South Pacific

4:15 PM to 5:15 PM

Wednesday 23 September

Castaways

Season 1 Episode 2 of 6

A look at how the 20,000 islands in the region became colonised by humans and animals. For the Polynesians, the Pacific's first people, their journeys constituted a feat of navigational ingenuity, while animals often had to rely on violent forces of nature, such as cyclones and tsunamis, to reach the shores

South Pacific airs on BBC Two HD at 4:15 PM, Wednesday 23 September. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)

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Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment

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Documentary

Benedict Cumberbatch

Narrator

Mark Brownlow

Producer

Huw Cordey

Series Producer