Getting the boat to work

With an area of just 350 x 320 metres, Green Island is one of the smaller islands in the natural harbour of Poole, in Dorset. It might be less than one kilometre from the mainland, but it's still an island and everyone had to be shipped in and shipped out each day.

In order to get the 50 crew members and their equipment to the island, a flotilla of five boats was chartered. Running regular shuttle trips, the island was gradually supplied until the whole site could be rigged with the necessary cables and generators to make a television programme.

'There are just so many things that can go wrong with a location like this' says production co-ordinator Kaye Lippitt. 'But it all worked out really well.' Apart from the ticks, that is ...

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