508 Y2:540 Tony oversees the isIand's £560-miIIion budget 471 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:11,078 X1:191 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:540 here at the TynwaId buiIding in the capitaI DougIas 472 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,031 X1:163 X2:553 Y1:508 Y2:540 And this is the Tynwald chamber. 473 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:17,271 X1:126 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:534 This is the oldest continuous parliament in the world. 474 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,394 X1:127 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:540 The TynwaId was started by the Vikings over 1 000 years ago 475 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,233 X1:171 X2:543 Y1:508 Y2:540 and has been sitting ever since 476 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,039 X1:094 X2:622 Y1:508 Y2:539 Then . of course. we have the Sword of State. 477 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,270 X1:171 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:534 - This is your version of a mace. - lt is. 478 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,113 X1:241 X2:475 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Much more useful! - lt could be. 479 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,796 X1:077 X2:643 Y1:466 Y2:534 l can say it's never been used in anger. certainly in the chamber. Not as far as l'm aware. 480 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,838 X1:140 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:540 These things are very important to us and make up what we are. 481 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,990 X1:324 X2:393 Y1:508 Y2:534 Yeah. 482 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,073 X1:095 X2:619 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's not just this parIiament that was brought to the isIand by the Vikings 483 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,756 X1:132 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:540 So was the three-Iegged symboI that is proudIy dispIayed everywhere 484 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,198 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:508 Y2:540 It's aIso strangeIy appropriate 485 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,558 X1:161 X2:556 Y1:466 Y2:534 because some pecuIiar creatures have evoIved on this isIand 486 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,670 X1:285 X2:432 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. my God! 487 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,150 X1:140 X2:579 Y1:508 Y2:540 Blimey! They are bizarre. aren 't they? 488 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,196 X1:206 X2:512 Y1:508 Y2:540 l bet they can get Radio 5! 489 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,231 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 490 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,389 X1:124 X2:593 Y1:508 Y2:540 These are four-horned Loaghtan sheep 491 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,277 X1:209 X2:505 Y1:508 Y2:540 unique to the IsIe of Man 492 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,435 X1:151 X2:566 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's a feature of isIands that animaIs can be isoIated from other genes 493 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,149 X1:124 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:540 so over time they can evoIve unusuaI characteristics 494 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,909 X1:116 X2:602 Y1:466 Y2:540 There's been a Loaghtan breed of sheep here on the island for thousands of years. 495 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,709 X1:162 X2:557 Y1:466 Y2:540 But they are a very unique animal and quite unpredictable. 496 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:39,191 X1:130 X2:584 Y1:466 Y2:540 Pete KeIIy and Andrew MetcaIfe are preparing some rams for breeding 497 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,835 X1:206 X2:508 Y1:466 Y2:540 These sheep have been on the verge of extinction 498 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,876 X1:169 X2:546 Y1:508 Y2:540 Keeping the numbers up is vitaI 499 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:47,875 X1:261 X2:455 Y1:508 Y2:534 Twist that round. 500 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,713 X1:106 X2:610 Y1:508 Y2:540 Twist him over your leg and he'll sit on you . 501 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,836 X1:253 X2:464 Y1:508 Y2:540 On your other leg. 502 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,876 X1:271 X2:446 Y1:508 Y2:540 That's the way. 503 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,916 X1:196 X2:521 Y1:508 Y2:540 Keep going. You're doing it. 504 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:58,510 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 505 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,876 X1:081 X2:635 Y1:466 Y2:540 Check them. make sure they're the proper size. shape and consistency. 506 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,678 X1:177 X2:541 Y1:508 Y2:534 MARTlN : What? His knackers? 507 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,432 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:508 Y2:540 Yes. Make sure they're right. 508 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,397 X1:124 X2:593 Y1:508 Y2:540 l've got no frame of reference. You do it. 509 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,436 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 510 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,273 X1:245 X2:473 Y1:508 Y2:540 l might get it wrong. 