0:00:03 > 0:00:06It's autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
0:00:06 > 0:00:08and, on the Falkland Islands,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11the winds are easing but the temperatures are dropping.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17For over 150 years, life here has revolved around sheep
0:00:17 > 0:00:21and the farming calendar, but change is on the horizon.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Oil has been discovered offshore
0:00:24 > 0:00:29and, while traditional life goes on, the islanders are bracing themselves
0:00:29 > 0:00:31for new challenges and opportunities.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36That's the last hymn.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39It's the lead-up to Easter and Reverend Richard is preparing
0:00:39 > 0:00:43for the most important day in the church's calendar.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It would be the worst sin I could commit
0:00:45 > 0:00:46if I didn't put the heating on!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Sunday, at 4:30 in the morning here in Stanley, Falkland Islands,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53the heating will come on in the vain hope
0:00:53 > 0:00:57that we'll reach 20 degrees ready for the eight o'clock service.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And, over 30 years after the Falklands War,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03the islanders have commissioned a new public statue.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Anyway, the big unveiling, anyway.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- Whoa.- Fantastic.- Very good.- Yeah?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It's another chilly Stanley morning.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And, as usual, the bakery is doing a roaring trade.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58PHONE RINGS
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Heads.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Malcolm Jackson is the head baker at The Bread Shop
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and he's assisted by long-term employee Kathy.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- INTERVIEWER:- It's all go, isn't it? - This is, like, all the time!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15But today is busier than most,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19because tomorrow is Good Friday and, as well as his usual pies
0:02:19 > 0:02:24and pastries, Malcolm has got 800 hot cross buns to bake.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27There we go. Perfection on a tray!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- BREATHLESS:- I came here 16 years ago.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39I came down from Sheffield to help, erm, for about a month.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Then I bought it, I've been here ever since.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's a decent place to live,
0:02:46 > 0:02:51it's a lot more friendly, life's a lot slower.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54But you wouldn't think it, looking at this, would you?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- INTERVIEWER:- How many more to go? - A lot!
0:02:58 > 0:03:00HE LAUGHS
0:03:01 > 0:03:03MUSIC: Once In Royal David's City
0:03:03 > 0:03:07At 10 o'clock, the Reverend Richard turns up to collect
0:03:07 > 0:03:10some buns for the cathedral service tomorrow.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- How are you?- I'm very well!- Good.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Nice to see you again. I won't ask what time you were up.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- 5 o'clock.- Oh!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Kathy were in at 11 o'clock last night.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21So she's worked through the night.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24What time do they start knocking on the door?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26About 5 o'clock in the morning?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Two o'clock, some mornings! If there's squid in.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31They know the time when the pies...
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Cos we make all our own pies and everything,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35as you know, they know the time when they're
0:03:35 > 0:03:39coming out of the oven and we open the door and the smell rushes over.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44That's it, night air, smell the food. They've had a few beers.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51While he's here, Richard offers to help out with the finishing touches.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Hold it up just a little bit, so it drizzles in. That's it.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I can smell the spice in the hot cross buns
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and I know what they're going to taste like,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06cos I've eaten them every Good Friday for the last seven years.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07When you get to this one,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09just a quick flip round and then go that way.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Oh, you should've... That's all right.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I'll get to eat that one cos it's got a double cross on it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15MALCOLM LAUGHS
0:04:15 > 0:04:19That's lovely. When you get to the end, tip it upside down.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- That's it.- Yes!
