Villages by the Sea

  • Premiered: Dec 2019
  • Episodes: 37
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • BBC One North West
  • Monday at 19
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 4
4x1
Culross
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 2023
Ben Robinson visits Culross, a stunning 17th-century village that was a major centre for Scottish coal mining and the first underwater sea coal shaft in the world.
4x2
Port Carlisle
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 2023
Ben Robinson explores the remains of a lost harbour in Port Carlisle, a once-thriving port that hoped to rival Liverpool.
4x3
Cushendall
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 2023
Ben Robinson travels to Cushendall in Northern Ireland to explore the Curfew Tower and schoolhouse, built by its forward-thinking 19th-century merchant landlord.
4x4
Holkham
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 2023
Ben Robinson makes an amazing discovery at Norfolk’s Holkham estate – its lost medieval village, seen for the first time since its disappearance 200 years ago.
4x5
Solva
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 2023
Ben Robinson discovers some of the impressive and well preserved lime kilns in Solva, Wales, and how this industry helped feed a growing nation.
4x6
Beer
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 2023
Ben Robinson heads to Beer, Devon, home to beer stone, which has been quarried since Roman times and has been used in many of England's cathedrals and iconic buildings.
4x7
Seaton Sluice
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 2023
Ben Robinson travels to Seaton Sluice, home to the notorious Delaval family and the site of a past bottle works that shaped the village.
4x8
Porthgain
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 24, 2023
Ben Robinson unearths the past of Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, built for its industry exporting slate, then brickwork, then finally stone used for the nation’s roads.
4x9
Greyabbey
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 2023
Ben Robinson unearths the past of Greyabbey, a village on Northern Ireland’s beautiful Strangford Lough, and discovers the history of its money-making kelp industry.
4x10 Season finale
Johnshaven
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 2023
Ben Robinson travels to Johnshaven, a once-important Scottish fishing village that diversified into the flax and jute trade when its skilled sailors were press-ganged into the Royal Navy.

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