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, s…
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, s…
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Seasons (11)
Season 1
22 Jul 2005 – 2 Sep 2005 · 13 episodes
1The Frontline: Dover to Exmouth22 Jul 2005
2The Wild West: Exmouth to Bristol24 Jul 2005
3Times and Tides: Bristol to Cardigan Bay29 Jul 2005
4The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay to The Dee31 Jul 2005
5Shifting Sands: Liverpool to Solway Firth5 Aug 2005
6The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast7 Aug 2005
7Islands and Inlets: West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles12 Aug 2005
8Life on the Edge: Cape Wrath to Orkney14 Aug 2005
9The Working Coast: John O'Groats to Berwick19 Aug 2005
10The Forgotten Coast: Berwick to Whitby21 Aug 2005
11The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay to The Wash26 Aug 2005
12The Vanishing Coast: The Wash to Dover28 Aug 2005
13The Future Coast2 Sep 2005
Season 2
26 Oct 2006 – 14 Dec 2006 · 8 episodes
1Dover to Isle of Wight26 Oct 2006
2Holyhead to Liverpool2 Nov 2006
3Arran to Gretna9 Nov 2006
4Cornwall & The Isles of Scilly16 Nov 2006
5Dublin to Derry23 Nov 2006
6Newcastle to Hull30 Nov 2006
7The Outer Hebrides7 Dec 2006
8Felixstowe to Goodwin Sands14 Dec 2006
Season 3
3 Jun 2007 – 7 Aug 2007 · 8 episodes
1Shetland to Orkney3 Jun 2007
2Bournemouth to Plymouth10 Jun 2007
3Southport to Whitehaven (Inc. The Isle of Man)17 Jun 2007
4Cardiff to St David's24 Jun 2007
5Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Aberdeen1 Jul 2007
6Galway to Baltimore24 Jul 2007
7King's Lynn to Felixstowe31 Jul 2007
8The Channel Islands to Dover7 Aug 2007
Season 4
14 Jul 2009 – 1 Sep 2009 · 8 episodes
1Whitstable to Isle of Wight14 Jul 2009
2Cap Gris-Nez to Mont Saint-Michel21 Jul 2009
3Lands End to Porthcawl28 Jul 2009
4Cork to Dublin6 Aug 2009
5Anglesey to Blackpool11 Aug 2009
6Inner Hebrides to Faroe Islands18 Aug 2009
7Norway: Lillesand to Svalbard25 Aug 2009
8Rosyth to Hull1 Sep 2009
Season 5
25 Jul 2010 – 2 Sep 2010 · 8 episodes
1Heart of the British Isles - A Grand Tour25 Jul 2010
2Swanage to Land's End28 Jul 2010
3Brittany4 Aug 2010
4Gower to Anglesey8 Aug 2010
5Galway to Arranmore Island11 Aug 2010
6Glasgow to Edinburgh via Caledonian Canal18 Aug 2010