0:00:03 > 0:00:06Stuck out in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10the Falkland Islands are about the size of northern Ireland
0:00:10 > 0:00:14with a population of only 2,500 people
0:00:14 > 0:00:16but over half a million sheep.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19This wild and rugged landscape
0:00:19 > 0:00:22is one of the most unspoilt places on earth
0:00:22 > 0:00:25and home to some spectacular wildlife.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33But life here at the bottom of the world can be tough.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37It's over 30 years since the dark days of the Falklands conflict.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Since then new opportunities have come to these shores
0:00:41 > 0:00:46but also changes that threaten a way of life that dates back 200 years
0:00:46 > 0:00:49to when the islands were settled by pioneers
0:00:49 > 0:00:51from Britain and Scandinavia.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56An important member of this close-knit community is the rector,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58the Reverend Richard Hines.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Good morning, everyone.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03A warm welcome to Christ Church Cathedral today.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And in uncertain times,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09he's someone they can turn to in their hour of need.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I hope and dare to believe that they understand that
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I care about them.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18To be in the Falklands Islands, there's little more beautiful
0:01:18 > 0:01:22than one can imagine than this here.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02The Falklands archipelago is made up of 778 individual islands.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06The two largest are West and East Falkland
0:02:06 > 0:02:07with the islands' capital Stanley
0:02:07 > 0:02:10on a natural harbour on the easternmost tip.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14And it's here in the deanery that the Reverend Richard
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and his wife Jen have lived for the past six years.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Which do you prefer?- Fish. - You'd like fish.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24They swapped the north-east coast of Norfolk
0:02:24 > 0:02:27where Richard was in charge of nine medieval churches
0:02:27 > 0:02:30for the largest parish in the Anglican communion
0:02:30 > 0:02:33which takes in the British Antarctic territory,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41These days, 90% of Richard's congregation live in Stanley
0:02:41 > 0:02:45but there are people dotted all over this vast area.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Today, he's at Stanley airport about to make the 85-mile trip
0:02:49 > 0:02:52north to Pebble Island.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57We're going to fly past Port Louis over Teal Inlet, Douglas Station,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01we'll cross Falkland Sound which will be nice, I'm sure,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03and eventually we'll reach Pebble Island
0:03:03 > 0:03:07on the northern part of the West Falkland Islands.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09There's nothing quite like a face-to-face visit
0:03:09 > 0:03:11so if I get the opportunity
0:03:11 > 0:03:13or if I feel I need to pop out and see somebody,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15which is the case today,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18and visit a couple of people in particular on Pebble Island,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20then to be able to fly out like this
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and to go with my wife Jen as well is nice
0:03:23 > 0:03:26and it's the best sort of work you could imagine, really.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Jen likes to accompany Richard on his pastoral visits
0:03:30 > 0:03:32but there's a price to pay...
0:03:32 > 0:03:36She's not a fan of the twin propeller islander planes.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37I shall be glad when it's over.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39But I shall probably doze
0:03:39 > 0:03:44cos I have been taking pills that the doctor gave me to calm me down
0:03:44 > 0:03:46and stop me getting air sick.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49So, I shall no doubt nod off.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55I don't open my eyes much, so I shall be very tranquil and just...
0:03:55 > 0:03:59calm down and just take it as it comes and be glad when we land.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05The Falklands Islands Government Air Service or FIGAS
0:04:05 > 0:04:07operates out of Stanley airport
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and has a fleet of four ten-seater planes.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Most of the farms and settlements have their own airstrip
0:04:14 > 0:04:17so islanders just have to call up and find out when the next pilot
0:04:17 > 0:04:19is available to take them where they want to go.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Pebble Island is popular with tourists
0:04:23 > 0:04:26because of its beautiful sandy beaches
0:04:26 > 0:04:29but the interior is basically one large sheep farm
0:04:29 > 0:04:35which is run by Irina Bernstein, a fifth generation Falkland islander.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Irina's younger sister passed away a few weeks ago
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and Richard's checking in to show his support.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Chook, chooks. Come on, chooks! Chook, chook, chook!
0:04:44 > 0:04:48And today that means helping collect some fresh eggs to take back
0:04:48 > 0:04:51to Irina's mother Clara who lives in Stanley.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Chook, chook, chook!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I can never keep up with my hens. Free-range, quite literally,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00they're that free, I can't find them half the time.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Come on, girls. Come and get supper! Chook, chook, chook!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Come on, girls!