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Excellent! Right, we're going to put them in the oven now.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- When would you like to start work - Monday morning?- Yes.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42In a small back garden studio in the heart of Stanley,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45the Falkland Islands' resident animal artist and taxidermist,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Steve Massam, is putting the finishing touches
0:04:48 > 0:04:50to his latest creation.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Because it's in clay, I have to keep it under wraps.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Islanders were asked how best they wanted to commemorate
0:05:06 > 0:05:09the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Options ranged from establishing a science scholarship
0:05:12 > 0:05:14to building an old people's home.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18But in the end, they went for a one-and-a-half life-sized bust.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24It's quite something to do this.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27She's just so highly thought of, you know.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30She put the Falkland Islands on the map and...saved the islands,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34really, because I think if Argentina hadn't invaded,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Britain wasn't really interested in what was happening down here
0:05:37 > 0:05:42and we'd have probably been taken over by South America anyway.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48She made such a huge difference here, you can understand
0:05:48 > 0:05:52why people hold her in such high esteem here.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57In my profession as a taxidermist, I have worked in the past
0:05:57 > 0:06:00on some very large specimens, such as giraffes
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and lions and stuff, and there's a great deal of sculpting
0:06:03 > 0:06:05that goes into taxidermy,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10but everyone knows what someone's supposed to look like.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Whereas animals, you know, one giraffe tends to look
0:06:12 > 0:06:15very much like another giraffe, as it were.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Well, there are just so many different angles.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I quite like the eyes on that one, and the hairstyle,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28which is what I quite like.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32This is her again in '83, she's down here,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and this is what I've really gone for,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37with the clothing, with the jacket that she was wearing
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and the lapel brooch of the Union Jack.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- LAUGHING:- I've never had to do clothes before!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Doing natural history, you know,
0:06:44 > 0:06:45it's either fur or feathers.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's trying to get the right style.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51So it's a bit different from working on an emperor penguin to,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54yeah, a bust of Margaret Thatcher, you know.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Who knows what I'm going to be doing next. You never know.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03When it's finished, the bust will be cast in bronze
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and placed on the foreshore, next to the 1982 war memorial.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10But first, it needs to be approved by the members
0:07:10 > 0:07:12of the Legislative Assembly,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15who are coming in to see it in a couple of days' time.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21It'll be quite a big occasion on Monday cos, up till now,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24it's only sort of been friends who've seen it.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28My first commission, first bust, first human figure,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and I've got to get it right!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32HE LAUGHS
0:07:39 > 0:07:41There are two main islands in the Falklands.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43The East, where Stanley is,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and the West, which is roughly the same size
0:07:46 > 0:07:49but has a population of only 200 people,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52spread out over a vast empty landscape.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Port Howard is a typical farming settlement on West Falkland...
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Bye!
0:08:04 > 0:08:09..and it's home to Critta Lee, Becky Edwards and their family.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Yeah, I will have another cup of tea, actually, thank you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Critta owns and farms the largest sheep farm on the island
0:08:16 > 0:08:20and Becky is the only doctor on West Falkland,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22so the kitchen often doubles as a surgery.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24OK, ready? Sharp scratch.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Dirt tracks now link the main settlements,
0:08:29 > 0:08:34but when Critta and Becky were young, there were no roads at all.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36When I remember...
0:08:36 > 0:08:39As a child, when you remember this bouncing for hours
0:08:39 > 0:08:41to get from Fox Bay to Port Howard, it would be
0:08:41 > 0:08:43an entire day trip in the back of a Rover,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46whereas now you can do it in an hour and a half, can't you?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49The phones... It was the early '90s for the telephone,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50- because I...- I thought it was '89.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Well, maybe in Stanley, but I know, cos I'd started work.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We only ever had the generator switched on for a couple
0:08:57 > 0:08:59of hours in the morning and a couple of hours, well,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01four or five hours in the evening.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03And so you'd have to make sure you got all your hovering,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06washing and everything done then.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09But now, with wind power and inverters
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and things to store the power, you can have 24-hour electricity.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15So we can listen to the radio, watch television all day.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Autumn is the time for farmers to take things a bit easier.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The hard work of lambing and shearing is over
0:09:27 > 0:09:29and they can afford to relax a bit.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Right, we're off.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Every year, there's a sheepdog trial on West Falkland
0:09:38 > 0:09:40and Critta's taking two of his dogs -
0:09:40 > 0:09:43seven-year-old Duke and two-year-old Bitzer -
0:09:43 > 0:09:46up onto the hill to put them through their paces.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Your turn in a minute, pal.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50HE BLOWS WHISTLE
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Duke!
