 In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers , St Kilda was named as the ninth greatest natural wonder in the British Isles . In 2007 an opera in Scots Gaelic called St Kilda : A European Opera about the story of the islands received funding from the Scottish Government . It was performed simultaneously at six venues in Austria , Belgium , France , Germany and Scotland over the summer solstice of 2007 . As part of its legacy , the production left a year @-@ long time lapse camera on Hirta . Britain 's Lost World , a three @-@ part BBC documentary series about St Kilda began broadcasting on 19 June 2008 . 
