BBC ALBA

Trusadh

Factual: Life Stories

Trusadh: Series 4

Trusadh: Series 4: Episode 18: Na h-Eileanan Fàclannach/The Falklands Islands

Documentaries

Na h-Eileanan Fàclannach/The Falklands Islands

Episode 18

Episode 18: Na h-Eileanan Fàclannach/The Falklands Islands

Series 4

BBC ALBA - Trusadh, Series 4, Na h-Eileanan Fàclannach/The Falklands Islands

A look at life in the Falklands Islands 30 years after the War.

Sùil air beatha as na h-Eileanan Fàclannach 30 bliadhna as dèidh a' Chogaidh. Life in the Falklands Islands 30 years after the war.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, James MacLetchie travels to the southern hemisphere to this remote collection of islands, as Trusadh looks back and forward at life in this disputed British territory.

In 1982 the Falkland Islands were brought to the world's attention after war broke out between Britain and Argentina over ownerships of the islands. After a bloody 74-day battle, Mrs Thatcher's troops were victorious, maintaining the islanders' wish to remain a British territory.

Now, 30 years on, there are still traces of the war scattered across the landscape, serving as a constant reminder of just how devastating and traumatic an experience it was. How then, in the years that followed, did the people recover, and indeed prosper, particularly through tourism, and a buoyant fishing industry?

A poignant, enlightening, nostalgic documentary celebrating a beautiful and precious landscape of rugged mountains, vast moorlands, beautiful beaches and amazing wildlife, and a proud and independent people.

Open subtitles

Original version

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Trusadh

Series 4

Episode 18: Na h-Eileanan Fàclannach/The Falklands Islands

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC ALBA

About BBC ALBA