Watch the threepart Britain's Treasure Islands documentary series on BBC FOUR, starting Tue 12 Apr 2016 21:00. (repeated Wed 13 Apr 2016 20:00).

The British Indian Ocean Territory is home to the largest terrestrial invertebrate alive today the coconut crab a relative of the land hermit crab that can have a 90 cm leg span and can climb coconut trees. In this film, we follow naturalist Stewart McPherson on a lifelong mission to observe fullsize coconut crabs in their natural habitat.

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Please note: although complementary to the BBC FOUR series, the 40 short minidocumentaries are not commissioned or editorially overseen by BBC.

BRITAIN'S TREASURE ISLANDS MINIDOCUMENTARIES

Introduction

Overview of the UK Overseas Territories    • Overview of the UK Overseas Territories  
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series    • Filming the Britain's Treasure Island...  
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society    • Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Ro...  

Minidocumentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories

Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage    • Ascension Island  wildlife and heritage  
Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage    • Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage  
Tristan da Cunha – wildlife and heritage    • Tristan da Cunha  wildlife and heritage  
Falkland Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Falkland Islands  wildlife and heritage  
South Georgia – wildlife and heritage    • South Georgia  wildlife and heritage  
British Antarctic Territory – wildlife and heritage    • British Antarctic Territory  wildlif...  
British Indian Ocean Territory – wildlife and heritage    • British Indian Ocean Territory  wild...  
Pitcairn Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Pitcairn Islands  wildlife and heritage  
Bermuda – wildlife and heritage    • Bermuda  wildlife and heritage  
Cayman Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Cayman Islands  wildlife and heritage  
British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heritage    • British Virgin Islands – wildlife and...  
Montserrat – wildlife and heritage    • Montserrat  wildlife and heritage  
Anguilla – wildlife and heritage    • Anguilla  wildlife and heritage  
Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife a...  
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage    • Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and ...  
Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage    • Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage  

Minidocumentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories

Ascension Island – natives and aliens    • Ascension Island – natives and aliens  
Ascension Island – supplying the garrison    • Ascension Island – supplying the garr...  
Saint Helena – wirebird conservation    • Saint Helena – wirebird conservation  
Saint Helena – plant conservation    • Saint Helena – plant conservation  
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island    • Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World'...  
Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island    • Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice o...  
Falkland Islands – Jimmy the exwhaler    • Falkland Islands – Jimmy the exwhaler  
British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut crabs    • British Indian Ocean Territory – coco...  
British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds    • British Indian Ocean Territory – seab...  
British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater    • British Indian Ocean Territory – unde...  
Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island’s wildlife    • Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island's...  
Life on Pitcairn Island – home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty    • Life on Pitcairn Island  home of the...  

Minidocumentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories

Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories    • Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK O...  
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories    • Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Ove...  
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories    • Plants of the UK Overseas Territories  
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories    • Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories  
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories    • Birds of the UK Overseas Territories  
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories    • Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territ...  

Overview minidocumentaries

Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs    • Conservation Lessons of the UK Overse...  
Islands of Evolution    • Islands of Evolution  
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book    • Overview of the Britain's Treasure Is...  
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Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series    • Overview of Britain's Treasure Island...