ON SCREEN: Castaways

In the new comedy series High & Dry (10.30pm, Ch4), a group of passengers are stranded on a desert island – it’s a perennially popular theme in Hollywood…

Heaven Knows, Mr Allison (1957)

Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum are the nun and the Marine (below) stuck in the south Pacific in an African Queen-style tale – also directed by John Huston.

Lord Of The Flies (1963)

The raw savagery of human nature is laid bare in this chilling take on William Golding’s novel.

Hugh Edwards is Piggy, the pudgy castaway bearing the brunt of it.

Hell In The Pacific (1968)

Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune are the US pilot and the Japanese sailor squaring off in their wartime hell, before realising that they need each other more than they care to admit…

Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Anne Heche’s magazine editor and Harrison Ford’s gruff pilot are the chalk-and-cheese pair stranded on an island after crash landing in the South Seas.

The Beach (2000)

Leonardo DiCapiro (right) is the traveller searching for a beach paradise – and discovering hell – in a nightmarish Thai island adventure, adapted from Alex Garland’s bestseller.

Cast Away (2000)

Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is the inspiration for this desert island tale. Tom Hanks is the FedEx courier left to fend for himself when his plane nose-dives into the Pacific ocean.