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Could you imitate the cluck so I can recognise it?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Are you having me on? - Come on, do a cluck. Do a cluck!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Are you having me on?- Do a cluck!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18If I was a vicious mother hen, I would probably fly at you!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Do a cluck.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Cluck, cluck, cluck!
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Richard, you are something else.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28These are my mum's hens, these ones.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32These are Mother's specials, the seven hens she's got here.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Keeps her going in eggs all year round because...
0:05:36 > 0:05:41she stores them up in pickle for the winter,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44in isinglass I think you would probably call it in England,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48and therefore she has nice eggs all year round.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54It's a bit of a dying art now, not many people pickle eggs any longer.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Would you like to come and get this nest of eggs here for me
0:05:57 > 0:05:58while I look in the hen house?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- There's some eggs down there in that nest, look.- Oh, wow!- OK?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- My breakfast?- Your breakfast?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yes, you can have them for your breakfast.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I'll tell Mother you've eaten them for breakfast.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12So, one for me, one for your mum, one for me, one for your mum.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16"How many did you get, Richard?" "Er, about four, Clara."
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Yes, that's right!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20THEY LAUGH
0:06:22 > 0:06:25The parish is the whole of the Falkland Islands
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and way beyond, so I need to be out and about,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I need to see people where they live,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33they, I think, probably appreciate seeing me,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37visiting them in their homes and so to go out to Pebble Island
0:06:37 > 0:06:39or some of the other remote islands
0:06:39 > 0:06:42is absolutely fundamental to what I do.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I didn't go to sit down and have a long bereavement counselling session
0:06:46 > 0:06:50with Irina, but I went to see how things are since,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54tragically, her younger sister died not so long ago.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56The hens and the eggs are important to Irina
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and they're important to her mother,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01so they're important to me.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04With the eggs safely packed up ready for the journey home,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Richard has got a couple of hours to spare
0:07:06 > 0:07:09before he has to catch the flight back.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Even after six years of living in the Falklands,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19neither he nor Jen ever tire of spending time
0:07:19 > 0:07:21with the islands' most iconic residents.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27There are five different varieties of penguin
0:07:27 > 0:07:29that live on the Falkland Islands.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Amongst which, the world's largest population of gentoo penguins.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44In all, around a million birds nest here during the summer months.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Rockhopper penguins are the smallest and most agile,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53they gather together in huge colonies.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59But that doesn't stop them wanting to make new friends.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02He's a very inquisitive chap, he's come to say hello.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09I think when you're in a place like this with these penguins
0:08:09 > 0:08:13and watching the tide come and go and...
0:08:13 > 0:08:16there's a timelessness about this.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21These rockhopper penguins have been coming on to this island
0:08:21 > 0:08:24for hundreds of years.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And I hope and pray that in 100 years,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31several hundred years, forever, they'll still be coming over.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37The weather on the Falklands is notoriously fickle,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39but the one constant is the wind.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41It whips in off the South Atlantic
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and has shaped this landscape and the people who live here.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Out in the camp, which is the Falkland Island's word
0:08:49 > 0:08:51for everywhere outside of Stanley
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and comes from the Spanish word "campo" meaning "countryside",
0:08:55 > 0:08:57the islanders have learnt to take full advantage
0:08:57 > 0:09:01of this steady stream of air blowing across their land.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04At Swan Inlet on East Falkland,
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Andrez Short owns and runs the smallest sheep farm on the islands.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I'm just putting on some toast for breakfast,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14it's a windy day so we can have toast.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19And we generate 98% of our electricity with a wind turbine.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Here we go!
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Thanks to the wind.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Of course there's nothing like toast and home-made butter.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Seventh generation Falkland islander Andrez has worked this farm
0:09:32 > 0:09:35for the past ten years, helped by his young son Tom
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and his wife Alison, who's a teacher
0:09:38 > 0:09:41and moved here from London 20 years ago.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Back in England, I mean, you'd get on the rat race,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47and on the nine till five,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and going to the supermarket on Thursday nights and whatever...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52The whole thing, you know, the whole routine.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54SHE LAUGHS
0:09:54 > 0:09:59So, came out here, enjoyed it, went back, applied for a job.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- INTERVIEWER:- Never looked back? - No, never looked back, no regrets.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07I had this sort of romantic idea about having
0:10:07 > 0:10:13a place in the country to be self-sufficient and things like that.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16This place came on the market
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and we very, very quickly realised, or I very quickly...
