Castaway
Series following 36 volunteers spending the year 2000 on the island of Taransay, to find out what happens when a cross-section of British people try to create a new society.
This social experiment explores the problems of a community of men, women and children working and living self-sufficiently, while coping with hundred mile an hour winds and stormy seas. It also highlights the key issues of living as an individual within a group – from romance and friendship, to homophobia and racism. Castaway returns seven years on for Castaway 2007, this time to a remote island in New Zealand where 15 British volunteers live as a community for three months on the other side of the world.
- Broadcaster:
BBC One
- TX Date:
- Series 1: January 2000
- Series 2: March 2007
- Credits:
- Producer/s: Chris Kelly
- Exec Producer/s: Jeremy Mills