Product Description

The Scilly Isles, one of the most remote parts of England, are in crisis. With the small population constantly leaving the islands for the mainland, those left behind are having to work harder and harder to make a living, and this summer is crunch time for many of them.

Nigel Farrell is our guide through a community he has grown to know and love, filming the islanders over the last two years for the popular BBC2 series 'An Island Parish'. He introduces us to Father Guy, the new priest; another newcomer, Heike, the islands' German vet and Plymouth policewoman Nikki, who set some hearts aflutter on her summer placement last year.

With a cast of fascinating characters and a beautiful setting, this is the story of the events of summer in an idiosyncratic world that is slipping away. Come August Bank Holiday, how will the islanders have fared?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50335 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Nigel Farrell is a veteran television producer who has worked on all six series of the 'Parish' brand - 'A Country Parish', 'A Seaside Parish' and 'An Island Parish'. He is also known on screen as Nigel in 'A Place in France'.

Customer Reviews

Amiable
As an island dweller myself, I can't resist island books and I must say I enjoyed this very amiable and discursive chronicle of Nigel Farrell's time on the Scilly Isles. Without mains electricity my wife and I rely on a generator so don't watch much TV, and have missed most of the BBC series, but the book is written in a visual style which brings the islands - and the islanders - to life. It is sensitively observed and funny, and Farrell doesn't take himself too seriously, which is always refreshing.

What a read!
Once described as the jewels in the crown of England, it's no surprise that Nigel Farrell chose to experience life on the remote Isles of Scilly.

The pace of life on these majestic islands may be slow, but the book certainly isn't!

From vicars to fishermen and pub landlords to lifeboat men, An Island Parish treats the reader to a veritable smorgasbord of characters.

I laughed, cried, and then laughed some more. Emotional, yes. Boring, never! Boy, do these jewels shine!

I wait with great anticipation to catch Series 3 of An Island Parish! Another book to follow please Nigel!

Perfect reading for dreary winter months
I love this guy. His TV show brightens up my Tuesday evenings with its waving flowers, sunny beaches and amusing characters, and the book has just the same effect. I want to move to Scilly, I want to sit outside the pub looking at the views, and I really want to know what's going to happen to the lady vet. Buy it for anybody who's just a little bit nosy, anybody who loves travel, the good things in life, and who needs a bit of a lift and a chuckle.