Coast
Coast

Coast

2005 11 Seasons 84 Episodes ⭐ 7.5 Documentary

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth

Traditionally the South coast of England is where we've fought our battles, and defended ourselves. A hop, skip and a ju

EP 2

The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol

Dr Alice Roberts investigates how greed led to a village being washed into the sea; Nick unearths the history of slavery

EP 3

Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay

South Wales has the second highest tidal range in the world. It is the tidal surge that creates the Severn Bore: Nick fo

EP 4

The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee

Neil discovers the story of a Welsh Atlantis lost beneath the waves; Miranda goes in search of leatherback turtles; whil

EP 5

Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth

Alice discovers 5,000 year old footprints on the beach; whilst Nick investigates our worst lifeboat disaster; Mark is on

EP 6

The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast

Nick investigates how the building of the Antrim Coast mirrors the troubled history of the province; Neil uses computer

EP 7

Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles

Neil joins the crew of the trident submarine HMS Vanguard; Miranda goes hunting for Minke whales; whilst Mark and Neil r

EP 8

Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney

Nick takes part in a NATO exercise at the Cape Wrath bombing range; Neil meets the descendants of the people displaced b

EP 9

The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick

Miranda heads to the Moray Firth, home to bottle nosed dolphins; Nick investigates the impact of the North Sea oil indus

EP 10

The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby

Nick explores the holy island of Lindisfarne; Alice helps rebuild Britain's first house in Howick; whilst Neil examines

EP 11

The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash

Nick retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hoods Bay; Neil goes to the first Butlins Holiday camp in Skegness; whilst

EP 12

The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover

Nick investigates the freak floods of 1953; Alice explores the landbridge which joined us to the continent; whilst Nick

EP 13

The Future Coast

The final programme examines coastal issues highlighted in earlier episodes: sea level rise and erosion; the health of o

EP 14

Coast Revisited: West of Scotland - Dover

EP 1

Dover To Isle of Wight

The beautiful cliffs of Dover are a breathtaking sight. On this stretch of the coastline chalk has not only defined and

EP 2

Holyhead To Liverpool

Neil Oliver explores an inaccessible cave inlaid with beautiful stonework - who was the mystery builder? Nick shows us h

EP 3

Arran To Gretna

Why did Alfred Nobel, founder of the famous prizes, pick the South West of Scotland as the ideal site for the world's bi

EP 4

Cornwall & The Isles Of Scilly

Neil Oliver discovers the network of cables under a Porthcurno beach which wrap around the world in a tale of invention,

EP 5

Dublin To Derry

Discover why Dublin is the greatest coastal city, join Mark Horton as he goes in search of the wreck of the SS Great Bri

EP 6

Newcastle To Hull

The concrete and steel of the North East coast conceal a remarkable history of religious passion that transformed Britai

EP 7

The Outer Hebrides

At the outermost edge of the British Isles, we discover the struggle to survive in this harsh but stunningly beautiful m

EP 8

Felixstowe To Margate

Alice Roberts savours the sea salt at Maldon, Miranda Krestovnikoff goes trawling on the Thames and we discover how the

EP 1

Shetland To Orkney

Over 230 islands make up the Northern Isles - The Shetland and Orkney. These magnificent islands are made up of rock sta

EP 2

Bournemouth To Plymouth

Neil explores why Sandbanks in Poole Harbour has some of the world's most expensive houses. Alice builds her own coastal

EP 3

Southport To Whitehaven (Inc. The Isle Of Man)

Miranda is in search of the biggest sharks in British waters. Mark sees the Royal Navy's next generation of top secret '

EP 4

Cardiff To St David's

Neil discovers how a beach became the 'fastest place on earth' 80 years ago. Mark explores how Swansea's monopoly of the

EP 5

Berwick-Upon-Tweed To Aberdeen

Miranda dives into a marine reserve off St Abbs, one of Britain's sites for underwater wildlife. Neil recreates a wartim

