ON THE EDGE OF PARADISE

BBC ‘World About Us’
“On the Edge of Paradise”
The Caribbean is one of the world’s great tropical paradises. Its lush greenery, coral reefs, sparkling seas and sands attract a growing number of tourists – particularly to the tiny islands of the West Indies, like Barbados and St Lucia. But behind the idyll the islands are struggling to survive. A complex web of life is becoming unstable: this paradise is balanced on a knife-edge.
Narrated by HUGH SYKES
Film editor BETTY BLOCK
Film cameraman KROV MENUHIN
Written and produced by TONY EDWARDS
Series editors PETER JONES , ANTHONY ISAACS
BBC Bristol
First broadcast; BBC 2 on 8th November 1981