Britain by Beach

Anita Rani travels the country revealing the remarkable secret history of Britain's beaches. In Devon she visits a haunted village, learns about a wartime disaster and discovers the secrets of Agatha Christie.

Anita Rani visits beautiful, remote beaches and learns of a historic land speed record, the poems of Dylan Thomas, the world's first ever 'wireless' message sent over water, and the tale of a daring escape by a young Tudor king.

Anita Rani explores the secret history of Scotland's east coast beaches. She learns how the national crown jewels were smuggled out of Dunnottar Castle, discovers how Sir Walter Scott reinvented the idea of Scotland, and tastes Arbroath Smokie.

Anita Rani reveals the remarkable secret history of Yorkshire and Northumberland's beaches and windswept coasts, from the shipwreck in Whitby that inspired the scene in the novel 'Dracula' to the Viking raid on Lindisfarne in 793.

In Cornwall, Anita Rani explores smuggling in Polperro and buried Victorian marvels at Porthcurno Beach. She also tries belly boarding in Perranporth and fishing for lobster in Padstow.

Anita Rani reveals some of the secrets of coastal Kent, from Martello towers and a forgotten hero of Dunkirk, to James Bond and the master painter JMW Turner's Margate love affair.