Tsarabanjina is a small island off the northwest coast of Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

 in the Mitsio archipelago.

Girl Friday

It received a small amount of fame in 1994 when BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Reality TV programme Girl Friday featured Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...

 spending 10 days on the island and living firstly on an A Frame bed, and then in a cave "The Albert Hall".

Since Girl Friday - Development

Since the BBC programme, the Island has been taken over by a hotel.

External links

• Girl Friday at the Internet Movie Database
• Marriott, Edward, "What a Difference a Hotel Makes", Evening Standard
  Evening Standard
  The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
  
  , 25 May 2001
• Official website