As 1980s tv series, Howards' Way, which was filmed in The Solent (around the Isle of Wight) returns to UKTV Play, we have been looking at its links to the Island and its residents.

UKTV Play has been showing the original tv drama, since Monday, January 2.

Watch Howards' Way for yourself HERE!

Isle of Wight resident Christopher Jackson has shared photos with the County Press of the two occasions when he met its star, Jan Harvey.

Isle of Wight County Press: Christopher Jackson with Jan Harvey.Christopher Jackson with Jan Harvey. (Image: Christopher Jackson.)

In 2010, he met her outside a theatre in Wimbledon, where she was starring in Calendar Girls.

Five years later, he saw Jan again, at a memorial service to her former Calendar Girls co-star, Lynda Bellingham.

What is Howards' Way?

Launched in the same year as Eastenders, the BBC's answer to Dallas and Dynasty was set in the fictional coastal town of Tarrant.

Plots revolved around the lives of the highly privileged south coast yachting set. 

The classy power couple at the heart of the drama were Jan and Tom Howard, played by Jan Harvey and Maurice Colbourne.

Kate O'Mara, Tracey Childs and Glyn Owen, as Jack Rolfe, also featured. 

The series was produced by BBC Birmingham and was originally screened between 1985 and 1990.

Among the local sites to feature were The Needles and the Island's famous lighthouse.

Isle of Wight County Press: Jan Harvey and Maurice Colbourne as Jan and Tom Howard, in Howards' Way.Jan Harvey and Maurice Colbourne as Jan and Tom Howard, in Howards' Way. (Image: UKTV Play.)

On Facebook, Graham Pountney revealed he played powerboat enthusiast 'Mark Foster' in the show.

His character's business was taken over by Ken Masters (Stephen Yardley), before Mark was later killed in a dramatic powerboat crash.

These days, Graham runs Ryde-based Theatre Reviva!.

Heather Wilson commented on Facebook to tell us she was an extra in the show, before praising the quality of the food on set.

Isle of Wight County Press: Tracey Childs and Maurice Colbourne as Lynne and Tom Howard in Howards' Way.Tracey Childs and Maurice Colbourne as Lynne and Tom Howard in Howards' Way. (Image: UKTV Play.)

Did you get to meet any of the cast and crew when they were here? Maybe you featured as an extra?

  • Email photos of the locations, then or now, and your memories of the show to editor@iwcp.co.uk
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  • Scroll down and click on the link at the bottom of this story, to share your photos!

Isle of Wight County Press: Jan Harvey and Maurice Colbourne as Jan and Tom Howard, in Howards' Way.Jan Harvey and Maurice Colbourne as Jan and Tom Howard, in Howards' Way. (Image: UKTV Play.)