0:10:19 > 0:10:24We both very quickly realised that we couldn't have that romantic idea
0:10:24 > 0:10:28of, like, a second home outside of town
0:10:28 > 0:10:32and it was going to be far too expensive.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35So, we had to set off to make some sort of business.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Fresh milk is a bit of a commodity on the islands.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40There's no dairy so when the shops in Stanley
0:10:40 > 0:10:42run out of frozen imported milk,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46there's only UHT or powdered to fall back on.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Andrez has turned this problem to his advantage.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54I sent away and got this separator a couple of years ago.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55This is...
0:10:57 > 0:11:01..Polish, I think it was. I got it off eBay.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Putting it in its individual plastic bags,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08I can deliver it once a week and the added benefit for the customers is
0:11:08 > 0:11:10they can put it in their freezer
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and just thaw it out and use it as they need it.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Andrez's farm is 40 miles from Stanley
0:11:16 > 0:11:19which can take up to an hour in his four-by-four.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24People have different arrangements where I drop it.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28This is one of our better customers,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32they like six litres a week which is a good delivery for me.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And they have a freezer here especially for the job.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45You do adapt and you do make do.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49If you haven't got something, you have to use an alternative.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52It just makes an interesting lifestyle, really.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Fresh milk deliveries aren't the only way Andrez has tried
0:11:56 > 0:11:58to make ends meet.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Over the years, he's turned his hand to a few trades.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05At one time, he was the islands' only fridge repair man.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The struggle is to make it pay, that's why it's a struggle.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13It's the fact it's always that push to try and make it pay
0:12:13 > 0:12:14and make a living out of it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18It's too small in the Falklands to make a living traditionally,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20the way that other Falkland islanders would.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It's an ongoing battle
0:12:22 > 0:12:26but if Andrez's dream of self-sufficiency is going to work,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28he's got to keep coming up with new ideas.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Stanley may only be the size of an average British village
0:12:37 > 0:12:40but as well as a cathedral it's also got a hospital,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44an airport and its own TV and radio station,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46which is currently mid-broadcast
0:12:46 > 0:12:49on Falkland Radio's weekly classical music show.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54That was the Allegretto from Cesar Franck's Sonata
0:12:54 > 0:12:57for violin and piano.
0:12:57 > 0:13:03The next piece is by a renaissance composer called Orlando de Lasso.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05For those of you who read Sherlock Holmes,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07that's the Lassus whose polyphonic motets
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Sherlock Holmes wrote a piece about.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Nigel Haywood is one of five volunteer DJs
0:13:17 > 0:13:20who take turns presenting the programme.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23But he also has a rather more important job.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Since 2010, he's been the governor of the Falklands,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Her Majesty's representative on the Islands.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37His official residence is Government House, built in 1845.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40It's easy to spot because it's surrounded by tall trees
0:13:40 > 0:13:44which were specially planted and nurtured through their early years
0:13:44 > 0:13:48to withstand the fierce winds that sweep in off the sea.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It's also recognisable to anyone who lives here
0:13:51 > 0:13:54as it features on the islands' currency.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's on all bank notes from the Falkland Islands.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59There you are, with the church, with the cathedral,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00that's the house where,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04as you can see, the building we're looking at, straight in front of us.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Flag over there.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09This is my favourite device.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10I'll just share it with you.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I think the best thing in the house is George VI's cocktail shaker.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It makes extremely good dry martinis.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24The house has a full-time staff of seven including a gardener
0:14:24 > 0:14:28and a cook who caters for the governor's official functions.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- To guiding. ALL:- To guiding!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36This evening he's entertaining
0:14:36 > 0:14:39the organisers of the Falkland Islands' Girl Guides.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I hope I don't have... Do I have to give this back?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- No, no, you keep that.- Oh, good thank you. I'll treasure this...