EP 6

Galway To Baltimore

Neil discovers how mysterious flotsam inspired Columbus' journey to America. Alice explores the botanical puzzle of "The

EP 7

King's Lynn To Felixstowe

Neil explores the site of an experimental Radar, built to spy on the Soviet Union. Alice tries to capture the beauty of

EP 8

The Channel Islands To Dover

Neil investigates the tragic story of the first channel swimmer. Alice explores Jersey's remarkable post war transformat

EP 1

Whitstable to Isle of Wight

The south coast of England was the home of movies long before a frame was shot in Hollywood, thanks to long hours of day

EP 2

Cap Gris-Nez to Mont Saint-Michel

Castles are an integral part of the history and landscape of Britain, but the art of building a castle was brought acros

EP 3

Lands End to Porthcawl

3,500 years ago, an international demand for Cornish tin put Cornwall at the centre of an internation arms trade. Mixed

EP 4

Cork to Dublin

We visit Cork Harbour, Titanic's last port of call before sailing to disaster, to hear the story of one lucky Irish pass

EP 5

Anglesey to Blackpool

Blackpool is Britain's most visited seaside destination. How has the resort succeeded when others have gone under? The p

EP 6

Inner Hebrides to Faroe Islands

The Sea Eagles of the island of Canna were hunted to extinction, but now they have been brought back. We climb into one

EP 7

Norway: Lillesand To Svalbard

In Coast's Norwegian odyssey we explore how the Ice Age is still affecting Norwegians today; a collapsing mountainside t

EP 8

Rosyth to Hull

On Holy Island, we find out how a Viking attach inadvertently united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, creating a new national i

EP 1

Heart Of The British Isles - A Grand Tour

In this first episode the team embark on an extraordinary circular tour of the Irish Sea to visit every country and terr

EP 2

Swanage to Land's End

Neil Oliver performs the lead role in an extract from Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" on the stage of a remarkable coastal

EP 3

Brittany

Neil Oliver explores the province of Finistère, "The End of the Earth", and meets a lighthouse keeper made famous by on

EP 4

Gower to Anglesey

Neil Oliver takes part in an aerial dogfight to discover why a Nazi flying ace landed his top secret new plane on Welsh

EP 5

Galway to Arranmore Island

Just five months before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, he was riding in an open top limo through

EP 6

Glasgow to Edinburgh via Caledonian Canal

Neil Oliver joins the crew of the last surviving coal fired, steam-powered, "Clyde Puffer". Amateur artist Alice Roberts

EP 7

Denmark

The Danes top the polls as the happiest people on earth and Neil Oliver wants to know what they have to smile about. Nic

EP 8

Hull to London

Neil Oliver visits the birth place of his seafaring hero Lord Nelson. On the eerie shingle bank of Orford Ness, Alice Ro

EP 1

London to Antwerp

The latest adventure begins in the historic heart of London, continues along the south coast of England and out across t

EP 2

The Netherlands

The team's journey continues around the stunning shores of Devon and Cornwall. Nick Crane is on a fishing expedition on

EP 3

Devon and Cornwall

Coast ventures out to brand new territory, the astonishing man-made shoreline of the Netherlands. Nick Crane explores ho

EP 4

Western Isles and Shetland

Coast embarks on an island-hopping adventure in Scotland around the stunning Western Isles and out to the northern outpo

EP 5

Wales Border to Border

Coast travels right around the wonderful Welsh coast from the Severn estuary, to the Dee estuary. Nick Crane investigate

EP 6

Sweden and the Baltic

For centuries Britons have charted a course to the glorious coast of Sweden for its treasure trove of riches, now for th

EP 1

The Mysteries of the Isles

Coast is back in the UK and, for the first time, each episode will feature stories from every part of the British Isles,

EP 2

Life Beyond the Edge

Coast ventures to the furthest flung reaches of the British Isles to discover the most extreme locations, lifestyles and

EP 3

The Hidden History of Harbours

Before air travel, Britain's harbours were gateways to global adventure. There are more than a thousand ports, big and s

EP 4

Peril From The Seas

Nick Crane tells the astonishing tale of the Great Storm of 1703.

