The programme was produced by Southern Television and broadcast on ITV.
Plots varied from Russian spies to romance but all had a somewhat parochial atmosphere.
The first series centres on the arrival of two German strangers who are trying to find sunken treasure.
[3] The overall population seemed to come from all around the world and there were a wide array of accents, creating a cosmopolitan mix within a parochial context.
One typically extreme plot featured both the Bolshoi Ballet and New York Metropolitan Opera arriving on the island at the same time, each wishing to perform, and being offered the quarry as a venue.