Airdate: My Family and the Galapagos

Four part UK factual My Family and the Galapagos begins this week on ABC.

The series features conservationist Monty Halls, family & researchers in the unique Galapagos Islands, west of South America.

In 1978 the Galapagos Islands were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, signifying their unprecedented importance to the world. Forty years on, biologist broadcaster and conservationist Monty Halls returns to his “favourite place on Earth” to investigate the wonders and challenges that both define and threaten this awe-inspiring jewel of nature. But for the first time he will not be adventuring there on his own…

In a place where animals and humans live side by side like no other, Monty will be accompanied by a unique research team, his wife Tam and daughters Isla and Molly, who for three months will experience this utterly unique way of life. As a family, they will have extraordinary wildlife encounters and life-changing experiences, living alongside creatures that can be found nowhere else on Earth. But at a time when the islands are at a crossroads – with the human population expanding, invasive species and illegal fishing threatening the islands more than ever before- they will also learn first-hand what is being done to protect the Galapagos, one of the most extraordinary places in the world.

8:30pm Tuesday on ABC.