On Fair Isle - halfway between Orkney and Shetland - we meet jumper knitter Marie. And we visit the uniquely beautiful Abbey Gardens on the Isles of Scilly and the minute, uninhabited Cockle Island.
We have a peek at the puffins on Rathlin Island, enjoy racing gig boats on Bryher, explore the slate-sprinkled shores of Easdale in Scotland, and visit the spiritual solace of Bardsey in Wales.
On Eriskay, we visit a football pitch famously ranked by FIFA as one of the most remarkable places to play the game. And on Northey Island, we learn about the vital salt marshes.
We run around all five islands on the Isles of Scilly, meet royalty on Piel Island, get spiritual on Bardsey Island, and visit the truly unique island of Hirta.
This episode catches car-free Sark's four-legged taxi service and meets Inishcorkish's special pigs in the Fermanagh Lakelands.
Station Island welcomes 10,000 pilgrims every year for a gruelling three-day fast. Iona has a monastic tradition too... but also a great takeaway. North Uist has just attracted a new seaweed farmer.
From unique wool on Iona and croft craft on North Uist, to surveying Pembrokeshire’s seals, we meet the people who live on their islands by virtue of their jobs.
From off-grid living on the stunning Scottish island of Gometra to a special branch of Hare Krishnas on Lough Erne in Northern Ireland, we explore self-sufficient island life.