511 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:13,395 X1:316 X2:401 Y1:508 Y2:540 Cough. 512 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,357 X1:298 X2:421 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Laughter) 513 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,112 X1:265 X2:452 Y1:508 Y2:540 They're all right. 514 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,589 X1:192 X2:525 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Yes. they're lovely. - They're grand. aren 't they? 515 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,875 X1:182 X2:536 Y1:508 Y2:540 l'm glad we've cleared that up. 516 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,312 X1:116 X2:603 Y1:508 Y2:540 The sheep may have evoIved extra horns 517 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,439 X1:146 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:540 but another isIand animaI is famous for having Iost something 518 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,516 X1:165 X2:552 Y1:508 Y2:534 The Manx cat's taiI has vanished 519 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,154 X1:094 X2:621 Y1:466 Y2:534 One of the few things l do know about the lsle of Man is that Manx cats have no tail. 520 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,915 X1:155 X2:565 Y1:466 Y2:540 l can 't tell if this has got a tail or not because it's sitting down . 521 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,873 X1:206 X2:511 Y1:508 Y2:540 But this is a cat sanctuary. 522 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,315 X1:147 X2:569 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Look at all your cats! - You've just arrived at feeding time. 523 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,358 X1:118 X2:597 Y1:508 Y2:540 Sue CritchIey has taken in over 1 7 0 cats 524 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,750 X1:087 X2:630 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Now. lots of these cats have tails. don 't they? - Yes. 525 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,990 X1:137 X2:578 Y1:466 Y2:534 - You're an all-purpose cat sanctuary. - We are. 526 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,117 X1:135 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:534 We just take in unwanted. homeless... This is their home. 527 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,156 X1:252 X2:465 Y1:508 Y2:540 Here we go. Look! 528 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,597 X1:103 X2:615 Y1:508 Y2:539 So. Sue. what's the deal with the Manx cat? 529 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,434 X1:162 X2:557 Y1:466 Y2:540 Their hind legs are usually longer than their front legs. 530 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,034 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:534 And then the other problem there is with the Manx cat 531 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:24,159 X1:079 X2:640 Y1:466 Y2:540 is the fact that he has got two or three vertebrae short in the spine. 532 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,630 X1:098 X2:618 Y1:508 Y2:540 So it can be likened to a form of spina bifida. 533 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,156 X1:182 X2:535 Y1:466 Y2:540 Which can make it quite an unpleasant condition . 534 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,358 X1:094 X2:624 Y1:466 Y2:540 Because their spine is so short. it makes their other organs not work properly. 535 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,271 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 But there's loads of healthy Manx cats? 536 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,113 X1:139 X2:579 Y1:466 Y2:540 Yes. but there's more unhealthy ones than there are healthy. 537 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,872 X1:287 X2:429 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Are there? - Yes. Yes. 538 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,393 X1:166 X2:550 Y1:508 Y2:540 And you've only got to look here. 539 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,278 X1:150 X2:567 Y1:508 Y2:540 Every cat. the Manx cat. that's here. 540 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,590 X1:163 X2:554 Y1:508 Y2:540 has a disorder that we're treating. 541 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,829 X1:305 X2:411 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Really? - Yeah. 542 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,233 X1:184 X2:534 Y1:508 Y2:540 MARTlN : What a lovely place. 543 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,630 X1:111 X2:607 Y1:508 Y2:540 l feel slightly ashamed that l glibly thought. 544 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,349 X1:086 X2:632 Y1:466 Y2:534 ''One of the things l know about the lsle of Man is the cats have no tails.'' 545 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,955 X1:133 X2:582 Y1:466 Y2:534 And that's one of the things that we all know about the lsle of Man . 546 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:14,795 X1:111 X2:606 Y1:466 Y2:534 But what we don 't know is. it's not a breed. it's a sort of disease. 547 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,759 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:466 Y2:540 And it has all kinds of implications for the poor cats. 548 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,470 X1:115 X2:601 Y1:508 Y2:540 There you go. This one's all right. though. 