Britain by Beach

Anita visits a haunted village and a luxury hotel loved by Agatha Christie.

Anita Rani explores the coastline of South Wales, visiting the beaches where Henry Tudor fled into exile during the Wars of the Roses, and Malcolm Campbell broke the 150mph land speed record in 1925. In Llansteffan, Anita discovers that the ancient livelihood of cockling is still alive and well, and she also visits the place where a wireless message was sent over water for the first time and meets the granddaughter of Dylan Thomas.

Anita Rani presents a guide to the coastline of Eastern Scotland, including the world's oldest sea-washed lighthouse and Second World War fortifications in the Firth of Forth. She also discovers how the Scottish crown jewels were smuggled out of Dunottar Castle, and how Sir Walter Scott used a royal visit in 1822 to reinvent the idea of Scotland.

Yorkshire and Northumberland: Anita explores explores a shipwreck in Whitby to Vikings on Lindisfarne