The vast ocean separates continents meanwhile it also boasts hundreds of small island. From sandy beaches to remote and untouched nature Scattered across all 7 seas and from the tropics to the Antarctic are the UK's Overseas Territories some of the most remote places on the planet.
This Documentary explores this natural wealth of life in locations so remote that few have ever visited. Thousands of miles from the nearest anything these islands scattered across all 7 seas from the Antarctic to the tropics are amongst the remotest places on earth.
But life here isn't lonesome. They teem with life from huge penguin colonies to the world's richest coral reefs. Because many are so remote they have acted as laboratories of evolution shaping life in unexpected and dramatic ways. Thrushes that once fed on seeds have evolved a taste for meat. Turtles have become extreme navigators and seabirds nest on single islands and nowhere else in the world.
These islands all have one thing in common they are all British overseas territories. Many are now home to unique species and all have intriguing stories to tell.
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