549 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,276 X1:307 X2:411 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Purring) 550 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,799 X1:112 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:540 There's a maverick spirit to the IsIe of Man that goes back centuries 551 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:56,478 X1:103 X2:617 Y1:466 Y2:534 In 1 935 in this house the rebeIIious history of the isIand was unearthed 552 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,234 X1:147 X2:567 Y1:466 Y2:540 A smuggIer 's yacht was discovered hidden in a bricked-up chamber 553 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,635 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:539 The boat beIonged to a George QuayIe who Iived here in the 1 7 90s 554 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,353 X1:176 X2:540 Y1:466 Y2:540 when the IsIe of Man was at the centre of smuggIing 555 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,396 X1:166 X2:549 Y1:508 Y2:540 dodging British duties and taxes 556 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,676 X1:331 X2:386 Y1:508 Y2:534 Oh... 557 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,318 X1:130 X2:586 Y1:466 Y2:540 This lovely room was George Quayle's sort of playroom. 558 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,473 X1:132 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:534 And look. you can see where there would have been a hatch. 559 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,790 X1:129 X2:589 Y1:508 Y2:540 He dropped straight down into his boat. 560 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,235 X1:185 X2:532 Y1:508 Y2:540 This fireplace isn 't a fireplace. 561 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,392 X1:136 X2:580 Y1:508 Y2:540 Apparently there was a safe behind it. 562 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,439 X1:107 X2:608 Y1:508 Y2:540 And everything is full of secret stash holes. 563 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,670 X1:210 X2:507 Y1:508 Y2:534 Here...have a look at this. 564 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,836 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:508 Y2:540 Even that's a cupboard. 565 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,198 X1:249 X2:467 Y1:508 Y2:540 That's a cupboard. 566 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,236 X1:299 X2:416 Y1:508 Y2:534 And this... 567 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,996 X1:221 X2:496 Y1:508 Y2:540 Gets you right out here. 568 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,790 X1:103 X2:616 Y1:466 Y2:540 There'd be a hole there. you'd take the boat straight down and out to sea. lt's fabulous! 569 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,877 X1:141 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:540 The spirit of QuayIe Iives on but today it's aII Iegitimate of course 570 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,996 X1:195 X2:519 Y1:508 Y2:539 Even with the credit crunch 571 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,390 X1:115 X2:605 Y1:466 Y2:540 huge sums of money are squirreIed away in modern -day bank vauIts 572 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,152 X1:211 X2:503 Y1:508 Y2:540 avoiding mainIand taxes 573 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,753 X1:102 X2:616 Y1:508 Y2:539 lt's a bit of a treasure island. the lsle of Man . 574 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,957 X1:093 X2:624 Y1:508 Y2:540 But it's not gold. silver. doubloons and rubies. 575 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:32,354 X1:072 X2:646 Y1:466 Y2:534 This is the financial district and in these buildings is housed an estimated f-40 billion . 576 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:38,875 X1:085 X2:634 Y1:466 Y2:540 The IsIe of Man is not just a great pIace for rich peopIe on the mainIand to bury their money 577 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,035 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:508 Y2:540 Oh. there's a table up here. (Laughs ) 578 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:47,353 X1:166 X2:549 Y1:466 Y2:540 LocaIs pay onIy 1 0% income tax and businesses pay no tax at aII 579 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,231 X1:154 X2:564 Y1:508 Y2:540 Internet miIIionaire Stephen Baggs 580 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,676 X1:149 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:534 was one man who made his fortune thanks to the Iow taxes here 581 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:00,551 X1:141 X2:576 Y1:466 Y2:540 His weaIth aIIows him to enjoy the isIand's tradition of motor sports - 582 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,596 X1:168 X2:545 Y1:508 Y2:540 powerboat racing and fast cars 583 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,629 X1:135 X2:580 Y1:466 Y2:534 - l used to have a Porsche g1 1 Turbo. - What colour? 584 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,233 X1:307 X2:409 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Yellow. - OK. 585 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,915 X1:126 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:540 l'm in between cars a bit at the moment. so l'm thinking what to replace it with. 586 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,470 X1:087 X2:630 Y1:466 Y2:540 - l've been busy with work. - Are you getting something in the yellow line? 587 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,269 X1:153 X2:562 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Yes. maybe a yellow Ferrari next. - A yellow Ferrari. 588 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,635 X1:085 X2:631 Y1:508 Y2:540 You've gotta spend your money on something. 589 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,188 X1:212 X2:506 Y1:508 Y2:540 l guess so. yeah. Clearly. 