Wedding nerves adds drama to ‘Islanders’ documentary

Wedding nerves adds drama to ‘Islanders’ documentary


Áine Ryan

WEATHER forecasts are central to the daily lives for offshore islanders but when meteorological conditions are part of a gripping documentary following the life of a young woman about to take the plunge, the drama is even more intense.
In the third programme of TV3’s series, ‘Islanders’, Inishturk’s Bríd Heanue is forced to make mainland back-up plans for her upcoming nuptial celebrations due to bad weather. The emotional pressure of organising such a last-minute plan is compounded by the fact that her son, Nathan is leaving home for secondary school on the mainland two days after the wedding.
“For Mum Bríd, who is in the throes of organising her island wedding, it is a bitter-sweet time and it is preying on her mind,” explains the TV3 programme makers.
Funded by TV3 and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Islanders is a four-part series produced by 3Studios. Filmed throughout 2014, it follows the lives of islanders from Inishturk, Arranmore, Co Donegal and Whiddy, Co Cork, over an entire year.  
Set within breathtaking landscapes, the islanders’ stories are emotive, uplifting and told with honesty and frankness. Narrated by Irish actor Andrew Bennett (Angela’s Ashes and Garage), this series is supported by the BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland).”
With many twists and turns along the way, Islanders follows the lives and stories of characters from the three oceanic outposts over a tumultuous year, revealing  ‘what threatens their survival’ while  discovering  ‘a different way of life’ and sharing the multi-layered narrative of what it means to live in such dramatically beautiful microcosmic worlds.

MORE Episode 3 of Islanders airs this Wednesday, April 29 at 9pm on TV3.