When Martin was 15 years old he watched the film "The Blue Lagoon" starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. From then on he was determined to live as a castaway on an uninhabited Pacific Island with a girl Friday.
When he realised his dream in he was just 18 years old.
The adventure became a media sensation with journalists flying half way around the world to cover the story. Martin kept a video diary of his experience.
In he returned to the Pacific to make a critically acclaimed documentary.
"The Real Castaway" reunites the two castaways on their desert island 12 years after their experience. It&#;s a story about adventure, growing up and the pursuit of an impossible dream.
In "The Times" Matthew Parris described "The Real Castaway" as &#;absorbing &#; visually very beautiful an extraordinary tale&#;.
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"The Sunday Times" described &#;The Real Cast