"Jupiter in the film """". In his 1962 novel ""Atlantic Fury"" Hammond Innes put a fictional Joint Services Guided Weapons Establishment in Northton, South Harris, where some of the action takes place. The nearby island of Taransay became well-known following the BBC show ""Castaway"" broadcast in 2000 and various scenes were shot on Harris itself. The movie The Rocket Post was also filmed on Taransay in 2004. The movie is based on the story of Gerhard Zucker, the German Rocket Scientist who in 1934 used the Isle of Scarp as his base for experimenting with sending mail over long distances"
"run of four episodes proved a ratings hit, attracting audiences of 7–8 million viewers in January of that year. Four more ""updates"" were broadcast around Easter, in April 2000 with 6.5–7.5 million viewers. 5.4–6.4 million tuned in for a third series of updates that were aired in September, with the final series of episodes in December 2000 and January 2001. These included a series of live, 10-minute broadcasts from Taransay presented by Julia Bradbury that were broadcast daily in the last week of 2000. The final instalment of ""Castaway 2000"" was broadcast on 17 January 2001 as ""Castaway 2000: the"
"as it cost so much money to build, when it was built in 1897. It runs from Miavaig via Drinishader, Grosebay, Scadabay and Cluer to Stockinish. From Stockinish the road is the Bays and meanders through the coastal townships of Lickisto (""Liceasto""), Geocrab (""Geòcrab""), Manish (""Mànais""), Flodabay (""Fleòideabhagh""), Ardvay (""Àird Mhighe""), Finsbay (""Fionnsbhagh"") and Lingerbay (""Lingreabhagh""). The beaches of Luskentyre and Scarista are amongst the most spectacular. From the former the island of Taransay, where the BBC Television series Castaway 2000 was recorded, is seen most clearly from Harris. At Scarista the beach is a venue for surfing and kite"
"she did not wish to go to the Royles' household due to Jim's behaviour on a previous visit. Antony proposed to Saskia on Christmas Day 2010, and later she goes into labour a month early. The first series aired on BBC Two in 1998, quickly gaining a following such that it was moved to BBC One for the second series in 1999, when it became even more popular. A Christmas special aired in 1999, followed by a third series and another Christmas special in 2000. After Aherne announced that she would not write or star in any more episodes, Ricky"
"would try to promote a useless product whilst making snide digs at each other underneath forced smiles and insincere laughter. The series also gained a new true/false guessing game called ""False Or True"" however perhaps the most significant was ""L&K Castaway"" which saw two teams (boys against girls) spend a week on a small island in Loch Lomond with Tammy Huff and Toby Waterman from ""Castaway 2000"" as their team captains. Each week would see different teams and the overall winners at the end of the series would win a holiday. The last show on 15 September 2001 saw many"
"Abby and Robbie decide to give their marriage another chance, so Kenny decides to leave the island. Two Thousand Acres of Sky Two Thousand Acres of Sky is a TV drama which aired on BBC Television from 2001 to 2003. It is also syndicated in the United States on PBS. It was created and written by Timothy Prager. The Executive Producer was Adrian Bate. The show takes place on the fictional island of Ronansay off the coast of Skye. The actual filming location was the sea-side village of Port Logan. In 2008, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation created a remake of"
"5-3. In episode eleven, Sascha won a reward challenge and as part of her reward she was granted a second vote at the eleventh tribal council. Expeditie Robinson 2000 Expeditie Robinson: 2000, was the first Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 15, 2000 and concluded on December 18, 2000. This season saw the first ever pan regional version of Expedition Robinson in the world. Keeping with the traditions of Robinson, the two teams for this season were the North team (Noord) and"
"begins on RTÉ One in January 2012. In 2010 they broadcast """" a reality TV talent search for stars of the stage version of the highly successful film and TV series ""Fame"". Other reality shows include two seasons (2001 and 2002) of ""Treasure Island"" similar in format to ""Survivor"". Senator Mark Daly appeared in the second series, coming third overall. ""Cabin Fever"" (2003) which had a group of people set sail around the Irish coast, this caused controversy when the ship ran aground halfway through the series. RTÉ One has also produce celebrity versions of their reality TV shows. ""Charity"
"heavily refurbished for the programme. ""The Cabin Fever II"" was brought from Dartmouth. It was registered as the ""Johanna Lucretia"". The contestants — six men and five women — were selected from among 6,724 applicants. Placings: Disaster struck however two weeks into the broadcast when, on 13 June 2003, the ship ran aground off Tory Island, a small island off the north-west coast near County Donegal. All the 9 remaining contestants and two crew were rescued by the nearby Arranmore Lifeboat, but the wooden sailing ship broke up on the rocks. Ironically the accident was not filmed by the RTÉ"
