Their daughter Jo Bishop is the producer of Blood, Sweat and Takeaways, an acclaimed documentary series, which revealed the back-breaking working conditions in Asian countries, where much of our food is produced.
This is just the latest success fo
r Jo, who grew up on Hayling – and has gone on to become a top television producer.
She was educated at Hayling School - now The Hayling College - and at Westminster College.
Jo, aged 42, now lives in Kensington with her partner David and three-year-old son, Luca.
Last month she was paying one of her frequent visits to Hayling to see her parents, who live at Staunton Avenue, and her brother Jonathan, who also lives on the Island.
She said: "I love coming back to Hayling to see the family. It all started here, when I was quite young.
"My grandma encouraged me to take part in a poetry competition organised by BBC Radio Solent. I ended up reading my poem on air.
"From then I started wanting to be a writer and to work in radio. I ended up at local radio station Ocean Sound."
Dad Mike also remembers the competition. He said: "When she read her poem on the radio, she was absolutely confident.
"We recognised then that she was in her element. Naturally, we are very proud of her."
Over the years, Jo moved first to BBC Radio Solent, on to network radio and eventually to network TV, learning the craft of programme director and the project management skills of a producer.
She became involved in a wide range of programmes, including the Chris Evans Show on Radio One and the first two series of reality TV monster Big Brother.
More recently, she was nominated for a BAFTA for her work on Blood, Sweat and Tshirts, which looked behind the scenes of the fashion industry in India.
This attracted the largest audience ever to the digital TV station, but the programme lost out when up against Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, made for Sky, Channel Four's The Family, and eventual winner Amazon with Bruce Parry.
The follow-up series, Blood, Sweat and Takeaways, followed the progress a group of young British people who went to work in the food industries of the Far East – was aired during May.
They helped to grow rice in Thailand, joined the production line in a tuna canning factory in Sulawesi and worked at a prawn farm in Kalimantan.
Working and living alongside the local people, the British visitors were deeply shocked by the living conditions, the intense pressure of work and the low wages.
Jo and her colleagues also had to "rough it" on location as they researched and filmed the series.
She said: "We selected six young people to take part and they were all warned that it would be a tough, life-changing experience.
"But, no matter how many times we said this, they still had no idea how hard it would be.
"After experiencing this for myself, I'd like to see much more emphasis on Fair Trade.
"I now realise that the Co-op is a great champion of Fair Trade, trying to make sure that the workers are not exploited and do have access to such things as health care and clean water.
"We need much more awareness. Most supermarkets offer Fair Trade bananas, coffee and chocolate but it would be good if this could be expanded into other kinds of food as well."
Jo is hoping to continue in the field of campaigning journalism, but so far has not chosen her next project.
Next month, the whole family will be meeting up again for a holiday at Longleat.
Recent episodes of Blood, Sweat and Takeaways can be seen online at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
