Isle of Wight: Jewel of the South returns to our TV screens tonight (Thursday) with another brand new episode. This week, Bembridge’s The Best Dressed Crab is awash with customers as the Summer season is in full flow. Local fisherman Bob Simmonds features as he seeks out a bumper haul to feed the hungry customers. On the Nunwell estate near Brading, novice farmers Hollie Fallick and Francesca Cooper embark on their biggest cattle wrangle to date – moving 80 belted Galloway cows a quarter of a mile to a rewilded field. At Arreton Barns, glass blower Timothy Harris creates a fitting tribute to commemorate his late father whilst on the outskirts of Newport, Stewart Dungey and his son Rhys’ show off their converted holiday lets, including a sub used in a Bond movie 
And in East Cowes, High Sheriff Dawn Haig-Thomas takes viewers on a Royal trip down memory lane, around the grounds of her stunning home, Barton Manor. Jewel of the South airs at 20:00 tonight on Channel 5, with a further 2 episodes planned.
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How about featuring the “real” island, a rubbish and grasping council, useless MP, only one hospital to serve the island, no NHS dentists, empty towns and derelict shops. Oh hang on I forgot this is just a massive ad to get people to come here, wait a minute it’s on channel 5, thank goodness, no one will watch it anyway. It should be called “Jordans Duel of the South” after all he will have a fight on his hands to get this council back in. Brown envelopes all round I have no doubt before they say “oh we are bankrupt!”
I totally agree with you on that article,sandown looks nice in the documents,but they never show behind the scenes,I bet the film crew were laughing there socks off
This series so far is much better than last year.
But as others have commented, they won’t show the downside of the island. Maybe those people could grab a camcorder and upload a video showing the damaged toilets, the potholes, the drunkard people, the drug dealers, the constant flow of drink and drug drivers in the courts plus the upside down cars littering our roads each day. They could always show the expensive ferry prices too plus the Llama farm owners wanting to build a huge housing estate on a field in a sleepy village.
What could be better to show real island life..
Nonsense. Why would any documentary about anywhere want to show damaged toilets, etc. You know that the problems on the island are extremely trivial compared with those elsewhere. I suggest that you make your own documentary and put it on Youtube and see how many people are interested in looking at potholes and a list of ferry prices. You might get a niche audience with mental health problems. You would also run out of material in about 10 minutes because there really aren’t that many problems on the island. Maybe call the documentary “John’s really dull video about things that bug him but nobody else gives a damn about”. Episode 1 – Potholes and ferry prices. Episode 2 – Stories about drunk people. Episode 3 – Some car accidents. The end.
Episode 4 ~ Simon Magus.?
You need to read the comment section on last years series where dozens of people had exactly my thoughts.
The real island, not the one they show where they’ve turned the saturation up to full.
It is a light entertainment programme not a gritty documentary about how “tough” life is on the island with a few potholes and some damaged toilets.
Don’t know if you have gone out lately and had a look around, doesn’t sound like it to me. Nice to be wrapped in cotton wool and not give a stuff about reality. Why try to entice people here, when all this TV trash does is lie to people about “how nice” this place is. Locals have to put up with rubbish services, one hospital etc, etc, but we have no choice.
I think someone has already made a documentary on You Tube featuring the run down bits of the island.
At least it would be reality
I wish this FAKE TV programme showed people the real Isle of Wight
24/7 364 days a year parking charges
50p to use toilets
Most expensive Ferry in the world per mile
Drink and Drug drivers every where
Speeding is Rife, no speed cameras on the island
Smell of Cannabis everywhere on the island
Parking on Pavements allowed – look at Regent Street Shanklin
Extortionate Council tax charges
Derelict buildings islandwide
Etc Etc
WELCOME TO THE REAL ISLE OF WIGHT
Maybe you wouldn’t smell cannabis everywhere if you stopped smoking the stuff for a while.
All smokers of such stuff should be deported to
Rwanda, you too can go with them.
Is that because the cannabis is much cheaper in Rwanda? I suppose that is why you take your holidays there. I applaud you for providing such a useful tip for your fellow dope heads.
Get your head out of your arse, and go out and see what is really going on. Fake TV at it’s worst.
You ready don’t like the facts
Greedy Land Developer masquerades as cuddly Alpaca farmer. “Didn’t notice that in mi script” said Mr Titchmarsh.
The last series was shocking. Hardly any true Islanders & the narrating was completely out of sync with the film. Titchmarsh states, “ Over on the East side of the Island is Bembridge, with its large natural harbour”, whilst showing aerial shots of Steephill Cove!!
The people in Yarmouth got a real rum deal. As the programme seemed to be focused on some pompous irritant strutting his stuff, whilst £1m in debt & owing his Island suppliers.
What a person to focus on!!!
How did that Lady of the Manor become the High Sherrif? Why doesn’t the Island appoint a Caulkhead who is working class, contributes to the Island, and has made a difference to the Community?
One person on the Island selfishly contributed 43 years of their life to the youth without taking a day off work. I won’t mention her as she will probably slap me for doing so; however, anyone in Braiding will know her. It’s people like that I’d love to see on the programme interviewed and showing what it is like to be a Caulkhead.
Selflessly?
YES!!… lets air a TV show that will totally destroy the tourist industry on the Island and cost thousands of jobs.
Great idea
They should feature our mediocre MP. There is an election around the corner after all. I’m surprised he’s not all over it!