A WIRRAL family will be followed by cameras as they travel back to 1900 to try to make a living in a fishing community for a new BBC Two series.

For four weeks, four families will be exposed to the extreme wild waters and unpredictable weather of Llanddwyn, a beautiful uninhabited island just off the coast of Anglesey for new show The 1900 Island.

The families from Wirral, Swansea, Cardiff and Kent will try to master the seas and navigate their relationships as they attempt to make a living and put food on the table.

They will discover what it is like to lead a hand-to-mouth existence through hard physical graft at sea and at home, as they endure the everyday challenges and hardships of brutal coastal life - with no running water or electricity and just a small ration of food to get them started.

Produced by Alexis Girardet and made by Wildflame Productions, The 1900 Island will appear on BBC One Wales on Thursday, May 2 at 8pm and will air of BBC Two a short time later.

The Davies family from Wirral consisting of mum Natalie, 39, dad Gavin, 40, and their five children will live in the island's original cottages which have been uninhabited for 70 years.

Operations manager Gavin, whose three times great-grandfather was a labourer in a fishing, told the Globe: "Before we arrived on the island we felt a real mix of emotions.

"We were excited as to what was ahead having held a long interest in the Victorian and Edwardian era but also a sense of trepidation at the tough roles we were going to face as a family.

“The biggest challenges were getting the children to eat the blandest, tasteless food... and very little of it too.”

Natalie added: “We fell in love with the life we experienced.

"Coming back to 21st Century living was hard.

"We now have a deep appreciation of the simple things in life. Good food, good family and friends and a lasting connection with those who lived that life.

"We bake and eat simpler foods - we all still love porridge and flat bread.

"We have slowed down our pace of life and live for the moments shared with family and friends.”

A temporary village tavern and school was also created on the island by the production company.

Series producer and director, Alexis Girardet said: “I've worked in some of the world’s most extreme wildernesses for extended periods of time, and have been fortunate enough to travel to the South and North Poles with Prince Harry.

"I've attempted Everest, crossed the Empty Quarter and lived with many tribes across the world, but taking four families back to 1900, to live as a rural fishing community on the wild and remote island of Llanddwyn off Anglesey, has probably been my biggest challenge yet.”