An Island Parish

Season 6

Episode 6: Hopes for the Future

Series following a year in the life of the most southerly islands of the Outer Hebrides, off the north-west coast of Scotland. It is autumn and Father John Paul sets out on the arduous annual pilgrimage to Barra's highest point to polish up the island's iconic statue. Below, a heated public meeting is on the cards to argue over government plans for a huge and possibly job-threatening conservation area off the islands. Meantime Coppertop, one of the local fishermen, investigates a unique plan of his own to make money from the sea.