"Treasure Island (TV franchise) Treasure Island is a reality competition television franchise. The programme originated in New Zealand in 1997, where it was produced by Touchdown Television, with later editions produced in Australia and Ireland. In the programme, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island (early shows were filmed in Tonga) and compete for a cash prize (of NZ$50,000. ""Treasure Island"" is based on the successful Swedish programme ""Expedition Robinson"", and predates the 2000 American reality programme ""Survivor"". The Australian version produced by David Mason premiered on Seven Network following the 2000 Summer Olympics. It aired on Sunday nights"
"20 February 2006. First aired in early 2006 on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) television, it follows the life of Helen Tremain (Susie Porter), the Remote Area Nurse, charged with providing medical services to the remote Torres Strait Islanders community. The drama comes from the RAN's necessarily close association with the island Chairman, Russ Gaibui (Charles Passi), and his extensive and somewhat dysfunctional family of wife Ina and grown children Eddie, Solomon, Paul (adopted), Nancy and Faith (adopted) and their families and friends, and other characters on the island including some white Australians. The season of six episodes covers topics such"
"set teams to try to escape the sentient island. The contestants are children who are 11–14 years old. Each series introduces a different number of contestants, new challenges and different storylines. The first series ran on BBC One from 3 September 2007 to 21 September 2007 and was presented by Caroline Flack and Reggie Yates and filmed in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Series Two premiered on 28 September 2008 on BBC Two and on 3 November 2008 on ABC1. It was hosted by JK and Joel and was filmed in Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia in 2008. Series Three premiered on"
"why her crooked brother has returned to the Scottish island. Barmaid Irene's got an ulterior motive when matchmaking on the Scottish island. From April 2000. An unexpected death makes all the islanders question their priorities. From April 2000. A top restaurant critic causes island speculation when he books a table at Alberto's cafe. From April 2000. It's turnip season on the Scottish Island - and Irene gets an offer she can't refuse. From April 2000. Series 2 It's Irene's 33rd birthday - so the island inhabitants have some surprises on the way. April 2001. Irene enlists Bob's help when strange"
"Expedition Robinson 2000 Expedition Robinson 2000, was the fourth edition of Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries, to air in Sweden and it aired in 2000. For the first time since season one when a tribe lost an immunity challenge it was up to that tribe to vote out one of their members. The first twist of the season came about when the men and women competed in separate competitions to determine who would select tribes. Roxana and Edward won the challenges and the right to select their tribes. Another major twist this season"
"small Scottish fishing village of Gardenstown. The series was due to be shown in August 2007, but was postponed owing to the death of fellow contestant actor Mike Reid shortly after filming was completed. It was eventually broadcast starting on 24 April 2008. During filming McLaren was seen urinating into the harbour and loudly telling assembled inhabitants of the famously devout town, ""Jesus is a sausage"", at which point he was physically assaulted by a resident. McLaren came last in the competition, which was won by Reid. It was announced on 7 November 2007 that McLaren would be one of"
"be filmed after this announcement, leaving only those made before it to be aired as the final episodes. After a few more celebrity editions of the game show, Tarrant hosted his final episode, a clip show entitled ""Chris' Final Answer"", which aired on 11 February 2014. In 2018, ITV revived the show for a new series, as part of its 20th anniversary commemorations of the programme. On 23 February, the broadcast put out a casting call for contestants who would appear on the game show. On 9 March, Jeremy Clarkson was confirmed as the new host of the show. On"
"spin-off series for RTÉ One called ""Treasure Island Live"" hosted by Brendan Courtney shown on Tuesday nights at 8 pm. Treasure Island (TV franchise) Treasure Island is a reality competition television franchise. The programme originated in New Zealand in 1997, where it was produced by Touchdown Television, with later editions produced in Australia and Ireland. In the programme, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island (early shows were filmed in Tonga) and compete for a cash prize (of NZ$50,000. ""Treasure Island"" is based on the successful Swedish programme ""Expedition Robinson"", and predates the 2000 American reality programme ""Survivor"". The"
