Castaway 2000

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show_name = Castaway 2000


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"Castaway 2000" was a show commissioned by the BBC in 2000 that took 36 men, women and children from the British public and placed them on Taransay, a remote Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides for a year. They were to become self-sufficient, grow their own vegetables, kill their own meat and become a community for the year. Seven years later the BBC resurrected the show for Castaway 2007.

The Year

Candidates for the program were selected and trained by survival expert John "Lofty" Wiseman.

Castaway 2000 had no prize on offer at the end of the year long experience, in comparison with Channel 4’s "Big Brother", which came along later in the year. The show began with high ratings of around 8 million viewers, however the ratings halved over the yearFact|date=May 2007.

With such a large number of participants from many varying ways of life, there were many arguments on the island. One notable clash was between a family of devout Seventh Day Adventists and a homosexual male. The viewers gained more interaction with the show later in the year, due to installation of webcams, live web chats and video diaries from the castaways.

At the end of the year some episodes were transmitted live and the castaways were joined by presenter Julia Bradbury.

The series producer was Chris Kelly for Lion Television, Executive Produced by Jeremy Mills for Lion and Colin Cameron for BBC Scotland.

After Castaway

For most, life returned to normal since the project closed on January 1, 2001. Only Ben Fogle, who was heavily featured in the shows and comes from a media family, has continued to work in TV, appearing as a regular on "The Holiday Show" and "Countryfile" amongst others.

The Castaways

* Ray Bowyer
* Gordon and the Carey family
* Liz Cathrine and Dez Monks
* Tanya Cheadle
* Sandy Colbeck
* Monica Cooney (with child)
* Ron Copsey
* Julia, Colin and Natasha Corrigan
* Hilary Freeman
* Ben Fogle
* Tammy Huff
* Peter and Sheila Jowers
* Trevor Kearon
* Mike Laird
* Warren Latore
* Julie Lowe
* Gwyneth and Patrick Murphy
* Padraig Nallen
* Philiy Page
* Trish Prater (with children)
* Roger and Rosemary Stephenson (with children)
* Toby Waterman
* James Roberts

See also

*Castaway 2007

External links

* [http://www.castaway2000.org/ www.castaway2000.org]
* [http://www.visit-taransay.com/ www.visit-taransay.com]
* [http://www.virtualhebrides.com/articles/castaway_2000/index.htm Castaway 2000 - Taransay off the Isle of Harris]