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Not sure if you remember the British TV show Castaway back in 2000 but it was pretty full on: put people on a remote island for a whole year.

Just like before, the new programme will feature people going to live as a community in a remote destination but with some new twists in the social experiment. This time round the programmes will be live and they will be coming from a new, exotic location.

The castaways will explore the best ways to live in close quarters with people that they may not have much in common with, draw on personal skills to develop the infrastructure of the island and, in the process, discover more about themselves as individuals.

The original series of Castaway began broadcasting on BBC ONE in January 2000, six months before Big Brother first appeared on Channel 4. The series was a ratings hit, with viewing figures peaking at 7-8 million. Seven people left during the course of the year.

Thirty six people went to spend a year living on the Scottish island of Taransay, building their own shelters and fending for themselves in a community. This time, the location will be on the other side of the world in order to take the Castaways even further from their current lives.

The second series of the BBC reality TV show Castaway is to return with volunteers living for a year on a remote part of New Zealand - most likely Great Barrier Island - instead of Scotland.

Filming will start in February.