590 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,555 X1:185 X2:535 Y1:466 Y2:534 Did you feel like a regular Joe back on the mainland 591 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,393 X1:093 X2:625 Y1:466 Y2:540 who came here and sort of suddenly it all blossomed for you? 592 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,232 X1:285 X2:431 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Absolutely. - Yeah. 593 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,996 X1:102 X2:614 Y1:466 Y2:540 l mean . we wouldn 't have got where we are today by paying uK tax rates. 594 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,674 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:466 Y2:534 We feel quite happy paying the government over here tax 595 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,593 X1:172 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:540 because you feel as though you're contributing to the island. 596 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,193 X1:219 X2:498 Y1:508 Y2:540 That's interesting. yeah. 597 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,236 X1:184 X2:531 Y1:508 Y2:540 And they're not being greedy. 598 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:49,599 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:466 Y2:540 lt's just a good place to live. ''Freedom'' really just sums it up for me. 599 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,717 X1:187 X2:531 Y1:466 Y2:540 Ever since the Vikings the peopIe on the IsIe of Man 600 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,237 X1:085 X2:632 Y1:466 Y2:540 seem to have cherished that sense of freedom and separation from the mainIand 601 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:14,035 X1:138 X2:577 Y1:466 Y2:534 So the lsle of Man . very different from all the other islands l've been to. 602 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,351 X1:173 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:539 Much bigger. a lot more people. a lot more vehicles. 603 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,431 X1:193 X2:523 Y1:508 Y2:540 all going much. much faster. 604 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,317 X1:204 X2:513 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt's an island of anomalies. 605 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:26,110 X1:088 X2:629 Y1:466 Y2:540 They've got a no-tail cat. a four-horned sheep. No wonder they've got a three-legged flag. 606 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,476 X1:130 X2:587 Y1:466 Y2:534 But seriously. of all the people l've met. there's a contrast too. 607 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:34,031 X1:097 X2:619 Y1:466 Y2:540 There's the Manx people - very proud of the beauty of the island. and it is beautiful. 608 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:35,951 X1:147 X2:569 Y1:508 Y2:540 And then there's the newer people - 609 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,715 X1:141 X2:576 Y1:466 Y2:540 the people who keep coming up and telling me they don 't pay any tax. 610 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,795 X1:114 X2:604 Y1:508 Y2:540 l wonder if there's a Viking word for smug. 611 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,918 X1:099 X2:615 Y1:508 Y2:540 Before Ieaving I have one Iast visit to make 612 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,550 X1:106 X2:610 Y1:466 Y2:534 For two years Dessie Robinson Iived aIone on a bIeak and uninhabited isIand 613 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,119 X1:226 X2:488 Y1:508 Y2:539 caIIed the CaIf of Man 614 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,556 X1:075 X2:640 Y1:508 Y2:540 cut off from the IsIe of Man by fierce tidaI waters 615 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,916 X1:154 X2:563 Y1:466 Y2:540 You can tell how dangerous it is - how many lighthouses? One. two... 616 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,956 X1:254 X2:462 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Three. four. five. - ..three four five. 617 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:20,318 X1:089 X2:629 Y1:466 Y2:540 lt's meant to be one of the places in the British lsles where you can see the most lighthouses. 618 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:27,197 X1:076 X2:638 Y1:466 Y2:540 Dessie took a job as warden on the CaIf of Man caring for the wiIdIife to escape his city Iife 619 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,438 X1:180 X2:537 Y1:466 Y2:540 How it happened with me was. l would come home at night. 620 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,670 X1:107 X2:610 Y1:508 Y2:540 l would make my tea. l would make my fire. 621 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,513 X1:197 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:534 l'd put on the television set and l'd watch the television . 622 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,354 X1:117 X2:601 Y1:466 Y2:540 l'd wake up in the morning. l'd go to work. My life was just like that. 623 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,876 X1:173 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:540 l was just. you know... l was doing nothing with my life. 624 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,592 X1:119 X2:598 Y1:466 Y2:534 His isoIated job couId have made Dessie the IoneIiest isIander in Britain 625 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,636 X1:228 X2:486 Y1:508 Y2:540 But it changed his Iife 626 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:58,669 X1:108 X2:606 Y1:466 Y2:540 When his work came to an end he had to Ieave but he stiII Iongs to return 627 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,795 X1:143 X2:575 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt was two years. two years of my life. 628 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,953 X1:109 X2:609 Y1:466 Y2:540 and there's still unfinished business for me at the Calf of Man . l still feel as though... 