The Coral Island (TV series)

[1] The series of 4 episodes was a joint production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Thames Television.

[2] It was filmed on location in the western Samoan village of Salamumu and then on the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast in 1981.

[3][4] The series was first broadcast in Australia on ABC-TV on 6 January 1983.

[5] The story, set in 1840, centres on 3 boys from Australia and their struggle for survival when they are shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island.

After befriending two natives on the island, they are rescued by an English missionary, and the three boys return to Australia.