
Islands - Episode 6
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Continuing tonight is the travel series that brings opinionated, authoritative and inspirational consumer travel advice back to terrestrial UK television. The series is presented by Julia Bradbury and Toby Amies.
In this instalment, the pair turn their attention to islands, with Julia snacking on puffin in Iceland, while Toby exploresthe unique wildlife of Madagascar. Mountains, rivers, waterfalls, glaciers, volcanoes, lava fields, fjords, hot springs, deserts and caves Iceland has it all, yet the country still remains a relatively undiscovered destination. This week’s programme sees Julia Bradbury explore the extremes of this beautiful volcanic island. Over a busy couple of days, she travels across a glacier on a snowmobile, watches the explosive geysers and relaxes in hot mineral pools formed from the natural overspill of one of Iceland’s geothermal energy plants. She also attempts to get to grips with Viking life, sampling puffin meat and vodka shots, before enjoying a thrash metal gig –all part of a typical night out in Reykjavik.
Elsewhere this week, Toby heads to the Indian Ocean to explore the unique wildlife of Madagascar –an extraordinary island off the east coast of Africa that drifted away from the mainlan many millions of years ago, but was only discovered by humans in the last 1,500 years. The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar has a unique ecosystem owing to its long isolation from the neighbouring continents.
Toby heads off to Masaola Penninsular, Madagascar’s largest National Park, where he explores the rainforest in which 75 per cent of the plant and animal life cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. He spots the legendary Madagascan red-ruffed lemur, before heading inland where he sees a tomato frog –another creature unique to this incredible island.
Thursday 28th February at 7:30pm on five


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