So were going to do the hard work for you.

This is becauseThe Islandis the first ever high-end Gaelic drama series.

Its saying, We are here, we are speaking, we are singing and we are creating.

‘The Island’

‘The Island’Black Camel Pictures/BBCAlba/John Maher

We were really lucky to get Sagar, says MacLeod.

It was fascinating for someone from a South Asian background.

In the shows press notes, Radia describedThe Islands setting as gorgeous, beautiful and pin-drop silent.

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Sagar Radia (left) and Sorcha Groundsell in ‘The Island’. Image: Black Camel Pictures/BBCAlba/John Maher

It was interesting to find a common tongue if you like, adds MacLeod.

Tom got to the Hebrides and found it was so much like the West of Ireland.

Its launches on BBC Four this Saturday February 15 at 9 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. PT).

BBC Director General Tim Davie is an admirer.

She envisagesThe Islandworking in Scandinavian territories and thinks its ripe for pickup from public broadcasters.

I have always admired my Welsh contemporaries who originatedHinterland, she adds.

But I was never intimidated by the fact we would have to find multiple partners.