Coast

Coast

2005 11 Seasons ⭐ 7.5
Documentary

The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9,000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine; rebuilding the Titanic using computer images; the story behind the first Butlins holiday camp; and the birth of the Severn Bore. Discover the curious, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas.

Seasons

1. The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth

2005-07-22

Traditionally the South coast of England is where we've fought our battles, and defended ourselves. A hop, skip and a jump away from the continent, divided only by the narrow stre…

2. The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol

2005-07-24

Dr 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 …

3. Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay

2005-07-29

South 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 o…

4. The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee

2005-07-31

Neil 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 can…

5. Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth

2005-08-05

Alice 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 Mary…

6. The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast

2005-08-07

Nick 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 C…

7. Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles

2005-08-12

Neil 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 sail…

8. Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney

2005-08-14

Nick 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 l…

9. The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick

2005-08-19

Miranda 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, fac…

10. The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby

2005-08-21

Nick 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…

11. The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash

2005-08-26

Nick 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 r…

12. The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover

2005-08-28

Nick 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 …

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13. The Future Coast

2005-09-02

The final programme examines coastal issues highlighted in earlier episodes: sea level rise and erosion; the health of our seas and wildlife, power generation; and access to our c…

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14. Coast Revisited: West of Scotland - Dover

2005-12-25

No overview.

Top Cast

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Miranda Krestovnikoff

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