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Government House is also known as the site of the deciding gun battle
0:14:48 > 0:14:52during the Argentine invasion in 1982.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55On April 2nd, a few Royal Marines held out
0:14:55 > 0:14:57against a much greater Argentine force.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00But in the end, they had no choice but to surrender.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06Our only bullet hole inside is... that one,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10that's our relic of 1982 at any rate.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13So, there's a whole history, just even in the drawer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16The obvious interesting point here is that this survived
0:15:16 > 0:15:19the Argentine invasion...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Whatever they did - moving into the house, occupying it,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24occupying the offices and the bedrooms -
0:15:24 > 0:15:27they didn't actually take the silverware.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33This is the Argentine governor from 1982 when General Menendez took over.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36You can see the pictures there - that's a picture of Shackleton,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38which is just on the wall outside there.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41So, obviously, while replacing the Queen with Bolivar
0:15:41 > 0:15:43or whoever it was,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46they obviously felt that they could still retain Shackleton,
0:15:46 > 0:15:51which I think shows at least the start of good taste.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56The conflict lasted for 74 days before British forces
0:15:56 > 0:15:59finally retook Stanley on June 14th.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04During that time, there were over 900 casualties from both sides
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and three civilians also lost their lives.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10But that wasn't the first time that these islands
0:16:10 > 0:16:12have been at the centre of world events.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17In 1914, one of the pivotal naval battles of the First World War
0:16:17 > 0:16:19was fought off these shores
0:16:19 > 0:16:22when British ships pursued and sank a German fleet.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26For the islanders, the full weight of this past suffering
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and the sacrifices made to preserve their way of life
0:16:29 > 0:16:32is brought home every year on Remembrance Sunday,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36and it's Reverend Richards' job to put all that into words.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Just putting the finishing touches, I hope,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42to my sermon for Remembrance Sunday.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48I've been inspired to some extent by Benjamin Britten's War Requiem.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57MUSIC: War Requiem, Op. 66 by Benjamin Britten
0:17:05 > 0:17:08"My subject is War, and the pity of War.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11"The Poetry is in the pity.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14"All a poet can do today is warn."
0:17:16 > 0:17:21The words of Wilfred Owen, who tragically was killed aged 25 years
0:17:21 > 0:17:23when he was leading his men in the First World War -
0:17:23 > 0:17:26he was killed five days before the war ended.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31It was an incredibly daring and some might have said
0:17:31 > 0:17:35blasphemous proposal that Benjamin Britten should have taken
0:17:35 > 0:17:39the words of the Catholic Requiem Mass and interspersed there
0:17:39 > 0:17:44these devastating words and images of the First World War
0:17:44 > 0:17:45that Owen put down.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The only authentic reverent remembrance is indeed
0:17:49 > 0:17:51one full of hope -
0:17:51 > 0:17:56a message of reconciliation, but a message of hope and great promise.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59And I'll try to say that in seven or eight minutes.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01With his sermon as good as finished,
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Richard is able to fulfil an important promise that he made.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- Hello, Clara!- Oh, hello, Richard!
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- Back from Pebble Island! - Ah, how nice to see you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Come in.- I've brought you the hen's... The hen's eggs.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Oh, thank you very much. - Your daughter says, "Hello!"
0:18:23 > 0:18:25THEY CHUCKLE
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The dozen eggs that were laid by Clara's hens out on Pebble
0:18:28 > 0:18:32have now been safely delivered to their rightful owner.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Is that the nice bush tea?
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- Yes, it is. It is. It's your... It's your favourite.- Bush tea...
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Bush tea made on a peat...stove, that's got to be good.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Clara has prepared a traditional Falkland Islands tea,
0:18:50 > 0:18:55known as "smoko", with mounds of home-made cakes and biscuits.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Thank you very much.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- This was the dance hall at Port San Carlos.- Oh, right...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03She moved to Stanley after the 1982 war,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06but before that, she lived her whole life out in Camp
0:19:06 > 0:19:09in the far west of East Falkland.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Back then, there were no roads, and the only way to get into Stanley
0:19:12 > 0:19:13was on horseback.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- These are the ones I like. Look at this.- Oh, yes, that's...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Look at that picture now, that... That's your husband?- Son.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Yes, son Fraser, and Irina.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Irina in the middle, who we saw on Pebble Island.- Yes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- And dear...- Leona, her sister.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- Leona, yeah.- And that's my horse. I'm taking the photo, you see.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32When you were in the Camp,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I believe you worked as a teacher, didn't you?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Yes, that's right. I was a travelling teacher.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- I mean, those are quite long rides, aren't they?- Yes, that's right.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44So, did they look out for you, to know whether you'd arrived...?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47No! No, there was no communications or anything,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I just used to go on my own.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52When you look back, do you think of all the thousands of miles
0:19:52 > 0:19:54you must have ridden on your horse?
