200 years of St Helena's history in a tidy 30 minutes. 


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Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman

Why and how people live in earth's most isolated and extreme settlements. 

Season 2 starts in late September 2019.

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On January 1st, 2020, St Helena enters what will potentially be the most important and consequential decade in its history.
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St Helena's Decisive Decade

Suddenly, 800 tourists arrive on the tiny island of St Helena.
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Cruise Ship Day

After 500 years alone, St Helena gets a little closer to the world.

Extremities is made possible by Curiosity Stream.
Sign up for a  Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found.
On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

An Island and its Airport

When you go to a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic and get invited to dinner by the island's top two economists, you say yes.


Extremities is made possible by Curiosity Stream.
Sign up for a  Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found.
On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman

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