Coast (2005)

Name: Coast
Rating: 7.5

Rating: 7.5

Synopsis

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, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas.

First Air Date: 2005-07-22

Last Air Date: 2016-11-09

Number of Seasons: 11

Number of Episodes: 84

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Miranda Krestovnikoff as Presenter
Alice Roberts as N/A

Seasons

Series 1 (2005)

Series 2 (2006)

Series 3 (2007)

Series 4 (2009)

Series 5 (2010)

Series 6 (2011)

Series 7 (2012)

Series 8 (2013)

Series 9 (2014)

Series 10 (2015)

Season 11 (2016)

Series 1 (2005)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth (2005-07-22)

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.
Ep. 2: The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol (2005-07-24)

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!
Ep. 3: Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay (2005-07-29)

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 Cardiff coal; and Alice gets acquainted with the Red Lady of Paviland.
Ep. 4: The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee (2005-07-31)

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 the treacherous Menai Straits, to examine the bridges across to Anglesey.
Ep. 5: Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth (2005-08-05)

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.
Ep. 6: The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast (2005-08-07)

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 and Mark explores the wreck of a Spanish Armada treasure ship.
Ep. 7: Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles (2005-08-12)

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.
Ep. 8: Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney (2005-08-14)

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 British Naval life in Scapa Flow; whilst Alice visits the Dounreay reactor.
Ep. 9: The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick (2005-08-19)

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 bleak future; and Alice reflects on the history of whaling in Dundee.
Ep. 10: The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby (2005-08-21)

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.
Ep. 11: The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash (2005-08-26)

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!
Ep. 12: The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover (2005-08-28)

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; and Neil celebrates Trafalgar 200 examining an eye witness account of the battle.
Ep. 13: The Future Coast (2005-09-02)

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.
Ep. 14: Coast Revisited: West of Scotland - Dover (2005-12-25)

No overview for this episode.