Christmas Island Documentary Bbc

Britain exploded its first hydrogen bomb on christmas island in 1957 as part of a series of tests in the pacific.

Christmas island documentary bbc. What signs are left of its dramatic. The christmas island crab s journey is a treacherous one as it risks dehydration under the hot tropical sun and has to get past traffic on busy roads to reach the sea though bridges are being built to aid safe crossing. In 1957 the british military began conducting nuclear tests in the pacific ocean and based themselves on christmas island. And yet despite this there are still gems.

In some cases quite literally. The surge of movement spreads around the island and the annual three week migration to the ocean is underway. The jungle and tropical climate eventually reclaims all that is forgotten and neglected. The old christmas island club former mandors quarters and japanese sites are cases in point.

When roots was first screened in 1977 it made history with more than 100 million people watching the final episode. Crab males endure a harrowing journey towards sea facing yellow crazy ants and traffic along. Red crabs ants yellow crazy ants on christmas island australia documentary pure nature specials. The real story of christmas full documentary merry christmas.

The tests ended six years later and parts of the island were sealed off for decades. The island hides well its early and also world war ii japanese occupational history. Drama bbc iplayer available until early january. In search of britain s nuclear legacy by john pickford bbc news kiritimati.

Wonders of the monsoon also known as lands of the monsoon is a bbc documentary series which ran for five episodes between 5 october 2014 and 2 november 2014 and aired on bbc two the series focus for a variety of locations around the world features including india australia and islands of the pacific ocean which are all the focus of the monsoon rains. The test took place at high altitude to minimise nuclear fall out. Based on alex haley s 1976 book of the same name the series has been recently remade airing on the bbc in early 2017 and available on bbc iplayer this december.