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An Island Parish(2007–)
January 15, 20078 Seasons · 68 Episodes
Returning Series
Documentary
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Overview
A documentary which covers the lives of residents in the island parishes of England.
Network BBC Two
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A documentary which covers the lives of residents in the island parishes of England.
2008
Love is in the air on the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall as Sophie and Mark the lifeboatman plan their wedding. The Reverend David helps out with the start of the tourist season and Toby the baker indulges in a fantasy he has been dreaming about for months.
The minister, the Reverend David, is increasingly concerned for the families of the four island men planning a dangerous row across the Atlantic. The legendary boatman Fraser Hicks is having bad luck as usual getting his boat ready for the all-important holiday season and children from the islands' school embark on a daunting journey to very unfamiliar territory.
It is Easter on the Isles of Scilly, the traditional start of the holiday season, and the islanders hold their breath to see how much the credit crunch will affect their livelihoods. It is time to say a fond farewell to Bishop Bill, the Bishop of Truro. The locals turn out in force as the Revd David blesses the little rowing boat which they hope will carry the Scilly Boys safely home on their epic voyage from America.
The four island men who plan to row across the Atlantic say a tearful farewell to the islands. The Reverend David makes a rare trip to the mainland.
Heike the cash-strapped vet comes up with an extraordinary idea to raise money. Leo the bull-terrier gives Auntie Kris a nasty shock.
There's no Indian food on the Isles of Scilly so it is a big night for Paulie and Toby who are trying to introduce curry on their pub menu.
The islanders must come up with new and innovative ideas to earn cash quickly as the economic squeeze bites on the Isles of Scilly. Heike turns to foot modelling.
News reaches the Isles of Scilly in the early hours that the four island men attempting to row home on The Scilly Boys on a 3,000 mile voyage from the United States have been capsized.
It is an emotional moment on the Isles of Scilly as they prepare to welcome home the four island men who nearly drowned attempting to row across the Atlantic Ocean.
The countdown is underway for the re-election of the minister, the Reverend David Easton. It is up to his congregation to decide if he should stay.
Tension rises as David's boss, the Revd Steve Wild, arrives from the mainland to oversee the minister's crucial re-election vote.
There is a shock for the islanders as the result of the vote on the Reverend David is released and his future made public. Sophie prays for good weather.
2008
In the first of the new series set on the Isles of Scilly the new chaplain, Father Guy Scott, attempts to get to know his new parish. He meets Toby the baker who is borrowing every penny he can to take over a pub with one of the most beautiful views in the West Country; Heike the vet, who is gambling on a new lifetime companion; and the legendary island boatman Fraser Hicks, who looks like missing the critical start to the new holiday season.
On the Isles of Scilly, Toby faces a crisis over his plans to buy one of the remotest pubs in England. Sam and Laura begin a new life in their home on St Agnes, the first house to be built on the island for over 20 years; and newcomer Leo the bull-terrier faces deportation after incurring the wrath of the islanders in a dog fight.
It is Easter on the remote Isles of Scilly and, as the new holiday season gets underway, trawlerman Martin Bond has a bold new idea to increase sales of his fish. Toby's ex-wife, Liz, joins him on the islands to help set up the new pub and Heike the vet faces a financial crisis which threatens her whole future on Scilly.
Father Guy is finding it hard settling into his new parish on the Isles of Scilly – he is feeling lonely and isolated and he has also upset many of the islanders over his firm stance on traditional church values. Meanwhile, a familiar face returns to the islands and this time romance really is in the air. Toby the baker comes up with a revolutionary new idea to increase business at the pub.
Father Guy’s difficulties coming to terms with his new job increase when the death of a young lifeboatman throws the Isles of Scilly into grief. Prolonged bad weather threatens the financial success of the summer season and WPC Nikki Green tries to plan a future with her new boyfriend on the mainland.
Following the biggest funeral in living memory on the Isles of Scilly, Bishop Bill arrives to help lift the spirit of the islanders after their traumatic start to summer. Imaginative new ways emerge for raising money from the tourists and preparations are under way for the launch of Radio Scilly, the world's smallest radio station.
