The Real Swiss Family Robinson
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The Real Swiss Family Robinson is a four-part BBC
television miniseries
in which different families leave their regular lives behind and sample life on a desert island.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
in which different families leave their regular lives behind and sample life on a desert island.
Episode list
| # | Episode | Subject | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Dyes in Kiribati Kiribati Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the... " |
The Dye family from Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... sample life on the desert island of Anariki in Kiribati. |
27 March 2009 |
| 2 | "The Busbys in Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The... " |
The Busby family reconnect as they experience life on an island off the coast of Panama. | 3 April 2009 |
| 3 | "The Hunts in the Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand... " |
The Hunt family from Swindon head off to The Cook Islands. | 10 April 2009 |
| 4 | "The Blanchs in Tanzania Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state... " |
The Blanch family spends some family time on an island off Pemba in Tanzania. | 17 April 2009 |