BBC 4 - Fair Isle - Living on the Edge

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Anyone watching this? It's so interesting. Only 55 people living there - would anyone fancy doing that?

Is it being repeated? I've seen it before.

I've been to Shetland and loved it, but I think it's a teeming metropolis compared to Fair Isle. Don't think I could stand such a small place for that long, beautiful though it is!

People all seem to have multiple jobs, which I think is interesting. Sadly I don't think I have that many skills. I'm not a good candidate, basically Would you fancy it, OP?

I saw it last time it was on. It was fascinating. I'm so intrigued by remote islands, although I'd hate to live on one. It must be so difficult to have to send your kids away off the island for secondary school.

There was a very upsetting scene or two where a young boy is being sent away to boarding school. He's only 11 and cries every time it's mentioned. Really awful.

I would really hate to live somewhere like that. Apparently there used to be 500 or 600 or thereabouts inhabitants, but now it's 55. That's less than my street, on the whole island!

I wouldn't have any of the skills, nor any interest in developing them, either, but I could see how some people would love it. It's very, very hard work, though.

I haven't had time to watch Fair Isle yet but the island was shown on BBC1's Island Medics ep2 last week, when a doctor and nurse from Shetland did their monthly visit there, Fair Isle is desperate for a resident nurse.
It was a nice moment when the nurse picked up a fiddle and played a song to accompany the 94 yr old Fair Islander.

I hoped that the boy was OK once he got to school. I didn't go to boarding school and I know it's not quite the same, but I remember being frightened and crying before school trips etc, but then being totally fine once I was away from my parents.