Presented by Irish environmentalist, writer and broadcaster, Dick Warner, this brand new four-part series delivers an insight into the people, places and beautiful surroundings of Our Island.
‘Our Island’, as the name suggests, is a specific look at Ireland’s shoreline, its people, industries, history and wildlife. Her coastline is a long and complex fringe where the land and sea embrace one another. Indeed, Ireland is so inextricably bound up with the coast and the sea that no place on this small island is divorced from the marine influence. The programme discovers the great relationships people have with our shores as they reveal how their lives are dominated by the sea and ocean that surrounds our 7,500km perimeter.
This observational documentary series will be looking at the wildlife that lives off the coast, with a focus on the businesses and townspeople that thrive from it. It’s a compendium of human stories culled from Ireland’s maritime folk-lore. The sea has provided these people with a living, often more dependable than that found from the land. The Irish coastline has supported small and hardy communities that had to be self-sufficient for most of their needs. We’ll hear stories of triumph and tragedy, endurance and endeavour, life and death; but ultimately, these are stories about people who have evolved to cope with the unique challenges presented by the Irish coast.
The provincial structure lends the series an historical, social and political dynamic. By focusing on one province at a time, these episodes have a charm and a character that’s both distinctive and consistent. The approach, both visually and editorially, will be consistent across the series; yet will reflect the essence of Munster, Connaught, Ulster and Leinster.
This series covers a range of tales spanning thousands of years and of a very diverse nature. There are priests and pirates, word wars and wild westerlies, valleys and virgins but often, however, it is th