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Our farm, it's about 220,000 acres.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It's about the size of the West Midlands, is our best guess.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Come here, Duke. Here.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06We run a fairly basic system
0:10:06 > 0:10:09where we put our sheep on the high land for the summer
0:10:09 > 0:10:11and try and spell all the lower lands,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14and when we bring them down off the mountain,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17we'll just spread them out amongst the lower land.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The trick of it is to try and make sure you've got
0:10:19 > 0:10:21enough grass to see them through the winter,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24because obviously the difference with the Falklands is,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27being a long way from anywhere, you can't buy in feed
0:10:27 > 0:10:28if you've run out of grass.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32CRITTA BLOWS WHISTLE
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Duke came second at the dog trials last year
0:10:35 > 0:10:40and Critta's hoping that he'll do as well, if not better, this time.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45But Duke's two-year-old son Bitzer isn't quite so reliable.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Have you seen him, have you, Bitzer? What've you got there?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50With him, the younger dog, he's actually quite bad at
0:10:50 > 0:10:53picking up the sheep. I don't know whether he's got bad eyesight
0:10:53 > 0:10:55or whether he's just not all there.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57So we need to practise that a little bit with him.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01SHEEP BLEAT
0:11:01 > 0:11:03That'll do. Bitzer! Bitzer!
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- HE BLOWS WHISTLE - Bitzer!
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Right, we'll just let them run on up the hill a bit.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Come here, Bitzer! Come here, come here. Bitzer!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14HE BLOWS WHISTLE REPEATEDLY
0:11:16 > 0:11:18This is exactly what we don't want to happen
0:11:18 > 0:11:21in the middle of the dog trials.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Come here, Bitzer! Bitzer, come here!
0:11:27 > 0:11:31It's not ideal, you could say.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35This is not the sort of pre-run that we were hoping for.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Come here, Bitzer, come on, come on. Let's try that again.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I guess you do take it semi-seriously,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46like, you know, I'm always disappointed
0:11:46 > 0:11:49if they don't do well and always chuffed if they do do well.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I mean, it's not a sort of super-serious thing but, you know,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55you're there to have a go sort of thing, yeah.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57HE BLOWS WHISTLE
0:12:04 > 0:12:07A common sight in back gardens all over the Falkland Islands
0:12:07 > 0:12:13is a few chickens scratching away, providing eggs for their owners.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16But when the light fades at this time of year,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18so does the hens' ability to lay,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22and with no large-scale producer on the islands, the shops have to
0:12:22 > 0:12:25fall back on expensive imported eggs from Chile and Ecuador...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29..but not for much longer.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Alan Steen has spotted a gap in the market and is launching himself
0:12:34 > 0:12:37as the island's new commercial chicken farmer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Probably isn't the most healthy way to have them, but...
