CoastSeries 1
The story of the coastline of the UK and her near neighbours.
Kde se dívat na Coast • Series 1
14 dílů
- The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol
D2The Wild West: Exmouth To BristolDr Alice Roberts investigates how greed led to a village being washed into the sea; Nick unearths the history of slavery in Plymouth; while Neil and Mark try to wreck a ship with nothing but a candle; and Miranda comes face to face with a shark! - Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay
D3Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan BaySouth Wales has the second highest tidal range in the world. It is the tidal surge that creates the Severn Bore: Nick follows the wave upstream; whilst Neil explores the history of Cardiff coal; and Alice gets acquainted with the Red Lady of Paviland. - The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee
D4The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The DeeNeil discovers the story of a Welsh Atlantis lost beneath the waves; Miranda goes in search of leatherback turtles; whilst Alice descends into the caves of Great Orme and Nick canoes in the treacherous Menai Straits, to examine the bridges across to Anglesey. - Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth
D5Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway FirthAlice discovers 5,000 year old footprints on the beach; whilst Nick investigates our worst lifeboat disaster; Mark is on the track of the Roman conquest of Northern Europe in Maryport and Neil ventures onto the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay. - The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast
D6The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland CoastNick investigates how the building of the Antrim Coast mirrors the troubled history of the province; Neil uses computer imagery to rebuild the Titanic; Alice heads to the Giants Causeway and Mark explores the wreck of a Spanish Armada treasure ship. - Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles
D7Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western IslesNeil joins the crew of the trident submarine HMS Vanguard; Miranda goes hunting for Minke whales; whilst Mark and Neil recreate the inter island rocket mail service; and Nick sails the beautiful Western Isles armed only with a 500 year guide book. - Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney
D8Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To OrkneyNick takes part in a NATO exercise at the Cape Wrath bombing range; Neil meets the descendants of the people displaced by the Highland Clearances; and the survivors of the worst loss of British Naval life in Scapa Flow; whilst Alice visits the Dounreay reactor. - The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick
D9The Working Coast: John O'Groats To BerwickMiranda heads to the Moray Firth, home to bottle nosed dolphins; Nick investigates the impact of the North Sea oil industry; whilst Neil meets a fishing family in Fraserburgh, facing a bleak future; and Alice reflects on the history of whaling in Dundee. - The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby
D10The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To WhitbyNick explores the holy island of Lindisfarne; Alice helps rebuild Britain's first house in Howick; whilst Neil examines the tensions in South Shields that led to race riots in the 1930s and Miranda gets up close and personal with grey seals. - The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The WashD11
The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The WashNick retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hoods Bay; Neil goes to the first Butlins Holiday camp in Skegness; whilst Mark sets sail in a recreated bronze age boat; and Alice recreates alum crystals using stale urine! - The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover
D12The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To DoverNick investigates the freak floods of 1953; Alice explores the landbridge which joined us to the continent; whilst Nick meets Peter Boggis, a man trying to save his home from the sea; and Neil celebrates Trafalgar 200 examining an eye witness account of the battle.