"was broadcast internationally, including to audiences in Germany, America, Canada, Denmark, Australia, and New Zealand. The show reached nine million viewers at its peak. The cast was made up of volunteers selected from 4000 applicants. They lived in temporary accommodation built especially for the show, known as 'pods', which were based in the former village of Paible. Existing buildings on the island included a farmhouse, also called the Mackay house and a school chalet, which were renovated for the show. Since 2004 these have been available as self-catering holiday cottages for tourist use. According to the BBC website, the aim"
"Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson 2000 Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson 2000, was the first season of the show Supervivientes to air in Spain and it was broadcast on Telecinco from September 10, 2000 to December 3, 2000. This season took place in Panama. For this season the contestants were initially divided into the North and South teams. During the pre-merge portion of this season an item known as the talisman came into play whenever a player was eliminated. When a player was voted out of the game they could leave the talisman to any tribe member of their choice. Despite her initial elimination"
"by the German inventor Gerhard Zucker to provide a postal service to the island of Scarp by rocket mail. Another fictionalised account of the experiment formed the basis of a 2001 film, also called ""The Rocket Post"", which was filmed on Taransay. The film's original score was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi-Wills and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. http://davidnwilkinson.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/sometimes-getting-money-for-your-film.html The Rocket Post The Rocket Post is a 2004 British drama film directed by Stephen Whittaker and starring Ulrich Thomsen, Shauna Macdonald, Kevin McKidd and Patrick Malahide. It is set on a remote Scottish island during"
"series commenced in May 2003 in Limerick and Tipperary, continuing for a period of eight weeks. The pilot episode, entitled ""The German Fillum', was broadcast during the Christmas period of 2003 and proved to be a massive ratings success. The first episode was broadcast on Sunday 17 October 2004 at 22:50. The intro sequence of Killinaskully features Dan driving back home to Killinaskully. Killinaskully, in keeping with the comic element of the show, has a fluctuating population; in the first episode it is said to consist of 167 inhabitants but in the second episode it is said to have a"
"first series, each week viewers voted celebrities off the island, but in the second, the inhabitants had the final say. The identities of those being kicked out were revealed in the elimination episodes. The prize for the final couple left standing was £50,000. The second series also featured the inhabitants having to cook and clean up after themselves to fight the appearance that they were just there for a free holiday. The first series was broadcast during the summer of 2005. The show attracted controversy from the moment it was announced by ITV. It was marketed as a rival for"
"Expeditie Robinson Expeditie Robinson is a popular reality television program in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium), that debuted in 2000. It was the second production worldwide of a format first shown in Swedish TV in 1997. The format, most notable under the title ""Survivor"", has since then also been produced in many other countries. The name of the show alludes to ""Robinson Crusoe"", two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks. The fifteenth season in 2013 was the first season without contestants from Belgium, due to lack of television ratings in Belgium. However, the Flemish host Evi Hanssen will continue to"
"2000. It was rated ""15"" by the British Board of Film Classification. The programme was made by the same producers as CITV's children's gameshow ""Jungle Run"", and used the same set as well as following the same format, apart from having individual winners instead of a winning team. The ten competitors were five naturist couples, who were separated into men and women with a single winner from each gender. The winner of the men and of the women then competed in a final inside the ""Temple of the Body"" to win a potential prize of £5,000. The winners shared a"
