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Ray Mears travels to the Torres Strait Islands to learn how the islanders' lifestyle has helped them retain much of their bushcraft and knowledge.

Ray Mears travels to the Torres Strait Islands to learn how the islanders' lifestyle has helped them retain much of their bushcraft and knowledge. He finds out how these skills helped people survive during the Second World War and tells the story of Barbara Thompson, a young woman who was shipwrecked in the mid-19th century and survived despite the islands' reputation for cannibalism at the time.

59 minutes

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Thu 7 Mar 201913:45
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PresenterRay Mears
DirectorJohn Miller
ProducerJohn Miller
Executive ProducerBen Southwell

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Jun 200820:00
    BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
  • Mon 9 Jun 200819:00
    BBC Two England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland (Analogue) only
  • Mon 28 Jul 200800:35
    BBC One
  • Wed 1 Oct 200820:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 26 May 200922:30
    BBC HD
  • Sun 31 May 200918:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & England only
  • Sun 31 May 200919:00
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Wed 9 Dec 200918:30
    BBC HD
  • Tue 31 Aug 201020:00
    BBC HD
  • Thu 3 Feb 201119:00
    BBC HD
  • Sat 5 Feb 201120:00
    BBC HD
  • Sun 15 Apr 201219:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 17 Apr 201222:50
    BBC Four
  • Mon 11 May 201523:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 25 Apr 201723:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 24 May 201814:30
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Thu 7 Mar 201913:45
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire & BBC Scotland