Pitcairn - The 'Bounty' Inheritance
For Glynn Christian , an expedition under sail to Pitcairn Island is the fulfilment of a life-long dream: after all, he is a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian , history's most famous mutineer, and 'father' of Britain's strangest colony - the most remote inhabited island in the world.
Glynn went to discover the truth about his ancestor, a much less-known figure than Captain Bligh. Did Christian die on Pitcairn in a bloody massacre, or did he secretly return to live as a fugitive amid the English Lakes?
But Glynn discovers that the real reward of the Bounty lies with his distant cousins, the present-day Pitcairners - generous, brave, warm-hearted, and isolated.
As their 200th anniversary as a British colony approaches, Glynn Christian finds that the Pitcairners will need our help if their fascinating community is to survive. Directed by TED COCHRAN
Music by PADDY KINGSLAND Presented for the BBC by CLEM VALLANCE
Series editor TIM SLESSOR
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