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Investigating magistrate Candela is transferred to El Hierro, the most remote of the Canary Islands. There, she discovers a suspicious community and is confronted by the death of a young local boy, murdered the day before his wedding.

After her son goes missing, a broken mother returns months later to the island of El Hierro to identify a body. She finds out her son is not the only one missing.

YouTube stars Ben Brown and Steve Booker complete a number of photo challenges across the world.

From the gold-diggers on Buru in Indonesia to the Rastafarians in the Colombian islet of Providencia, Island Stories travel to six islands to meet the people who call them home.

When a whale rarely seen in the North Atlantic died in a quiet cove, scientists assumed they'd just salvage an unusual skeleton for the local museum. But the discovery of 30 plastic bags in its stomach made global news. To scientists, it raised important questions: what led this whale to confuse household rubbish for its natural food? And what does this find say about the health of our oceans?

Maria is the voice of the Canary Islands. At the age of 86 she is a force of nature and performs with jazz musicians half her age. What keeps her energy going? Why are our eyes filling up with tears each time we hear her dramatic contralto? María's voice tunes in with the wind, with fog, with sea while we start to understand the secret of life.

Short documentary about the Canary Islands: volcanoes, beaches, Mount Teide...

They were born and raised on a small island amidst a vast natural landscape - four sisters who now live in cities. Their parents have left Germany to raise their children far from consumerism and external control. On a visit back to the island, the sisters bring along some of the pace and concerns of our world today.