Coast

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  • : 2005
  • : 83
  • : 7
  • BBC Two
  • Documentary Travel

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The Frontline: Dover to Exmouth
Episode overview
22, 2005
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 stretch of the English Channel. It is Britain's front line.
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The Wild West: Exmouth to Bristol
Episode overview
24, 2005
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 nothing but a candle; and Miranda comes face to face with a shark!
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Times and Tides: Bristol to Cardigan Bay
Episode overview
29, 2005
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 of .. show full overview
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The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay to the Dee
Episode overview
31, 2005
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 canoes in .. show full overview
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Shifting Sands: Liverpool to Solway Firth
Episode overview
05, 2005
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 Maryport and Neil ventures onto the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay.
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The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast
Episode overview
07, 2005
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 Causeway .. show full overview
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Islands and Inlets: West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles
Episode overview
12, 2005
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 sails the beautiful Western Isles armed only with a 500 year guide book.
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Life on the Edge: Cape Wrath to Orkney
Episode overview
14, 2005
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 loss of .. show full overview
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The Working Coast: John O'Groats to Berwick
Episode overview
19, 2005
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, facing a .. show full overview
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The Forgotten Coast: Berwick to Whitby
Episode overview
21, 2005
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 1930s and Miranda gets up close and personal with grey seals.
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The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay to the Wash
Episode overview
26, 2005
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 recreates alum crystals using stale urine!
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The Vanishing Coast: The Wash to Dover
Episode overview
28, 2005
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 sea; .. show full overview
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The Future Coast
Episode overview
02, 2005
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 coast; as well as development.

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