Learning on ScreenNomads of the Wind
- Synopsis
- Series exploring the relationship between man and nature in the South Paciific.
1: Polynesian seafarers settled the islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas some 2000 years ago, islands of immense natural riches.
2: On Fiji land-based Melanesian culture merged with the ocean world of the Polynesians. From there man and nature spread eastwards into the South Seas. An archaeological find on Fiji was a skeleton of a woman with perfect teeth resulting from a diet of the root taro, which ocntains fluoride.
3: Shows Pitcairn Island, where Fletcher Christian and the ‘Bounty’ mutineers settled; Henderson, a bird paradise; and the remote Easter Island. In this splendid isolation, colonising species, faced by no competition, can grow into giants or evolve unique ways of life. The statue-worshipping culture of the Polynesians of Easter Island, led to neglect of the land and an orgy of self-destruction in the 17th century.
4: The final great migrations of the Polynesians were north to Hawaii and southwest to New Zealand, and at these two extremes evolved the Maori and the Hawaiian peoples.
5: The Maori settled in New Zeland for almost 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans who changed the course of the islands’ natural history, but today there are signs of a renaissance. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (each part) 1996 sale: £200.00 (+VAT +p&p) (series)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 from 9 Jan 1994.
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Biology
- Keywords
- Hawaii; Maori; natural history; New Zealand; Polynesia
Credits
- Producer
- Mark Jacobs; Peter Crawford; Phil Chapman
- Cast
Tim Pigott-Smith
Sections
- Title
- Faraway heaven, The
- Synopsis
- 1: Polynesian seafarers settled the islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas some 2000 years ago, islands of immense natural riches.
- Title
- Crossroads of the Pacific
- Synopsis
- 2: On Fiji land-based Melanesian culture merged with the ocean world of the Polynesians. From there man and nature spread eastwards into the South Seas. An archaeological find on Fiji was a skeleton of a woman with perfect teeth resulting from a diet of t
- Title
- Burning their boats
- Synopsis
- 3: Shows Pitcairn Island, where Fletcher Christian and the 'Bounty' mutineers settled; Henderson, a bird paradise; and the remote Easter Island. In this splendid isolation, colonising species, faced by no competition, can grow into giants or evolve unique
- Title
- Distant horizons
- Synopsis
- 4: The final great migrations of the Polynesians were north to Hawaii and southwest to New Zealand, and at these two extremes evolved the Maori and the Hawaiian peoples.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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