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Torres Strait
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.
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Thu 7 Mar 2019
13:45
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Duration: 02:56
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Ray Mears |
| Director | John Miller |
| Producer | John Miller |
| Executive Producer | Ben Southwell |
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Jun 2008 20:00麻豆社 Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
- Mon 9 Jun 2008 19:00麻豆社 Two England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland (Analogue) only
Mon 28 Jul 2008 00:35
Wed 1 Oct 2008 20:00麻豆社 HD- Tue 26 May 2009 22:30麻豆社 HD
- Sun 31 May 2009 18:30麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & England only
- Sun 31 May 2009 19:00麻豆社 Two Scotland
- Wed 9 Dec 2009 18:30麻豆社 HD
- Tue 31 Aug 2010 20:00麻豆社 HD
- Thu 3 Feb 2011 19:00麻豆社 HD
- Sat 5 Feb 2011 20:00麻豆社 HD
Sun 15 Apr 2012 19:00- Tue 17 Apr 2012 22:50
- Mon 11 May 2015 23:00
- Tue 25 Apr 2017 23:00
- Thu 24 May 2018 14:30麻豆社 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 7 Mar 2019 13:45