0:12:41 > 0:12:43HE CHUCKLES
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I seem to have always had an interest in looking after chickens
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and producing eggs and the like.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54I kept probably about 30-odd chickens and some ducks
0:12:54 > 0:12:59when I was probably about ten or 11 and they were eaten during the war.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04The Argentine conscripts and that had, erm, consumed them.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08The discovery of oil in the waters surrounding the islands
0:13:08 > 0:13:12has been a definite factor in Alan setting up his business.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Pass the knife and fork, please.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I mean, without a doubt, it's going to increase the population
0:13:18 > 0:13:21on the Falklands, so there's going to be more mouths to feed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I think I probably would've done it even if the oil
0:13:24 > 0:13:27hadn't been there, but it's an added incentive
0:13:27 > 0:13:29to sort of pick up the gauntlet.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32This is the time to do it, if it's going to be done at all.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Alan's centre of operations is a few miles outside Stanley.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43He's taken over two barns, where the chickens will roam free
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and the light can be controlled to encourage them to lay all year round.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52None of the equipment he needs is available on the islands,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55so everything, from the chicken feed to the nesting boxes,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57has had to be shipped in from the UK.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The only negative thing about getting these
0:14:01 > 0:14:03was that they didn't come with instructions.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It's took me a little while to figure out
0:14:07 > 0:14:08how to put it all together!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15My chickens are developing in their eggs as we speak
0:14:15 > 0:14:18at the hatchery in the UK...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24..and they'll be born on the 21st.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32And they'll arrive here on the air-bridge on the 22nd.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35It's basically a 36-hour window of opportunity
0:14:35 > 0:14:38to bring the chicks down from the UK.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Anything past that 36-hour period, it's going to be...
0:14:42 > 0:14:46It's going to be extremely unlikely that they'll actually make it,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49so it's going to be a bit of a nightmare, really.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Looking ahead at the weather forecast,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56it's not too rosy for Thursday either.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Alan's praying for his chicks' safe arrival,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02but it's completely out of his hands.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05All he can do is watch the weather forecast and wait.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18In taxidermist-turned-sculptor Steve's studio,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21it's the day of reckoning.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24The members of the Legislative Assembly,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27who commissioned him to make the bust of Margaret Thatcher,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30are coming to view his work, which has been months in the making.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Yeah, big day, yeah.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40But, you know, I know most of the councillors to speak to
0:15:40 > 0:15:42when I see them down the road,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45so it's not like in the UK where you don't know them at all.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Yeah, they're very approachable.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I can't say that I...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51everybody who sees it will like it,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53you can't please everybody.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I'm not expecting to, you know. So...we shall wait and see.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03In the Falkland Islands, there are eight MLAs -
0:16:03 > 0:16:06five representing Stanley and three for "The Camp",
0:16:06 > 0:16:09which is everywhere outside of the capital.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11All but one of them have turned up today
0:16:11 > 0:16:16to get a first glimpse of the islands' newest piece of public art.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I think we can all just about squeeze in.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19- HE LAUGHS - Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Bit undignified really, she's covered in a bin bag.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27So anyway, the big unveiling, anyway.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29So...
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- That's...- Whoa. - Fantastic.- Very good.- Yeah?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I'm impressed you managed to do the string of pearls,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43is that carved, or...?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Yeah, just rolled out, individually rolled out.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49There was lots of... I've buried them now.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52There was lots of attempts in here of other ones, I either made them
0:16:52 > 0:16:54too big or too small.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Really, it was a matter of texture on her face.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Because she's quite a handsome woman...- The character.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Yeah, and it wasn't until I put the skin texture on
0:17:05 > 0:17:08that she sort of came alive really.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- You've fallen in love with her? - LAUGHING:- Yeah!
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Almost, yeah, because I've heard it said that she was
0:17:15 > 0:17:17quite an attractive woman, you know.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20No, I should also point out that she will be...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I've planned her to be slightly higher than this,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25so she'll be slightly higher up
0:17:25 > 0:17:27so people will be looking from sort of this sort of height.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32Not out of reach, because bronzes really do appreciate being touched.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38And they improve with people's touch.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42CHATTER AND STEVE LAUGHS
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Very impressive. Having not done something like this before,
0:17:47 > 0:17:48he's done a fantastic job,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and I think everybody was pleased that we could get somebody
0:17:51 > 0:17:54within the islands who was capable of doing such a thing,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56which is just fantastic.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It was a wise choice to let him have a go at it
0:17:58 > 0:18:01and it's really worked out.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Yeah, thankfully they liked her.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Calls for a bit of celebration I think, later.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08All under wraps again.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Over on West Falkland, it's the day of the sheepdog trial.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29The contestants and their owners have come from all over
0:18:29 > 0:18:33the islands to Shallow Bay Farm, which is hosting this year's event.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36For Critta Lee and his mates,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40it's a good chance to catch up after a long, hard summer.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42He's got them!
