An Island Parish

Following the community on the tiny crown dependency of Sark in the Channel Islands. As Easter approaches, shepherd David Scott is being kept busy with lambing as well as nervously awaiting a new arrival of his own. Island newcomer Reverend Gill Nicholls is learning fast about island life. She and the Methodist lay preacher Karen Le Mouton are holding a pioneering joint Easter service, but how will their plans be received by an island steeped in tradition?

Sark welcomes some honoured visitors, Chelsea Pensioners, as the island celebrates the anniversary of liberation from German control during World War II. Island couple Phyllis and Werner Rang tell their wartime story, a tale of love that's survived 64 years against all the odds. Horse trainer Julie Jackson introduces giant but gentle stallion Ronaldo to the island, but how will he adapt to pulling a carriage for a living? And Methodist lay preacher Karen prepares to welcome a senior church member to Sark, but will the trip be called off when she's evacuated to Guernsey Hospital with a potentially debilitating injury?

Karen Le Mouton claims a miraculous recovery from injury as she welcomes the President of the Methodist Church to Sark. But will the appalling weather scupper her plans for entertaining him? Horse trainer Julie Jackson is busy preparing stallion Ronaldo for a life of pulling carriages. And the island is left reeling after a tragic accident threatens long held island traditions.

In the aftermath of a fatal carriage accident that made national news, the islanders are doing their best to return to normal life. Puffin, the feisty chair of the carnival committee, is busy encouraging everyone to take part in the annual scarecrow competition. She passes the honour of judging the competition to Reverend Gill Nicholls. Little does Gill know that it means that her own ambitious entry will be disqualified. Local shepherd and musician David Scott nervously rehearses his folk band for one of the biggest events in the island's calendar, the Sark Folk Festival.

With beautiful summer sunshine finally reaching Sark, the islanders are out in force to welcome a very special royal visitor to the island. Puffin Taylour, the chair of the Sark Carnival committee, is also finalising plans for the biggest event in the island's calendar, the annual sheep racing competition. As the day draws to a close, the Anglicans and Methodists go head to head in a tense finale, but who will come out on top remains to be seen. Win or lose, Methodist minister Karen also receives some exciting news that may have serious implications for her life on Sark.

As summer draws to a close on Sark, local fisherman Bas Adams turns his hand from fishing to cake baking as he enters the Grand Autumn Show. Island shepherd David Scott has a difficult decision to make about his pet sheep Persil - as he prepares his flock for market, Persil's fate hangs in the balance. As she prepares for what could be her last service, Reverend Gill has decisions of her own to make - she is faced with leaving the island for good.