Name: Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific
Released: 2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Martin Clunes

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

Inspired by a childhood favourite book about the Kon-Tiki expedition, Martin Clunes embarks on an epic ocean-wide quest in search of the real Pacific. Beginning in French Polynesia, travelling via the volcanoes of the South-West Pacific and ending in the Galapagos Islands, Join Martin on the adventure of a lifetime.

2022 · 46m

Starring Martin Clunes

Director Russell England

EPISODE 1

French Polynesia

Martin explores French Polynesia through French baguettes and coral wine, and on a Polynesian outrigger canoe. He swims with sharks, investigates Marlon Brando's wildlife programme, and sails to the remote Marquesas to meet a local horse whisperer.

45 min
EPISODE 2

South-West Pacific

In Vanuatu, Martin climbs an active volcano and meets a tribe who worship Prince Philip. In Tonga, he meets a third gender leiti and a princess. And in Fiji, he visits an island singer and a tribe tricked out of their homeland by a British mining company.

46 min
EPISODE 3

Galapagos

Martin explores the legendary Galapagos Islands, getting up close to sealions, iguanas, tortoises, penguins, finches and baby sharks. He joins conservation expeditions, sees evolution in action, visits a nun, an organic farm and the site of a murder mystery.

45 min
EPISODE 1

Papua New Guinea

Martin travels to Papua New Guinea to experience life among the subsistence farmers of the Trobriand Islands. He visits the volcanic isle of New Britain, where he's reminded of the fragility of island existence in the Pacific Ocean.

46 min
EPISODE 2

The Philippines

Martin explores the Philippines, from jeepneys and bamboo bicycles in Manila to Catholic fiestas and family celebrations, tribal funerals, encounters with chocolate heroes, to encounters with cuddly tarsiers and flickering fireflies.

46 min
EPISODE 3

Micronesia

Martin travels to Guam to see the effects of invasive species on remote islands and discovers animals driven to the edge of extinction. In Palau, he learns about marine conservation and meets the endangered hawksbill turtle and the rare dugong.

46 min