0:18:42 > 0:18:43CHEERING
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Cannot believe his luck. - We're going to hear about that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Oh, aren't we just going to hear this?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Come on, West Falkland! Woop-woop!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55THEY LAUGH
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I come from a farm over on the east side,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I don't see Critta for several months at a time, it's good to
0:19:01 > 0:19:05catch up for a yarn, and this time of year, nobody's that busy now.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08You know, the abattoir work is pretty much finished,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10all the shearing's done, so people
0:19:10 > 0:19:12have got no excuse, they can attend.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Come on, then, Bitzer.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Critta has two dogs competing today.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21See them?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25The first to go is young Bitzer, who had a few slip ups in training.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26That way.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35They've just come in front of the pens.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Left hand down, Crits!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Most people here, like farmer Knacker Goodwin, have an opinion
0:19:42 > 0:19:44on how the dogs are performing,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48but in the end, it's the judges who decide.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51They're looking for speed and precision,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53and it always helps if the sheep end up in the pen.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57The judging is done out of points of ten.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59We won't be popular.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- I doubt if anyone will be asking us for dances tonight, will they?- No!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08In the end, Bitzer puts in a pretty good performance.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10HE SHOUTS ENCOURAGEMENT
0:20:14 > 0:20:16It's not about winning, it's about competing
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and showing people what you got.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20You know, everybody would love to have dogs of the calibre of
0:20:20 > 0:20:23One Man and His Dog, but it's not what we're about.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I mean, we don't have fancy green fields or anything,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28we ranch farm down here.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30There's nothing better than riding over a hill
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and putting your dog around 3,000 or 4,000 sheep
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and just bringing them all together and driving them on, several hours.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40That is the island life in a nutshell.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44For those that still live in Camp, you know, we're proud stockmen.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48CHEERING AND WHISTLING
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Critta's main hope in the competition is his older dog, Duke,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00who was last year's runner-up.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And he puts in a cracking performance.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Now we're up against it!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Not everyone is having such a good day of it.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Get on the jog, get on the jog. - Go on, Pecker.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Paul Peck is the farmer at Shallow Bay, and the event's host.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25They're his sheep, but they're not behaving like it.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Oh, we're getting desperate now! Getting desperate!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31ALL: Ohh!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Don't worry, Paul, I don't think the judges saw it!
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Finally, it's time for the judges to have their say.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Right, are we ready?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Host of the day goes to Paul Peck and Ken.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49CHEERING
0:21:49 > 0:21:51And he's still sulking!
0:21:52 > 0:21:58And first place, 16 points,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00was Critta and Duke.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01CHEERING
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Thank you very much!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Will you give me two tens for that one, please?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Smile!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Like I say, we don't take it that seriously, but...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14ALL: Wahey!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16..it's good. I'm chuffed as punch.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Yeah.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's a decidedly chilly Stanley morning.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31The forecast snow has arrived
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and there's a lot of frost around as Alan heads to the airport
0:22:35 > 0:22:40to greet his 1,200 day-old chicks that are due in today from the UK.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Yeah, it was a bit of a restless night,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48it must've been, what, 11 o'clock last night?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52It really started snowing quite heavy and I was a bit concerned
0:22:52 > 0:22:55that the plane wasn't actually going to make it.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Still a bit of snow on the ground, but the wind's died down and,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00as far as I'm aware, the plane's on schedule.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08On average, only three flights arrive into the Falkland Islands
0:23:08 > 0:23:13every week - one from Chile and two from the UK.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Operated by the RAF, the British flights take 18 hours,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19including a stop-off in Ascension Island.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Alan has to wait till all the passengers have disembarked
0:23:25 > 0:23:29before he's allowed onto the runway and up into the plane's hold
0:23:29 > 0:23:31to help unload his precious consignment.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35They're surprisingly chirpy.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37HE LAUGHS
0:23:39 > 0:23:41That'll do, just drop them down there.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Try not to put them on the rollers,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46cos the last thing you want is the rollers taking the chicks off.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- How many should there be here? - 1,200.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- They were only born yesterday.- Yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58LOUD CHIRPING
0:23:58 > 0:24:00They're noisy!