EP 5

Riddle Of The Tides

Nick Crane confronts the terrifying power of the tides head-on as he paddles for dear life in a kayak to conquer the fea

EP 6

The Secret Life of Beaches

Coast explores the glorious diversity and delights offered by our beaches.

EP 1

Invaders of the Isles

The team returns to visit more locations around the nation's shoreline, beginning by exploring a diverse range of invasi

EP 2

The Workers' Coast

The team reports on stories of workers from around the UK's shores. Nick Crane is in Grimsby to tell the tale of an aban

EP 3

Joy of the Coast

The presenters seek out the ideal locations to enjoy their personal passions. Nick Crane heads to the Inner Hebrides to

EP 4

Rivers and Seas Collide

The team journey around the great estuaries of Britain where 20 million people live, and a dazzling variety of animals t

EP 5

The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs

Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain. He embarks on an elevated journey to t

EP 6

All At Sea

The Coast team are all at sea, as they head offshore to explore surprising stories of love and death, cannibalism and co

EP 1

The Channel

The team explore stories on both sides of the English Channel. Nick Crane visits Mont St Michel and Mark Horton looks at

EP 2

Secret Paths to Hidden Treasures

Nick Crane visits Cape Wrath, discovering where wolves once trod.

EP 3

The Explorers' Coast

The team discover untold tales of explorers around our shores, and far beyond, including a stop-off down under in Austra

EP 4

Offshore

Coast embarks on its first adventure to North America as this explores British connections far offshore and surprising s

EP 5

Sea and the City

Coast explores surprising stories that connect our great cities to the sea. Nick Crane pays tribute to the unsung and as

EP 6

Winter

The team explore what becomes of our coast in winter. Nick Crane visits Cornwall, the storm central of Britain's rugged

EP 1

Our Holiday Coast

Why do we love to be beside the seaside? Coast finds out why the seaside is good for you.

EP 2

Bounty from the Sea

Coast explores the riches within our seas and the surprising stories of how we use them.

EP 3

Ingenious Isles

Coast explores why we're at our most ingenious and inventive on the edges of our isles.

EP 4

The Irish Sea

Coast investigates how the Irish Sea touches us all and has shaped our island story.

EP 5

Wild Waters

The team takes on nature at its most perilous on the wild waters of the British coast.

EP 6

Caves and Coves

Coast explores the endless nooks and crannies of our curving and twisted coastline.

EP 1

The Great Guide: Cornwall

Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present the ultimate guide to the Cornish coast - from the River Tamar to Tintagel Castle -

EP 2

The Great Guide: Southern Wales

Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present an insider guide to southern Wales - from the Severn Bridge to St Davids - as they

EP 3

The Great Guide: England's South East

Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present their insiders' guide to our frontline shoreline - England's south east. From the h

EP 4

The Great Guide: East Anglia

Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop present the ultimate guide to East Anglia - from The Wash to Canvey Island. Building on the

EP 5

The Great Guide: Our North Sea Coast

Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop present their insiders' guide to the North Sea coast, a stretch that takes in two nations a

EP 6

The Great Guide: Scotland's Western Isles

An insiders' guide to the Western Isles - a coastal cluster of a myriad sea-girt islets that include the Inner and Outer

EP 7

The Great Guide: The Heart of England's South Coast

The ultimate guide to the heart of England's south coast - a stretch book-ended by two pebble beaches at Brighton and Ch

EP 8

The Great Guide: Our Irish Sea Coast

Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop present the ultimate guide to the UK's Irish Sea Coast - a sprawling, dynamic shoreline tha

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