0:19:54 > 0:20:00Oh, yes! There was freedom and fresh air and...always had a dog,
0:20:00 > 0:20:01just a sheepdog.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- So, a dog would run with the horse? - Yes, the dog was company.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Since the war, there's been a general migration away from Camp
0:20:09 > 0:20:13and into Stanley, as people took up jobs in new industries
0:20:13 > 0:20:15like offshore fishing and tourism.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19But sheep farming is written into the DNA of the Falkland Islanders
0:20:19 > 0:20:23and in the last few years, there's been a resurgence
0:20:23 > 0:20:27in the number of small family farms springing up all over the islands.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29The smallest, with only 300 sheep,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32belongs to Andrez at Swan Inlet.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Because we're so very small, we have to do things that's different
0:20:36 > 0:20:39to the normal way that it's done here.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44We don't have vast areas where we can have vast numbers of animals.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47We've got small areas, so we've got to have high-value animals
0:20:47 > 0:20:50to maximise the area that we have.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Ever resourceful, Andrez has hedged his bets again
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and made the decision to become a purveyor of pork
0:20:57 > 0:20:59to the shops of Stanley.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03These are about three weeks old now
0:21:03 > 0:21:06and we've got some more babies just down at the bottom here that's...
0:21:06 > 0:21:08like a week old.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15He bought his first boar and sow in 2009, but there are so few pigs
0:21:15 > 0:21:18on the Falklands that he soon ran into problems with inbreeding.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Getting new stock is complicated.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Argentina has restricted shipping between the islands
0:21:24 > 0:21:29and mainland South America, so he had to look 8,000 miles away.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Those fellas with the pointy ears are from the boar
0:21:32 > 0:21:35that come from the UK that we flew in.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39His proper name, I think, it's... Withersfield McFlannel,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41but we called him JJ,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44cos JJ Jeffries was the guy on the oil flight
0:21:44 > 0:21:47that sort of helped look after him and that, bringing him down.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51They were little, tiny babies when they came
0:21:51 > 0:21:55and they were eye-wateringly expensive, I can tell you.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59They were valued at £1,500 each by the time we got them here, so...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- INTERVIEWER:- What's so special about them?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Well, there's no genetics in the Falklands - they're not special.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07There's just no new genetics in the Falklands,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09and if we wanted to breed pigs,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12we had to find some new genetics from somewhere,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and the only way to get them was to have them
0:22:14 > 0:22:16flown down on the oil flight.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19There was snow on the runway at Mount Pleasant and it couldn't land
0:22:19 > 0:22:21so they had to get diverted to Punta Arenas
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and the engineers kindly stayed on the plane to look after them
0:22:25 > 0:22:30and I believe it cost about £7,000 to keep the plane warm.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Unfortunately, the oil flight said
0:22:32 > 0:22:34they'd never fly them again for us, so...
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It is very difficult when you're trying to get something in.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Take the pig food -
0:22:39 > 0:22:41that's three months' lead-in time at least for us,
0:22:41 > 0:22:46from the moment we order it until we get it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49So you've always got to be planning a long, long way in advance.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Buying Swan Inlet wasn't to be a farm,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55it was to have somewhere in Camp and...have some horses
0:22:55 > 0:22:58and have a bit of land and somewhere to go out of town,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and it's only as he got into it and got interested in sheep...
0:23:01 > 0:23:05and then...pigs, and I'd just nod and say, "Yes, OK, dear..."
0:23:05 > 0:23:09SHE LAUGHS ..and then wait to see what really happens!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11He'll never forgive me for saying this!
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Andrez's dream of living the good life in Camp,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20while still bringing home the bacon, is going to be an ongoing challenge,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24but there's no doubting his passion for the project.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28I've just given her a scratch. We like to...sort of give them all
0:23:28 > 0:23:30a scratch or a pet.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32And after all, they're earning us money,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35so, you know, they need looking after, don't they?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37She sort of wriggles and squeaks a bit, it's very...
