The way of life in the Falklands, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, has changed massively over the past two hundred years. From an isolated archipelago full of sheep farmers on the brink of destitution, the islands are now a prosperous and diverse quasi-nation, with many, if not most, of the comforts of modern life.

This episode begins the journey of the Falklands' change in fortune, examining the lives of the early British settlers in the islands, who came with or shortly after the first governor of the Falklands in 1842.