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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: island lifex
Father Ted
Father Ted is an Irish comedy about 3 parish priests living on Craggy Island - a remote island, off the Irish west coast. The main four characters are Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal Maguire and Father Jack Hackett and their housekeeper.
Summer House: Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard is a location with a long history of Black vacationers, who have flocked to the island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for more than 100 years. In fact, as a release notes, "it was one of the first beach destinations where African Americans could vacation and purchase property."
Rabo de Peixe
When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks off his home island, Eduardo sees a risky but exciting opportunity to make money and fulfill impossible dreams.
Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Island centered around a group of people who where stranded on an uncharted deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. They all were on a boat tour, which found itself in the middle of a storm leading them to crash on an island!
Crusoe
Based on the classic Daniel Defoe novel, this NBC drama promises plenty of action and adventure of the tropical type.
Fire Island
Fire Island follows a group of young professionals living together in a beachfront share house for the summer as they search for the romance, temptation and thrills that have brought the LGBTQ community to the island for decades.
Barakamon
As a punishment for punching a famous Calligrapher, young handsome Calligrapher Handa Seishu is exiled on a small island. As someone who has never lived outside of a city, Handa has to adapt to his new wacky neighbors, like people traveling on a tractor, unwanted visitors who never use the front door, annoying kids using his home as a playground, etc. Can this city guy handle all the crazy hardships? Find out in this wacky island comedy full of innocence and laughter!!!
Tales of the Gold Monkey
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. Other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo who commanded her private army.
The Straits
The show follows the life of a criminal family as they smuggle drugs into Australia and exotic wildlife out through blood ties in the Torres Strait Islands.
Sea Change
Sea Change follows Miranda Merchant (Rudd) a teen girl on a journey to reunite with her estranged mother Amelia (Dizzia), who lives on a seemingly idyllic island off the coast of New England. As Miranda settles into island life, she finds herself torn between TJ (Tracey), heir to one of the oldest Selkie families, and mysterious bad boy Leo (Maxon) who is part of the working class "townies." When Miranda learns about the Seawalkers, who, according to local legend, are half human and half sea creature, she begins to believe that they could be real. As she uncovers more about her family's past, Miranda makes a startling discovery about her own connections to the Seawalkers. Based on Aimee Friedman's YA novel Sea Change.
Reef Doctors
Lisa McCune stars as Dr Sam Stewart, the Sherlock Holmes of tropical medicine and the head doctor in the only medical clinic for the Great Barrier Reef Islands.
South Pacific
A British documentary nature series co-produced by BBC Natural History Unity and Discovery Channel. The six part series shows the history of South Pacific region islands including various Nova Zelândia. It was entirely filmed on high definition.
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford the Big Red Dog is a fun show aimed towards younger audiences. Clifford, a 20 foot tall red dog, plays with his dog friends, Cleo and T-Bone, and has great adventures with them. Clifford's best friend, however, is Emily Elizabeth Howard, his owner. Emily has friends of her own and all the characters live peacefully on Birdwell Island. Each Clifford the Big Red Dog episode consists of two stories, linked by a "Speckle Story," a story read to Clifford by Emily Elizabeth about the adventures of a dog named Speckle. At the end of each episode is a "big idea" presented by Clifford, followed by a short promotional spot for one of the characters on Clifford. Please note that some online guides list two big ideas for each episode. The "big idea" listed in this guide will always be only the one that actually airs at the end of the episode itself. Also included is a short segment featuring a real kid with his/her dog. However, most, if not all, PBS stations no longer show this s
Jersey and Guernsey
Celebrating the stunningly beautiful islands of Jersey and Guernsey and delving into the lives of some of the islands' most colourful residents whose families have lived there for generations.
Mike, Lu & Og
Mike applied as a foreign exchange student, and on a lark asked to be sent to a tropical island (which has the strange capability to briefly sink then and "pop up like a cork" every "few hundred years or so"). She found herself dumped on a forgotten, scantily mapped island populated by descendants of a British shipwreck. This island is called Albonquetine, named after one of their founders, Joshua Wendell Albonquetine. It may be based on the real-life Pitcairn Island. The castaways have "gone native" and are trying to behave like Polynesians, with varying degrees of success. Amongst other things, this explains Og's name and his fashion sense (or lack thereof).
Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
Paul Murton sets out to experience island life today. He uncovers the past and reveals its connections with the present, pointing to the quirky, the surprising and the beautiful lying just offshore.
Island Crossings
Documentary charting the highs and lows of Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry services on the west coast of Scotland.
Building Hawaii
Hawaii residents Tyler and Deandra Dickensen are giving it everything they've got to create a successful building company from the ground up. From new construction to renovation, they'll create stunning houses, showing their clients that it's possible to get the home of their dreams while shattering Hawaii's slow "island time" reputation. And with a new baby daughter in tow, they're taking on a big new client; building themselves a brand new home.
Home Greek Home
Set on the island of Skiathos, the series will feature a rich cast of locals who Sarah has grown up with over years of visits and charts the journey of creating a gorgeous and authentic house from a ruin in the ancient, cobbled streets of old Skiathos town. With a flair for inventive upcycling Sarah relishes the challenge of restoring her Greek property to it's former glory.
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