Editing Sark (section)

==Sark in media==
There are many examples of media taking Sark as an inspiration or setting.

===Norman literature===
Although there is no record of literature about Sark in Sercquiais, [[Guernésiais]] and [[Jèrriais literature]] has included writing about Sark; for example by such authors as [[Edwin John Luce]],<ref>''La Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey'', 24 August 1910</ref> [[Thomas Alfred Grut|Thomas Grut]],<ref>''La Gazette de Guernesey'', 18 July 1925</ref> [[George F. Le Feuvre]],<ref>''[[Jersey Evening Post]]'', 15 August 1969</ref> and [[Denys Corbet]].<ref>''Le Bailliage'', 10 September 1892</ref>

===English literature===
* [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|Algernon Swinburne]] wrote a poem, ''In Sark'', which appears in the collection ''A Century of Roundels''.
* [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s ''[[Sir Nigel]]'' (1906) includes a sub-plot where Black Simon of Norwich, a man at arms travelling with Sir Nigel Loring to war, obtains permission from Sir Robert Knolles to go ashore to Sark under cover of darkness. He takes his friend the archer Samkin Alward with him and beheads the (so-called) King of Sark in payment of a wager.
* [[William Arthur Dunkerley|John Oxenham]] wrote ''Carette of Sark'' (1907) and ''The Perilous Lovers'' (1924), historical novels largely set on Sark. His 1910 novel ''A Maid of the Silver Sea'' uses the mines of Little Sark as its setting.
* The novel ''[[Mr Pye]]'', by [[Mervyn Peake]], is set on Sark. The book has been adapted for radio and television. The TV series, filmed on Sark, starred [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Judy Parfitt]], and featured a number of islanders. Peake lived on the island for several years as a painter before he began writing. The setting of his best known novels, the ''[[Gormenghast (series)|Gormenghast]]'' series, may have been inspired by Sark.
* ''Dame of Sark'', the memoirs of the 21st Seigneur [[Sibyl Mary Hathaway]], who was present during the German occupation, were made into a play and television drama of the same name.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215060322/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2008|quote=Nearly all 560 subjects of the medieval fiefdom of Sark gathered last week around a gnarled oak tree in their parish churchyard to mourn Dame Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway, 21st Seigneur of Sark. |title=Death of a Dame|date=29 July 1974|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref> Dame Sibyl also wrote ''[[Maid of Sark]]'', an historical romance published in 1939; set in the sixteenth century, it incorporates events related to the defence of the island against the Bretons.
* The novel ''[[Appointment with Venus]]'' by [[Jerrard Tickell]] is set on the fictional island of Armorel, which is presumed to be based on Sark. The 1951 [[Appointment with Venus (film)|film]] of the book used Sark as a principal location.
* [[Bill Hopkins (novelist)|Bill Hopkins']] 1957 novel ''[[The Divine and the Decay]]'' (republished in 1984 under the title ''The Leap'') is set primarily on a fictional island named Vachau. It is believed that Sark was the inspiration for this island. Hopkins went to Sark as part of his research for the novel.
* [[Sarah Caudwell]]'s ''[[The Sirens Sang of Murder]]'' (1989) is partly set in Sark, and contains references to John Oxenham's ''The Perilous Lovers''.
*''The Last Kings of Sark:'' ''A Novel'' by [[Rosa Rankin-Gee]] is a 2015 coming-of-age story set in Sark. 
* The 2016 novel ''Iron Chamber of Memory'' by [[John C. Wright (author)|John C. Wright]] is set in Sark.

===French literature ===
[[Maurice Leblanc]]'s horror/mystery novel {{Lang|fr|L'Île aux Trente Cercueils}} (translated in English as ''The Secret of Sarek'') features an island called Sarek, off the coast of Brittany, which bears obvious similarities to Sark.

===In music===
Irish musician, composer and singer [[Enya]]'s 2015 album ''[[Dark Sky Island]]'' was inspired by Sark's designation as the first 'dark sky island'. Certain songs on the album, the title track especially, explore the stars, skies and nature.<ref name=HUFFPOST15>{{cite web|title=Enya On Her First Album In Seven Years And The Secret To Her Success|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/enya-interview-dark-sky-island_us_562003b3e4b0c5a1ce62a506|work=The Huffington Post|first=Julia|last=Brucculieri|date=2 November 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Enya talks about Dark Sky Island – Enya.sk|url=http://enya.sk/2015/10/enya-talks-about-dark-sky-island/|website=enya.sk|date=13 October 2015 |access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref>

Dutch electronic musician [[Legowelt]] released a three-track 12" single named after the island, "Sark Island Acid", on the American record label [[L.I.E.S.]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sark Island Acid|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2915964-Legowelt-Sark-Island-Acid|website=discogs.com|access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>

===Television===
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* The 1986 television adaptation of ''[[Mr Pye]]'' by [[Mervyn Peake]] and starring [[Derek Jacobi]] was filmed on the island. The original novel is also set on Sark.
* Sark featured in the 6th episode of the fourth series of ''[[The New Statesman (1987 TV series)|The New Statesman]]'', ''The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard''.
* Part of the seventh episode of the second series of [[World War II]] television drama ''[[Enemy at the Door]]'' takes place in Sark. [[La Coupée]] features in a number of scenes.
* Sark, and in particular the Gouliot Caves, features in episode 8 of series 3 of the BBC television series ''[[Coast (TV series)|Coast]]''.
* Sark was featured in Episode 3 of the 2009 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series ''[[Islands of Britain (TV series)|Islands of Britain]]'', presented by [[Martin Clunes]].
* Series 7 and 8 of the [[BBC Two]] six-episode television series ''[[An Island Parish]]'' follows the Anglican priest and Methodist minister on Sark. It was first broadcast in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nzqzp|title=Series 7, An Island Parish |website=BBC Two|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref> and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03qgtzn|title=An Island Parish, Series 8 – Sark Winter, Tis the Season|website=BBC Two|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
* One of the episodes of ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' called "Burnt"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Bergerac|title=Bergerac|date=9 March 2018|website=The Island Wiki|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> was mostly filmed on Sark. ''Bergerac'' was a Jersey-based BBC and Australia's [[Seven Network]] detective drama starring [[John Nettles]], filmed between 1981 and 1991. The episode featured a fight on and over the edge of La Coupée.