Films
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The Gardens
La Seigneurie Gardens in Sark, an enchanting oasis where history meets horticulture. This film follows the life of the gardens, their wildlife and those who work here through a year which sees the greatest changes of the last three decades. It includes interviews with Mr and Mrs Beaumont and the gardeners, the royal visit and the Grand Autumn Show. It not only encompasses the charm and beauty of the Gardens but the unique character of Sark itself.
(Photographed, produced & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell, running time 42 mins)
Available on DVD by mail order from Sue Daly for £9.95 including postage within the UK or click Buy Now.
Wild Islands (series 2)
Following the popular first series, the second helping of Wild Islands reveals yet more fascinating, beautiful and often extremely rare wildlife in the Channel Islands.
Broadcast on Channel Television in spring 2009, the four new half hour films feature the wildlife of Guernsey, Les Écréhous Reef, Simon Sand Quarry in Jersey and nocturnal wildlife across the islands.
(Photographed, produced, presented & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell)
Available on DVD by mail order from Sue Daly for £12.99 including postage within the UK or click Buy Now
Wild East - coming soon - click here from preview
The third of the National Trust for Jersey's Coastline Campaign films sees Mike and his trusty pal Bodie exploring the Jersey's east coast from Rozel to Seymour Tower revealing an enchanting blend of bays and headlands, mysterious woodlands and some of the most spectacular seashore in the world. From thousands of years ago to the present today, the sea influences life here like nowhere else in Jersey. History is written in ancient monuments and majestic fortifications, all bearing witness to the awe and fear that the sea inspires.
Industries have flourished and fallen but new ways of harvesting sealife are developing right here. For people this shore’s a playground as well as work place while the coast, buildings and countryside are essential to all sorts of wildlife. (Photographed, produced & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell, running time 45 mins)
Available on DVD from spring 2010 from the National Trust for Jersey for £10 plus postage
Wild Islands (series 1)
Wild Islands is a series of five films presented and photographed by Sue that take the viewer on a fascinating journey to the wild side of the Channel Islands. Lying at the extreme south-west of the British Isles, the wildlife here is a unique blend of the common and the exotic. It’s a place where plants and animals from much further south thrive alongside those from northern Europe making this one of nature’s most dramatic crossroads. Well known as a tourist destination and a centre of international finance, this series reveals that the true value of these Islands lies in their remarkable natural history. The five half hour films feature the wildlife of Alderney, Sark, the Islands' harbours, natural newcomers and spring across the Channel Islands. The series was broadcast on Channel Television in 2007. (Photographed, produced, presented & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell)
Available on DVD by mail order from Sue Daly for £12.99 including postage within the UK or click Buy Now
Secret Seas of the Channel Islands
Secret Seas of the Channel Islands features all four of Sue's underwater films on one DVD. Six years in the making, the films show that, far from being dull and murky, the waters around the British Isles are as colourful as any coral reef with all the drama and danger.
‘Bouley Bay Watch’ takes us through the underwater seasons in Jersey revealing rarely seen courtship, hunting and survival techniques. We meet, amongst others, an enormous lobster, the oldest resident of the bay, and the predatory cuttlefish and witness the elaborate courtship dance of the dragonet.
In ‘Sark, a Secret Sea’ we take an underwater tour from the shallows to the deep and back again. The reefs are encrusted with fragile corals, hunters prowl the seabed and the most colourful fish have the most amazing sex lives.
In ‘Reefs of Iron’ we explore some of the Channel Islands’ shipwrecks. Some fell foul of reef or tide while others were condemned by war, weather or simple human error. These un-natural offerings from the world above the waves quickly become a haven for marine life but why do so many sea creatures make them their home?
‘Living on the Edge’ tells the story of the coast of Jersey, a wild and turbulent realm where ocean collides with land. Twice daily the water draws back to reveal over seventy square miles of seashore providing a home for marine life and thousands of over wintering seabirds.
Available on DVD by mail order from Sue Daly for £12.99 including postage within the UK or click Buy Now
Wild North
Take a walk with naturalist Mike Stentiford and discover the wealth of history and wildlife along Jersey's stunning north coast. The film begins at Les Landes and weaves it's way east revealing picturesque harbours, ancient myths and centuries of history as well as red squirrels, seabirds and peregrine falcons. The film launched the National Trust for Jersey's Coastline Campaign, an on-going campaign to protect and preserve areas of Jersey's coastline forever and for everyone. (Photographed, produced & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell, running time 32 mins)
Available on DVD from the National Trust for Jersey for £10 plus postage
Wild West Jersey
The second in the Coastline Campaign series for the National Trust for Jersey sees naturalist Mike Stentiford exploring the history and wildlife of the west coast of Jersey. The film begins in late winter as farmers plant the famous Jersey Royal Potatoes and follows the seasons as people and wildlife jostle for space between the beach and dunes and the reedbed, wet meadows and farmland beyond. The stars of the show are the fabulous marsh harriers with a supporting cast of lapwings, green lizards and thousands of wild orchids. (Photographed, produced & edited by Sue Daly, music by Marc Mitchell, running time 36 mins)
Available on DVD from the National Trust for Jersey for £10 plus postage
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The Farm That Time Forgot
When Les Caches Farm was bequested to the National Trust of Guernsey no-one was very excited about the barn behind the main house. With a modern roof and floors, it had been used as a cow shed for years. This short film reveals the clues that led architect Andrew Dyke to discover that the building was in fact the original 15th century farmhouse. The film follows the restoration work from the huge oak roof beams and thatching to the tourelle staircase and furze oven using traditional methods such as lime plastering, wattle and daub and granite work. (Photographed, produced & edited by Sue Daly, presented by Andrew Dyke, music by Marc Mitchell, running time 20 mins)
Available on DVD from the National Trust of Guernsey for £10 plus postage