Isle of Wight: Jewel of the South

Fishmongers Mike and Emma prepare for a busy summer of customer orders.

Paul Griffin debuts a new cheese celebrating his farm's centenary, diver Martin Woodward makes an amazing discovery, and it's the final of the island-wide talent competition.

The Isle of Wight is famous for its many carnivals and one of the oldest in the country, in Ryde, traditionally marks the end of the summer season.

Darcy Muncer maintains the island's hundreds of thatched properties, beekeeper Mary Case faces the end of the Farmers' Market era, and it's the start of the Wight Proms.

Hotelier Howard Spooner turns his attention to this year's summer menu. Marine biologist Theo Vickers hopes to find and photograph the perfect image of a sea slug.

Wild swimmers brave the freezing Solent, and subtropical plants thrive in the Botanical Gardens. Plus the secrets of Mermaid Gin.