Coast

Name: Coast
Released: 2005-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Nicholas Crane, Neil Oliver, Mark Horton

TV Show · Travel

An entertaining and ambitious exploration of coastline, celebrating the unique character of coastal communities. Coast explores a wealth of fascinating human stories through a mixture of expert testimonies, contemporary storytelling and stunning aerial photography.

2005 · 59m

Starring Nicholas Crane, Neil Oliver, Mark Horton

Director Rowan Crawford, James Mair

EPISODE 1

The Channel

The team explores surprising stories on both sides of our shallowest, narrowest and busiest seaway - the English Channel. Nick Crane is on the Channel's French coast to experience the secret life of Mont St Michel.

29m
EPISODE 2

Secret Paths to Hidden Treasures

Britain's last great wilderness, the stunning Cape Wrath, is the stomping ground for Nick Crane who must make his own path to his favourite beach, an isolated sandy treasure on which few have set foot.

43m
EPISODE 3

The Explorers' Coast

In Cornwall Nick Crane uncovers the most astonishing artistic exploration of Britain's coast. Two hundred years ago William Daniell embarked on a ten-year journey right around the edge of Britain to produce illustrations.

50m
EPISODE 4

Offshore!

Nick Crane journeys over the Atlantic to Nova Scotia in Canada. Attending a gathering of descendants from the MacNeil clan, Nick discovers how centuries-old traditions, now forgotten even in Scotland, have been kept alive in Nova Scotia.

29m
EPISODE 5

Sea and the City

Nick Crane pays tribute to the unsung and astonishing mega-port of Immingham, and Tessa Dunlop uncovers the astonishing story of how Hitler's bombers could have drowned London, and possibly won the Second World War.

50m
EPISODE 6

Winter

For the first time the team explore what becomes of our coast in winter. In this `secret season' our shore is battered by wild weather - but teeming with life if you know where to look.

50m