0:23:37 > 0:23:40She must find it quite pleasurable, I think.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44But...not today, too busy eating.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Remembrance Sunday is here and at Government House,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Nigel is preparing for a day of services and commemoration,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02which means donning full ceremonial dress.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08The uniform is a traditional governor's uniform
0:24:08 > 0:24:13from about the 19th century, I think, and...
0:24:13 > 0:24:18the acorns and whatever braid represent the ranks of governors -
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I'm actually the only person
0:24:20 > 0:24:23that wears this particular uniform, I think, now.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29And then the badge there is the sort of royal crown thistle,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31so that's a United Kingdom's badge.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35There used to be a stage where every governor had their own sword
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and it would be quite nice just to use it to lop
0:24:37 > 0:24:39the top off a champagne bottle.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43You're kind of expressly forbidden from doing that by the sort of rules
0:24:43 > 0:24:47of looking after swords because swords are quite delicate creatures.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50These are swan feathers and they're...
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Actually, they're not just any old swan feathers,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56they're from a particular bit of the wing,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58so that they're balanced either side of the spine
0:24:58 > 0:25:03and then they're stitched together to make them drape like that.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05But actually, in the wind, as you'll probably see today,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07they sort of tend to take off a bit.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09So, pretty precarious!
0:25:14 > 0:25:17In the cathedral, officers representing the military personnel
0:25:17 > 0:25:20who are stationed out here -
0:25:20 > 0:25:23as well as veterans and members of the public -
0:25:23 > 0:25:25make up the congregation.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Would you all please stand?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Tomorrow morning in many places around the world,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35but especially in the UK,
0:25:35 > 0:25:42millions will pause at the 11th hour of the 11th day of this, 11th month
0:25:42 > 0:25:46to remember how, at that moment, 95 years ago,
0:25:46 > 0:25:51the guns of Europe fell silent.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55The welcome presence of esteemed veterans
0:25:55 > 0:26:00of the 1982 war for liberation fought around these islands
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and within sight and sound of this cathedral church...
0:26:05 > 0:26:09..means that the military personnel and civilians,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13whose lives were tragically cut short 31 years ago,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16will again be remembered today.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Yeah, it's always lovely to see the cathedral full and...
0:26:21 > 0:26:24you can't help noticing from the pulpit when you're preaching
0:26:24 > 0:26:26whether people are listening carefully
0:26:26 > 0:26:29and I was persuaded that they were listening today, which was nice!
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Slope arms!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Right turn!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40A detachment of men and women from all three of the armed services
0:26:40 > 0:26:43lead the way to the war memorial on the coast
0:26:43 > 0:26:45for the placing of the wreath.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52They shall grow not old as we, that are left, grow old:
0:26:52 > 0:26:57Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04We will remember them.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- ALL:- We will remember them.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09John Thomas Kendall.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Donald Eric Turner...
0:27:15 > 0:27:19REVEREND HINES: This island community has lived with one sort of difficulty
0:27:19 > 0:27:23and pressure or another for a long time
0:27:23 > 0:27:26and even though the community, as a whole, has been through
0:27:26 > 0:27:32a great deal during the last 30 years and has changed a great deal...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36..it's also in some ways a stronger community.
0:27:36 > 0:27:43The resourcefulness and the integrity of these island people, I think,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45is what's going to see them through
0:27:45 > 0:27:48any more change that is on the horizon.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57In the next programme, Christmas is coming...
0:27:57 > 0:28:00# Da da da da... #
0:28:00 > 0:28:01And in Christ Church Cathedral,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05preparations are underway for a very special occasion -
0:28:05 > 0:28:09a wedding - joining together two of the island's oldest families.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12You'll be a little bit nervous, I'll be nervous as well.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It's a while since I conducted a wedding, so...
0:28:15 > 0:28:16"What do I do next?" You know?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And the Army chaplain, Padre Al Nicoll,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24volunteers for some basic training.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Police, halt, I will release my dog!
0:28:26 > 0:28:29PADRE NICOLL LAUGHS
0:28:29 > 0:28:32PADRE NICOLL GROANS
0:28:34 > 0:28:36I know which dog collar won!