0:24:02 > 0:24:06There are 15 boxes, each containing 80 chicks.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09They're packed in quite tightly to keep each other warm,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11as they would be in the nest straight after hatching.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Hello!
0:24:16 > 0:24:17CHIRPING CONTINUES
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Aww, you had a long flight?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Let's be having you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Back at the barns,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Alan is anxious to get the chicks settled in to their new home.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Hello, chickens!
0:24:46 > 0:24:50The infrared brooders will keep them warm for the next few weeks,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53until they're old enough to have the full run of the barn.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58The new arrivals' first visitor is vet Zoe Fowler,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00from the Stanley practice,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04who's come here to check on their welfare after the long flight.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Sounds like chickens, Al, sounds like chickens.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- They all look pretty bright. - They do, don't they?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16You can see they've already found their drinkers
0:25:16 > 0:25:19and things like that, so already they're getting a drink,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22and this guy here's found the snacks,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26so that's a really good sign. Open the...sponge up.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Zoe's first job is to do a salmonella test.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33These chickies have come from
0:25:33 > 0:25:36a Defra salmonella-free certified flock,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40but for Alan and for the Falklands, we just need to double-check.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43We're very lucky in that we don't have a lot bad.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48So we do have some animal disease obviously, but very little,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and so we want to make sure it stays that way.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Bit of a relief, really, that we've actually got
0:25:56 > 0:25:59to this stage, finally, after so long in the planning.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Chirp, chirp, chirp! Hello!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I think we've got off to a good start, anyway.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Back in Stanley and at Christchurch Cathedral,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25the congregation is gathering.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Happy Easter.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30ORGAN PLAYS
0:26:30 > 0:26:31This is Easter Day,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35this is the heart of the Christian annual celebration.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40It's going to be a happy day, the church looks nice and bright
0:26:40 > 0:26:43and well-decorated, so, looking forward to it.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Halleluiah, Christ is risen.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- ALL:- # Glory to Jesus... #
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Today is particularly special for Richard,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04because it'll be his last Easter Sunday service in the Cathedral.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07In August, he's retiring and he and his wife Jen will be
0:27:07 > 0:27:11returning to start a new life back in the UK.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Well, I'm in my last few months here now in the Falkland Islands,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I've been here almost seven years
0:27:17 > 0:27:22and I don't think I've ever found a place so demanding,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26yet a place that's got right into my soul, really.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38We're in the season of autumn now and things are getting colder.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43But just occasionally, you get days that take your breath away,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47when the sky is piercingly blue and the harbour is still,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51and maybe there's a seal out there or a couple of oystercatchers.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I think I'll miss it enormously.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Happy Easter, John. Happy Easter to you, Anne-Marie.- Happy Easter.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02I'm delighted, I have a sense of God's blessing on us today,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05on Easter Day, it's wonderful, very pleased.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Next time, the islanders get spruced up for the May Ball
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and vote for the May Queen and her Prince Charming.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Guy with the cowboy hat behind me, he's still wearing the tie
0:28:19 > 0:28:22that I lent him two years ago when he came without one!
0:28:24 > 0:28:29And Padre Ian, the new RAF chaplain, goes down well at school assembly.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- One, two, three. - CHILDREN:- Wake up, grandpa!
0:28:34 > 0:28:37"Goodness me!" Yes, OK, grandpa.
0:28:37 > 0:28:38I thought it was epic.