629 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,678 X1:222 X2:494 Y1:466 Y2:534 - You want to go back? - Yeah. 630 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,036 X1:153 X2:562 Y1:466 Y2:534 What's the fascination with islands. the draw to them? What is it? 631 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,793 X1:195 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:540 When you live on an island. you are somebody. 632 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:20,193 X1:079 X2:638 Y1:466 Y2:540 Your identity tends to get lost in a town or a city. or something like that. 633 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,350 X1:121 X2:595 Y1:508 Y2:540 Whereas over there. you are somebody. 634 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,671 X1:174 X2:542 Y1:508 Y2:540 You're basically king of the isle. 635 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,679 X1:183 X2:533 Y1:508 Y2:539 The further west I've traveIIed 636 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:38,197 X1:105 X2:614 Y1:466 Y2:540 the more the isIanders seemed determined to run their affairs in their own way 637 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:45,040 X1:129 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:540 But on the next isIand I'm going to visit it's not certain if they can survive at aII 638 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,950 X1:175 X2:540 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's the Iast Ieg of my journey through the isIands of the west 639 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,954 X1:165 X2:549 Y1:508 Y2:540 I'm heading across the Irish Sea 640 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,838 X1:175 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:534 There are more than 20 isIands off the Northern Irish coast 641 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,151 X1:141 X2:572 Y1:508 Y2:540 AII have been deserted except one 642 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,752 X1:117 X2:598 Y1:466 Y2:534 It's the farthest west I'm going on this trip to the isIand of RathIin 643 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:22,396 X1:103 X2:611 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's onIy three miIes off the coast but it can take up to an hour to reach on the car ferry 644 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,150 X1:166 X2:549 Y1:508 Y2:540 It's been the isIand's onIy IifeIine 645 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,879 X1:272 X2:444 Y1:508 Y2:534 This is Rathlin . 646 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,111 X1:166 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:539 Rathlin 's population has dwindled to about 80. l think. 647 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,630 X1:129 X2:590 Y1:466 Y2:540 So it's a bit touch-and-go as to whether they can survive as a community. 648 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,912 X1:144 X2:570 Y1:466 Y2:540 This isn 't the first time the isIand's popuIation has decIined 649 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:55,156 X1:091 X2:623 Y1:466 Y2:534 350 years ago aImost aII the isIanders were massacred in a horribIe battIe between cIans 650 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,597 X1:188 X2:529 Y1:466 Y2:534 And the women and chiIdren were thrown off the cIiffs 651 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,636 X1:161 X2:555 Y1:508 Y2:540 Today's decIine is Iess gruesome 652 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,513 X1:147 X2:568 Y1:466 Y2:534 But isIander NoeI McCurdy wants to show me the effect it's had 653 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,631 X1:295 X2:420 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Oh. wow. - Yeah. 654 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:21,872 X1:079 X2:637 Y1:508 Y2:540 Well. Martin . this is my favourite view of Rathlin . 655 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,157 X1:103 X2:613 Y1:466 Y2:540 Looking down from here. down towards the southern tip of the island. 656 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:29,279 X1:101 X2:615 Y1:466 Y2:534 you can see a lot of the old houses that would have been inhabited at one time. 657 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,875 X1:095 X2:623 Y1:466 Y2:534 There was a population of over 1 .400 people on Rathlin . 658 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,838 X1:191 X2:526 Y1:466 Y2:540 - And they're all empty now? - They're all empty now. 659 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,275 X1:171 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:540 - We're down now to 80 people. - So l gather. 660 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,238 X1:192 X2:523 Y1:466 Y2:540 And that's the problem we're facing now on Rathlin . 661 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,833 X1:186 X2:532 Y1:466 Y2:534 it's trying to get young people to come back onto the island. 662 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,909 X1:077 X2:639 Y1:466 Y2:534 A lot of islands. when they go down to about 50. it's not viable then . 