Following the advice of his boss, Bishop Bill, the beleaguered chaplain to the Isles of Scilly, Father Guy, throws himself into the job with renewed vigour. Keri Jones finds himself in Milan on an unusual mission for Radio Scilly and things look up for Heike the vet when she discovers a private zoo.
On the Isles of Scilly it is the dawn of a new era with the launch of the world's smallest radio station. The two retired priests, Donald and Margaret, fly in to lend a much needed hand to Father Guy and a big new development on Tresco offers unusual opportunities to the islanders.
With the end of the holiday season on the Isles of Scilly, islanders need to find new and imaginative ways of earning a living during the long winter months. Toby and Pauli have an ambitious plan to go to publish a book, whilst Auntie Kris wants to capitalise on a new dancing craze that is gripping the locals. The lowest tides of the year have a strange effect on island life
On the Isles of Scilly, they are preparing for a big commemoration of the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the Royal Navy when 1,500 sailors drowned in a storm on the Western Rocks 300 years ago. Heike the vet takes the chance to examine some of the animals in her care beneath the waves and island children get a rare taste of mainland life.
On the Isles there are more single men to women than almost anywhere else in Britain. Toby finds a girlfriend at the pub.
In the final episode of the series, the Isles of Scilly look forward to a new year - and a brighter future. The Revd David makes a spectacular debut in the annual Scilly pantomime and there is some dramatic and unexpected news about the future of the islands' school. Plans are announced for an epic voyage by Scilly men to row across the Atlantic and the islands' vet, Heike, reveals she is lonely.
2007
Chronicle of life in the parish of the Isles of Scilly. The islanders are without their spiritual leader and Bishop Bill is struggling to fill the vacancy.
Father Guy Scott's parishioners turn on him in anger when they learn he wants to leave and become the new chaplain to the Isles of Scilly, England's remotest parish way out in the Atlantic ocean.
Chronicle of life in the parish of the Isles of Scilly. The newly-appointed chaplain, Father Guy, arrives for a whistle-stop tour, carrying a secret the islanders know nothing of.
Father Guy has a big task ahead to convince his family he has made the right decision about the move to the Isles of Scilly. Meanwhile Martin the trawlerman is having a tough time with his new net.
At last a solution may be in sight to the crisis caused by the lack of a vet on Scilly. Plus, Father Guy has a final briefing with Bishop Bill about his long-awaited move to the islands.
After a tearful farewell in his old mainland parish, Father Guy and the family at last arrive to begin their new lives on Scilly - despite appalling weather.
On the Isles of Scilly, Father Guy is growing increasingly nervous about taking his first church service in a community so wary of strangers and newcomers.
The big moment has at last arrived for the islanders - formally to welcome their nervous new priest, Father Guy. But how will he cope with such an unusual job?
2009
In the first of a new series charting a year in the life of the remote Isles of Scilly, off the western coast of Cornwall, minister the Reverend David Easton struggles to come to terms with the biggest blow of his entire career - in a secret vote, a small group of his congregation has voted him off the islands. Meanwhile newly engaged island vet Heike and her fiancee Alistair ponder whether they can really afford a proper wedding, and after the disastrous attempt by four island men to row home from New York, a wrecked rowing boat turns up unexpectedly in Newfoundland.
With the arrival of the worst winter for a generation, there's an unexpected question mark over the future of Heike's nurse Sara - can the budding romance with new boyfriend Gregg really last? Meanwhile, the legendary boatman Fraser Hicks is determined to enhance his reputation after years of leg-pulling by his fellow skippers, and Minister David Easton turns up in a surprising role in the islands' annual pantomime.
After criticism of his ministry on the Isles of Scilly, it is a big night for Reverend David Easton as he puts his reputation on the line as the leading dame in the pantomime. Meanwhile, with her wedding date finally in the diary, nervous vet Heike meets the potential in-laws for the first time, and Sara the nurse is forced to make an agonising decision about her future.
