Many thanks to Chris Weston for giving us the heads up on a series of articles being run on Meridian this week about the Isle of Wight Festival.
You might recognise Chris’ name from the exhibition he currently has running at Quay Arts from the 1970 Festival.
Starting tonight with IOW:The Story, Fred Dinenage looks at the set up, failure and successes of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
Rest of the week
Tomorrow goes into the history of the Festival, how it came about, the dawning of a new era, the Vietnam war.
Wednesday is a Spandau Ballet special. Thursday hears from viewers who were there at the Festival in 1970.
Friday sees Divya Kohli reporting from the 2010 Isle of Wight Festival.
Tune in from 6pm to Meridian or keep an eye on the Meridian Website where updates will be added as the week goes on.