"series of music performances (hence the title) and was the first edition to be broadcast in widescreen. One of the last features was ""L&K Castaway"", a spin-off of the BBC reality show ""Castaway 2000"". Each week, six children would spend four days on a remote Scottish island, learning how to survive, among other skills. Points were earned through passing various tasks, and were lost if contestants entered the ""Temptation Hut"", which contained various modern electrical appliances. Series 1 (1993-1994) Series 1 began on 2 October 1993 and saw the introduction of presenters Andi Peters, Emma Forbes and John Barrowman. Trev"
"was up to Martina, as the immunity winner, to decide who would be eliminated. Expedition Robinson (Switzerland) 2000 Expedition Robinson 2000, was the second and final season of the Swiss version of the reality show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries to air in Switzerland and it was broadcast on TV3 from March 12, 2000 to June 11, 2000. An immediate twist that occurred this season was that the contestants were initially split into two tribes based on gender. In episode one, Daniel Sauter suffered an injury at camp and had to be evacuated"
"Rockface (TV series) Rockface is a British television drama series, principally written and created by Nicholas Hicks-Beach and Shelley Miller, that first broadcast on BBC One on 13 March 2002. The series, set in Glenntannoch, a fictitious town in the Scottish Highlands, centres on a mountain rescue team led by Dr. Gordon Urquhart (Clive Russell). The major rescues and incidents featured within the series were based upon real life rescues conducted by the Lochaber Mountain Rescue service. Prior to filming, the cast underwent training to gather knowledge of the skills required to become a real-life mountain rescue team, under the"
"(one series) were made. It was re-run on digital TV channel Challenge from 2001 until 2015. A public vote on UKGameshows in 2002 saw the series voted the UK's 13th best game show. Each episode of the series was based, like ""Treasure Hunt"" in a region of the UK and began from a local tourist attraction. The host, Annabel Croft, would introduce the episode's two contestants, one woman (the yellow contestant) and one man (the blue contestant). Each contestant would be given a locked backpack - one would contain £1,000 in cash, the other containing nothing but weights. Both backpacks"
"ITV2 on 11 September 2008. The third series began broadcasting in the UK and North America in January 2010. The fourth and final series started broadcasting in the UK on ITV2 in February 2011. Magnanti is married and used to live in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands. She became a British citizen in 2013, and moved back to the United States in 2016. In June 2011, an ex-boyfriend issued a libel writ against ""The Sunday Times"" for a claim of defamation caused by his mention in the paper. The writ, filed by Flight Lieutenant Owen Morris of RAF Lossiemouth, claimed"
"with running water, televisions, and one phone line. The Tribal Council set was built two hundred yards from the crew's facility. The Tribal Council set was with no walls and only a platform. In the middle of the set was a fire lava pit providing fire for the torches, which represented the castaways' life in the game. On March 7, 2000, the contestants were flown to Los Angeles, then to the city of Kota Kinabalu in Malaysian Borneo. From there, they were taken by boat to their island. Contestants were not allowed to speak to one another until they got"
"Expeditie Robinson 2000 Expeditie Robinson: 2000, was the first Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 15, 2000 and concluded on December 18, 2000. This season saw the first ever pan regional version of Expedition Robinson in the world. Keeping with the traditions of Robinson, the two teams for this season were the North team (Noord) and the South team (Zuid). Ultimately, it was Karin Lindenhovius from the Netherlands who won the season over Eva Willems from Belgium with a jury vote of"
"at 7pm. Contestants playing for the $50,000 were split into two teams - West Team, which included Michael, Emma, Daniel, Sally, Cassie, Justine and Stephen; and the East Team, which included Tommy, Gavin, Maggie, Monica, Alexandra, Frank and James, with James being crowned the winner. The Irish version of Treasure Island was broadcast in RTÉ 1 in the Summer of 2001 and 2002. Produced by Coco Television, the show was axed after its second series and replaced by ""Cabin Fever"". The first series aired on RTÉ One at 8pm each Sunday Night from 15 July to 12 September 2001. It"
"become individual. At the end of each show one contestant is eliminated from the show by the others in a secret ""island council"" ballot. Baltic Robinson Baltic Robinson was a popular television show that aired in the Baltic region of Europe from 2000 to 2004 and was the first pan regional edition of ""Robinson"", or ""Survivor"" as it is referred to in some countries. During its five-year (four season) run, the show was hosted by Emil Rutiku for Estonian, Vytautas Kernagis for Lithuanian and Pauls Timrots for Latvian audience. Due to the show's success, at least one contestant, Kristīne Koļadina,"