After years facing financial disaster, Heike the vet is thrown a lifeline which could transform her prospects and secure her future on the islands. Meanwhile, island chiropodist Auntie Kris has a secret plan for a new business enterprise, and some very unusual cargo arrives at the parish church, meaning that Sundays on the islands will never quite be the same again.
Just as life begins to look brighter for Heike, the beleaguered Isles of Scilly vet, there's a bombshell which throws her personal life into total disarray and stuns family and friends. A group of fanatical Dutch rowers prepare to make a pilgrimage to Scilly, and for the first time in their long history, the islands echo to the sound of church bells.
It's Easter on the remote Isles of Scilly, and the islanders are nervously preparing for the start of the critically-important holiday season. Alistair has to explain why he suddenly broke off his engagement to Heike the vet, which has put his whole future on Scilly in doubt, and an important visitor arrives from the mainland - but how will the new Bishop of Truro go down with the locals?
It's the famous world gig-rowing championships on the Isles of Scilly, and all eyes are on the magnificent new boat built in the local yard for a group of Dutch rowing fanatics. Heike the vet, still reeling from the abrupt cancellation of her wedding, tries her hand at giving driving lessons; and the head of the Methodist Church in Cornwall, the Revd. Steve Wild, hatches an unusual scheme to boost the islanders' flagging morale.
Faced with soon having to leave his beloved Scillies, the Reverend David Easton slips quietly away in search of a new job at a secret destination. Meanwhile, at the Dibble and Grub restaurant, Gaz is in big trouble with Button over his first driving lesson, and there is more sudden and very sad news for Heike, the beleaguered island vet.
The islanders' landlord, HRH Prince Charles, arrives on Scilly with Camilla for a surprise visit - but, with rents high and few affordable properties to buy, not everyone is overjoyed to see him. Meanwhile, local radio reporter Steve Watt uncovers an exclusive about the plight of stranded racing pigeons, and Glynn, the island busman, reveals a secret passion.
The Minister, the Revd David Easton faces an agonising wait to see if he's got the new job he's applied for in Wales. Heike the vet welcomes a new member of the family into her home, but has she bitten off more than she can chew? Nigel from the Air Fayre Cafe has to say a sad farewell to his long-lost son Gregg.
Glynn the island busman is worried that his newly formed band are facing a crisis of confidence.
After months of secret planning it's time for the island's Minister, the Rev David Easton's big farewell party - and a surprise is flown in from the mainland which even he could never have imagined.
It's time to say a final tearful farewell to the Minister, the Revd David Easton.
2011
Father John Paul is thrown into the spotlight as Christmas comes to his island parish.
Father John Paul faces an uphill battle to keep his congregation coming to church.
Father Roddy and Father John Paul find time for a long-awaited golf challenge this Easter.
Father Roddy is busy with a wedding, while ferry troubles cause disppointment with the tourist season.
It is the end of Father John Paul's first year as the new Catholic priest on Barra, one of the remotest islands in the Outer Hebrides, but celebrations are in danger of being overshadowed by worries over the whole future of island life. Fishermen say their livelihood is under threat from an unexpected source, and there are new fears over how the remoter communities will survive. Meanwhile, Father Roddy's working hard to perfect his skills as a conjuror; and Scraggie Aggie unexpectedly becomes the life and soul of the party.
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2016
The islanders are gearing up for the biggest festival of the summer, as they put the finishing touches to their floats, and the Rev David Cooper is perfecting his stone-skimming skills so he can take part in the festivities.
Islanders Frank and Jem Roberts prepare their Shetland ponies for the prestigious pony assessment. Eastern Orthodox nun Mother Mary gives a local youngster a lesson in history and minister David Cooper reminisces about his time in Ghana, as Unst welcomes some unlikely visitors.
2012
Father Roddy receives news which comes as a bit of a bombshell for him and the islanders.
Easter brings good weather and a new air of optimism to Barra.
It has not been a great start to the tourist season on Barra thanks to the non-stop rain.
Father John Paul struggles to cover all his churches on the islands.
Father John Paul sets off to a remote local island with a very special history.
Father John Paul is on the arduous annual pilgrimage to Barra's highest point.
2012