Castaway 2000 Reviews

after there being the most amount of rain i have ever seen in a month i decided it would be a good time to go see a movie...and this was Castaway. I can’t exactly put into words what I “was expecting” but this movie left me in awe. To be quite honest I am not a big TOM HANKS fan, but after this movie he does ...  Read the complete review

For those who don't know Castaway 2000 was a programme made by the BBC about 36 Volunteers who had agreed to live on an island in the Hebrides for a year. The programme followed the progress and the tensions on the island, highlighting issues like the decision making process of the community, group dynamics, the roles that people ...  Read the complete review

a really good idea by the bbc but they diddnt really make the most of it did they. There were only three mini series throughout the year. Big brother made a fortune and it ony ran for a couple of months. It was hard to find out how the social experiment was going throuout the year. But it was a very interesting project - not ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who don’t know, Castaway 2000 has been about 36 ordinary men, women and children who have spent a year on a remote Hebridean Island for one year. It however, has not been without incident. The first 2-3 months were traumatic for many individuals and poor planning by the production company. ...  Read the complete review

Castaway 2000 started around a year ago in a blaze of publicity and controversy. Some people were excited at the idea, some complained at the cost to the liscense payer, but overall it seemed like a good idea. But here we are, a year later, things have changed and after the roaring success of Big Brother how does Castaway compare? ...  Read the complete review

Everyone loved the idea of Castaway 2000 didn't they? The hype in the papers, the long-awaited first episode. And to tell you the truth I was well in with that spirit - I watched every single episode for the first few weeks - the auditioning process, the first steps onto Taransay... but all this time it was dawning on me what utter ...  Read the complete review

I think that I am biased about this show, due to the fact that Toby is in fact an old friend of mine, stop name dropping I hear you shout, but I like the show. In today?s society the voyeuristic or fly on wall type of show is very popular for no other reason that it is escapism. For those of you that have been on another planet this year ...  Read the complete review

Castaway 2000 was an ambitious project from BBC. It sends 30 odd people are sent to Taransay, a remote Scottish Island. Since it started controversy has surrounded the whole project, there was the time where people left the Island because it wasn’t sufficient for them. There was moody Ray who left in dramatic ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard about this programme, I thought it sounded quite good - a group of people who don't know each other, stranded on a desert island. However, the perceived image in my mind was completely different to the BBC's idea of a castaway! When I hear the word "castaway" I think of people standed ...  Read the complete review

This program was meant to be of people stranded on an island and life was meant to be really hard. The hardest problem they faced was deciding what to do with some puppies born on the island. Basically the people on taransay are looking forward to a dss year with minimal work and lots of publicity. Ben fancies himself which is quite ...  Read the complete review

The idea of dropping a bunch of people on a remote island and letting them fend for themselves is great but sadly the programme hasn't quite lived up to my expectations. The main reason being that they haven't exactly had to fend for themselves with boats bring supplies including alcohol and cigarettes (I can't remember ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard of Castaway 2000, I thought that it would be a great show. A Chance to see people in a community working together and living off the land. This however is not the case. There have been many things they have done which I have disagreed with; the subject of the shopping trip off the island is one that I feel ...  Read the complete review

So Ron is gone... The only questions is, what took him so long? It was always clear what a self-centred bully he was, which raises the question of 1) Why he wanted to go on the island in the first place, and 2) Why he was chosen to go to Taransay. The first question might always remain a mystery, since he clearly never had any ...  Read the complete review

Every generation has a hero, every religion a God, and so, every television show its golden boy or girl. On Big Brother, it was Mel ; she was beautiful, she was flirty, she was the one who did the kissing, and showed her bottom. Producers need someone like this in a show for the nation to get excited about, be it for love or hate, for ...  Read the complete review

Since the first mention of Castaway 2000, we have enjoyed Channel 4's Shipwrecked and Big Brother, two smaller yet much more entertaining programmes of the same nature. These two examples of fine television making only help to show Castaway 2000 as the embarresing mess it really is. To me it seems the BBC have shot ...  Read the complete review

What on earth is going on in Taransay?? Having watched last night's episode, I come away with the impression that they are all slowly turning slightly bonkers! As the remaining 'survivors' reach month 9, we watch with a certain degree of pleasure as things appear to go from bad to worse. A rogue ...  Read the complete review

Those poor inhabitants of Taransay, to think they have spent 9 months on a remote island attempting self sufficency, yet they could have done 10 weeks in East London and maybe won £70,000! (Not that Ron would have lasted 2 minutes in the house) The scheduling of the programs on the beeb leaves a lot to be desired, just the odd ...  Read the complete review

This evening on Castaways (ooo i get to sound like a narrator!) it was all quite heated. Rons old doggie died, which was very sad but rather melodramatically dealt with. CAssie and Ron had a big argie-bargie because one is black and one is gay. Honestly, theyre both as bad as each other. THis proves to me (not wanting to offend, but ...  Read the complete review

Castaway is the next stage in the continuing attempt to interest us in the lives of people we wouldn't look twice at on the street. We are supposed to be interested this time in a bunch of individuals, and sometimes their families, that have volunteered to live on a remote island with no contact with the rest of civilization except ...  Read the complete review

When I heard that the BBC were making this programme about people being put on a remote island and have to fend for themselves, I thought that it was a fantastic idea. I watched glued to the set as the selection proccess started but that was as good as it got. I just cant believe what goes through these peoples minds. ...  Read the complete review