The Other Side of Paradise (1992)

Directed by

Renny Rye

Genre

drama television series

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor leaves England and starts over on a South Sea island. He falls in love with the daughter of a princess and tries to build a hospital, but war threatens their peaceful life.

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What happens

The Other Side of Paradise is a 1992 miniseries based on the book by British novelist and journalist Noel Barber, about a doctor who goes to the Cook Islands. When pioneering doctor Kit Masters is forced to flee England, he makes a new start on the South Sea island of Koraloona. Enchanted by the island and its people, Kit falls in love with the daughter of the island princess, and dreams of building a hospital. But all is under threat as war approaches. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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