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===Television=== * ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'', the BBC's 1970s post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama set after a worldwide pandemic kills off most of humanity, features an episode in which 500 survivors holed up in London are to be relocated to the Isle of Wight. Though referred to many times in the Series 2 episode "Lights of London β Part 2", the move itself is not shown (nor any footage of the island).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/a-world-away/Basics_Episodes.php|title=Survivors: Episode guide|date=23 December 2020}}</ref> * ITV's dramatisation of [[Dennis Potter]]'s work ''[[Blade on the Feather]]'' (19 October 1980) was filmed on the island.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080443/?ref_=nv_sr_1 | title=Blade on the Feather (1980) | website=Internet Movie Database | access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref> * A 2002 ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' feature showed an [[Aston Martin]] being driven around Cowes, East Cowes, and along the Military Road and seawall at Freshwater Bay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isleofwightguru.co.uk/blog/top-gear-on-the-isle-of-wight-starring-red-funnel-and-the-military-road|title=Top Gear on the Isle of Wight, starring Red Funnel and the Military Road|website=Isle of Wight Guru|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> * The setting for ''[[Free Rein]]'' was based on the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yoppul.co.uk/yoppulv1/2017/07/watch-isle-of-wight-writers-netflix-series-free-rein/ |title=Isle of Wight |work=yoppul.co.uk |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * Portions of the 2021 drama series ''[[It's a Sin (TV series)|It's a Sin]]'' on [[Channel 4]] were supposedly set in the Isle of Wight, the home of one of the lead characters, although they were actually filmed in [[Rhos-on-Sea]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Kathryn|date=22 January 2021|title=It's A Sin locations: Where is the new Channel 4 drama filmed?|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/its-a-sin-locations-19650081|access-date=20 August 2021|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}</ref> and [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The scenes in Channel 4's 'It's a Sin' that were filmed in Bangor |url=https://www.thebangoraye.com/the-scenes-in-channel-4s-its-a-sin-that-were-filmed-in-bangor/ |website=The Bangor Aye |access-date=21 August 2021 |date=31 January 2021}}</ref> in north Wales. * The sitcom ''[[The Cockfields]]'' is set on the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_cockfields/|title=The Cockfields β Gold Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref>
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