663 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,073 X1:160 X2:560 Y1:466 Y2:540 One thing l would like is for my children to have a choice 664 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,311 X1:131 X2:586 Y1:466 Y2:540 of whether they want to stay on Rathlin or move away. 665 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,512 X1:196 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:540 To keep famiIies on isIands you need working schooIs 666 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,352 X1:191 X2:525 Y1:508 Y2:534 There used to be three here 667 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,398 X1:096 X2:618 Y1:508 Y2:540 But today there's just one - a primary schooI 668 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,399 X1:125 X2:593 Y1:466 Y2:540 On a Sunday night in Rathlin . all the children of secondary school age 669 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:29,076 X1:164 X2:554 Y1:466 Y2:540 get the ferry over to the mainland and they board for the week. 670 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:34,473 X1:125 X2:592 Y1:466 Y2:540 Whereas all the primary school children go to the island's only school. 671 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,516 X1:187 X2:528 Y1:508 Y2:540 which l'm about to go to now. 672 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,394 X1:152 X2:562 Y1:508 Y2:540 In 1 920 there were 7 0 pupiIs here 673 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:43,435 X1:312 X2:404 Y1:508 Y2:540 Today 674 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,076 X1:267 X2:447 Y1:508 Y2:534 there are four 675 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,552 X1:110 X2:605 Y1:508 Y2:540 Even the schooI is on the edge of survivaI 676 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,631 X1:137 X2:578 Y1:508 Y2:534 HeIen O'HaIIoran is the head teacher 677 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:55,837 X1:196 X2:520 Y1:466 Y2:540 HELEN : ..he came home with a quack. quack. quack! 678 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,876 X1:244 X2:474 Y1:508 Y2:540 Back to your chairs. 679 00:40:58,560 --> 00:40:59,959 X1:298 X2:418 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Morning. - Morning. 680 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,793 X1:144 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hi. l'm Martin . - Hello. Martin . Pleased to meet you . 681 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,269 X1:218 X2:497 Y1:466 Y2:540 - How are you doing? - Come right in . l'm fine. 682 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:06,839 X1:261 X2:455 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Like to join us? - l'd love to. 683 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,276 X1:123 X2:595 Y1:466 Y2:534 You sit here. and everybody can tell you a little bit about themselves. 684 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,591 X1:182 X2:536 Y1:466 Y2:534 Lighthouse-keeper NoeI's son is the eIdest in the schooI 685 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,831 X1:153 X2:563 Y1:466 Y2:540 My name is Eoin McCurdy and l'm the head boy of the school. 686 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,110 X1:113 X2:605 Y1:508 Y2:540 My name is Orla. l'm the second head girl. 687 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,029 X1:144 X2:574 Y1:508 Y2:540 My name is Martin . l'm 46 and a half. 688 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,556 X1:074 X2:644 Y1:508 Y2:540 l live on a farm in Dorset in the south of England. 689 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:32,789 X1:266 X2:452 Y1:508 Y2:534 HELEN : A farm! 690 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,440 X1:096 X2:622 Y1:508 Y2:540 \now you can go and get your apron on '' 691 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,720 X1:131 X2:586 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Are you ready. Martin . for hard work? - You bet. 692 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,469 X1:174 X2:545 Y1:466 Y2:540 What will happen if there aren 't any new families? 693 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:50,559 X1:172 X2:544 Y1:466 Y2:534 Well. basically. no new families. the school would close down . 694 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,471 X1:142 X2:575 Y1:508 Y2:540 School is the very heart of the island. 695 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,750 X1:163 X2:556 Y1:466 Y2:534 And the island as we know it now wouldn 't function . 696 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,319 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:508 Y2:540 lt just wouldn 't be there. 697 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,278 X1:181 X2:534 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Big old cow on top of the hill. HELEN : That fence is brilliant. 698 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,590 X1:119 X2:598 Y1:508 Y2:540 When did you start. Milly? Last summer? 699 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,114 X1:164 X2:553 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Last summer. - What. early? You started early? 700 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:14,274 X1:072 X2:642 Y1:466 Y2:540 MiIIy was the most recent chiId to join the schooI She's a IittIe ray of hope for the isIand 701 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:19,232 X1:209 X2:505 Y1:466 Y2:540 A new famiIy has arrived A rare event these days 702 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,550 X1:173 X2:540 Y1:466 Y2:540 Her father was born on RathIin but had to move away for work 703 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,039 X1:278 X2:438 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Hello. - Hi. Douglas. 704 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,509 X1:183 X2:533 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Martin . pleased to meet you . - How you doing? 705 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,149 X1:146 X2:571 Y1:466 Y2:540 The puII of his birthpIace has drawn DougIas CeciI with his wife Barbara 706 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,595 X1:076 X2:638 Y1:508 Y2:540 and daughters MiIIy and Niamh back to RathIin 707 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:34,908 X1:288 X2:428 Y1:508 Y2:534 Who's that? 708 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,558 X1:270 X2:447 Y1:466 Y2:539 - This is Niamh - Hello. Niamh. 