An Island Parish returned to BBC2 for a third series in September 2008

12 episode chronicle of life in the parish of the Isles of Scilly which began on Friday 19th September 2008 at 7.30pm on BBC 2. A fourth series is currently in the making!

1/12 The Start of a Long Journey
The first episode of a new, third series following day-to-day life on the Isles of Scilly.
Love is in the air. Word gets out that Sophie and Mark the lifeboatman are planning the wedding of the year. Meanwhile, the minister Rev David rolls up his sleeves to help with the start of the tourist season. Toby the baker indulges in a fantasy he has been dreaming of for months.

2/12 Always Check the Forecast
The Minister the Reverend David is increasingly concerned for the families of the four island men planning a dangerous row across the Atlantic. Meanwhile, 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.

3/12 Just Days to go...
It's 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. Meanwhile, its time to say a fond farewell to a much-loved figure, Bishop Bill, the Bishop of Truro; and 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.

4/12 Unchartered Waters
After two years of preparation, it is time for the four island men who plan to row across the Atlantic from New York back home to Scilly to say a tearful farewell to the islands. Meanwhile, the Reverend David makes a rare trip to the mainland for the culmination of a four-year dream; and the islanders rally round with some imaginative ideas to try to stop the cash-strapped Heike the vet having to leave.

5/12 Best Foot Forward
Faced with the possibility of having to leave the islands, Heike the cash-strapped vet comes up with an extraordinary idea to raise money - using her feet. Meanwhile, Leo the bull-terrier gives Auntie Kris a nasty shock; and the Reverend David is summoned to the mainland for a meeting with his boss to discuss his future on the Isles of Scilly.

6/12 Departures and an Unexpected Arrival
There's no Indian food on the Isles of Scilly, so it's a big night for Paulie and Toby who are trying to introduce curry on to their pub menu.

7/12 Sowing the Seeds
The islanders must come up with new and innovative ideas to earn cash quickly as the economic squeeze bites on the remote Isles of Scilly. Heike turns to foot modeling.

8/12 Life Will Never Be the Same
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 capsized.

9/12 Coming Home
It's 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.

10/12 Difficult Days for the Minister
The countdown is underway for the re-election of the Minister the Reverend David Easton - it's up to his congregation to decide if he should stay.

11/12 Winds of Change
Tension rises as David's boss, the Revd Steve Wild arrives from the mainland to oversee the minister's crucial re-election vote.

12/12 A Sad End to the Affair
There is a shock for the islanders as the result of the vote on the Reverend is released and his future made public. Sophie prays for good weather.

Feature Episode: 'The Deadly Storm'
The Deadly Storm (BBC2) isn’t the kind of story you’d usually expect from An Island Parish, the gentle BBC documentary series about the 2,000 inhabitants of the Isles of Scilly. This hour-long documentary tells the harrowing and near-miraculous story — through a combination of interviews, video diaries and dramatic reconstruction — of three men from the Scillies who, together with Wayne Davey, an ambulance paramedic and former professional rugby player from Newlyn, Cornwall, survived a mid-Atlantic storm as they rowed from New York to St Mary’s (the largest of the Scilly Isles) in June last year. To read the rest of this article see: www.telegraph.co.uk


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