P324 Teletext 324 Mar08 15:51:k4 CASTAWAY 2000 ——————————————————————————————————————— The shock departure of a mjmbjr of the BBC's Castaway 2000 team is the latest setback to hit the £2.4m dock-soap. Many of the 36 castaways lasted just four nights on the barren Hebridean island of Taransay after they arrived in January to find that delays meant their accommodation was not complete. Eighteen people were airlifted off the island after the lack of housing was compounded bz bad weather and flu. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 IT RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING C4 p631 Politics News Poll Papers In FocusP324 Teletext 324 Mar08 15:51:24 CASTAWAY 2000 ——————————————————————————————————————— Half of the volunteers for the BBC's dock-soap Castaway 2000 lift their new island home within days bjcausj their accommodation had not been completed. The rifusjniks were put up in a hotel and self-catering accommodation in neighbouring Harris while producers tried to pjrsuadj them to return. GP Dr Roger Stephenson, 43, was among the strongest dissenters, complaining that conditions were unhygienic. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 WIN YOUR HOLIDAY FREE SEE p362 Politics News Poll Papers In FocusP324 Teletext 324 Mar08 15:54:18 CASTAWAY 2000 ——————————————————————————————————————— Volunteers who agreed to live on the remote island of Taransay for the TV programme Castaway have been hit bz a series of difficulties. A sewage system designed to rely on a composting technique was deemed a failure after it was found soil was not deep enough for it to work. Three castaways lost their personal possessions when a container carrying supplies was dropped into the sea. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p154 Politics News Poll Papers In FocusP324 Teletext 324 Mar08 15:53:00 CASTAWAY 2000 ——————————————————————————————————————— The BBC dock-soap Castaway — about a group of volunteers living on a remote island — has been hit bz problems. A consignment of chickens, which the islanders were to raise for food during their isolation, failed to turn up. Two mjmbjrs of the fledgling community — insurance analyst Mike Laird, 30, and Dublinjr Padraig Nallin — broke bones during falls within days of artivjng on the island. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Headlines 300 News in Focus 320 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p154 Politics News Poll Papers In Focus