709 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,154 X1:151 X2:564 Y1:466 Y2:540 (Cries ) - Oh. all right. it's happened before. 710 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:41,674 X1:270 X2:445 Y1:466 Y2:539 (Laughter) - Hello. Niamh. 711 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,992 X1:103 X2:613 Y1:466 Y2:540 l keep hearing you're the great hope for the island. That you'll repopulate the island. 712 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:50,995 X1:100 X2:616 Y1:466 Y2:540 - Yeah. well. we're doing our bit. anyway. - How many other young families are there? 713 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,356 X1:145 X2:572 Y1:466 Y2:540 Actually. on Rathlin . you're talking less than half a dozen . 714 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,637 X1:162 X2:554 Y1:466 Y2:540 - lt really is on the brink. - Do you detect a turn in the tide? 715 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:03,716 X1:131 X2:585 Y1:466 Y2:540 - You're a turn in the tide. aren 't you? - l'd like to think we're like a vital spark. 716 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,352 X1:163 X2:551 Y1:466 Y2:540 It's not just his famiIy that makes DougIas a vitaI spark 717 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,750 X1:168 X2:546 Y1:466 Y2:540 There's another way he's bringing hope to this isIand 718 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,874 X1:131 X2:583 Y1:466 Y2:540 DougIas is the skipper of a new high -speed passenger ferry 719 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:25,916 X1:118 X2:597 Y1:466 Y2:540 giving quicker access to the mainIand aIIowing more famiIies to stay on RathIin 720 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:35,869 X1:099 X2:620 Y1:466 Y2:534 lt's a positive thing - the options for islanders to work on the mainland and come back. 721 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,599 X1:086 X2:631 Y1:508 Y2:540 You know. basically commute on a daily basis. 722 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,112 X1:109 X2:607 Y1:466 Y2:534 - What time's the first ferry in the morning? - Half-seven . 723 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,590 X1:128 X2:591 Y1:466 Y2:540 So you could get the ferry. go to the job and come back at the end of the day. 724 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,275 X1:113 X2:604 Y1:508 Y2:534 lt's what's needed for the future of Rathlin . 725 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,756 X1:169 X2:552 Y1:466 Y2:534 The significance of the new ferry is not Iost to the isIanders 726 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,388 X1:130 X2:589 Y1:466 Y2:540 It represents a reaI prospect of survivaI for this tiny community 727 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,432 X1:168 X2:548 Y1:508 Y2:540 Today the ferry is being bIessed 728 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:08,790 X1:101 X2:616 Y1:508 Y2:540 Here's a few folk might want a little blessing. 729 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,154 X1:295 X2:424 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Thudding) 730 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,196 X1:284 X2:435 Y1:508 Y2:540 (She laughs ) 731 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,158 X1:222 X2:493 Y1:466 Y2:540 - The Lord be with you . - And also with you . 732 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:20,039 X1:291 X2:427 Y1:508 Y2:540 Let us pray. 733 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,556 X1:190 X2:528 Y1:466 Y2:534 Protect with your loving care. those who work at sea 734 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:28,077 X1:173 X2:542 Y1:466 Y2:540 and bring them safely to shore through Jesus Christ. Our Lord. 735 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,275 X1:311 X2:404 Y1:466 Y2:534 - Amen . - Amen . 736 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,554 X1:223 X2:495 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Sings traditional song) 737 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,596 X1:237 X2:482 Y1:508 Y2:540 (Some others join in) 738 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,117 X1:173 X2:541 Y1:466 Y2:539 As I've traveIIed through these different isIes of the west 739 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,829 X1:167 X2:550 Y1:466 Y2:540 I've discovered the peopIe share a reaI spirit of independence 740 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:05,593 X1:106 X2:608 Y1:466 Y2:540 and a deep-rooted connection to the history and traditions of their isIands 741 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,150 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:466 Y2:534 l wonder if that's what makes people so determined 742 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,435 X1:097 X2:619 Y1:508 Y2:540 to preserve their way of life on these islands. 743 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,876 X1:075 X2:644 Y1:466 Y2:540 because we all work hard to support our families and keep our jobs. 744 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,757 X1:147 X2:568 Y1:508 Y2:534 which all of the islanders do as well. 745 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:21,595 X1:179 X2:536 Y1:466 Y2:540 But they also seem to strive to keep the island as an entity. 746 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,636 X1:246 X2:470 Y1:508 Y2:534 the island life alive. 747 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:26,188 X1:208 X2:508 Y1:508 Y2:540 And l find that interesting.