Preserving the past

Ben Fogle visits three Scottish abandoned islands

- JUDY EWENS, NATASHA HOLT

LOST WORLDS WITH BEN FOGLE Thursday, 9pm, Channel 5 Factual

With its prehistoric cliffs and raging waters swirling below, Scotland's St Kilda makes for pretty inhospitable terrain. Yet for 4,000 years it was home to a hardy community.

But in 1930 the last inhabitants left the island, creating Scotland's most famous lost world.