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 5
5x1
Runswick Bay
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 2024
Archaeologist Ben Robinson is in North Yorkshire, exploring how idyllic Runswick Bay was once a place of great danger, despite attracting tourists and inspiring artists.
5x2
Seahouses
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 2024
Archaeologist Ben Robinson casts his eye over the village of Seahouses in Northumberland, where he discovers how the lethal rocks offshore have been both a blessing and a curse.
5x3
St Margaret's
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 2024
On a visit to the white cliffs of the Kent coast, Ben Robinson learns how an exclusive retreat for the rich and famous suddenly became 'Hellfire Corner' during World War II.
5x4
St Agnes
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 27, 2024
Archaeologist Ben Robinson investigates how a Cornish gem of a village became a world-famous centre of tin mining where people made and lost huge fortunes.
5x5
Bucklers Hard
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 2024
Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the tiny Hampshire village that had a huge role in building ships for Nelson's victorious fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
5x6 Season finale
St Bees
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 2024
In Cumbria, on the edge of the Lake District, Ben Robinson finds signs of early Christian pilgrims, while a 500-year-old house turns out to be the birthplace of an Elizabethan VIP.

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