Episodes (6)

London to Antwerp
S06E01 · London to Antwerp

Jun 05, 2011

Nick Crane visits a project to build a new seaport for London, before travelling across the channel to Belgium, where he takes a ride on a tram that runs along the country's coastline. Alice Roberts learns how to be a seaside landlady in Margate, and Neil Oliver tells the story of British forces' efforts to stop Hitler's biggest battleships reaching the coast of Kent during the Second World War. Back in Belgium, Mark Horton reveals the city of Bruges's role in the history of brick-making, and Miranda Krestovnikoff goes shrimp-fishing on horseback.

The Netherlands
S06E02 · The Netherlands

Jun 19, 2011

The team travels to Holland, and the astonishing man-made shoreline of the Netherlands. Nick Crane explores how Dutch engineers created massive coastal defences following the great North Sea floods in 1953, which killed thousands of people. Nick also discovers how, during the Second World War, traitors from the British Indian Army took part in the Nazi occupation of the tiny isle of Texel - the unlikely site for the last battle in Europe of the Second World War. Historian Tessa Dunlop investigates how the tulip trade nearly bankrupted the country 400 years ago, and ...

Devon and Cornwall
S06E03 · Devon and Cornwall

Jun 26, 2011

Nick Crane visits the Devon and Cornwall coastlines, joining a fishing expedition on board one of the last remaining Brixham trawlers. He also explores how Henry VIII, fearing attack after his famous divorce, built a string of cleverly positioned forts all along the south coast. Miranda Krestovnikoff goes snorkelling in the Isles of Scilly, in the underwater seagrass meadows. Mark Horton recalls how Lawrence of Arabia helped develop rescue boats in Plymouth, Dick Strawbridge learns about the steam-power revolution pioneered in the tin mines of Cornwall, and Alice ...

Western Isles and Shetland
S06E04 · Western Isles and Shetland

Jul 03, 2011

The team goes island-hopping around the Western Isles and out to Shetland. On Eriskay, Nick meets up with a family of dolphins, hunts for gannets with the Guga hunters of Lewis. Neil Oliver hears the tragic story of a 1918 shipwreck off the Isle of Lewis in which more than 200 servicemen returning from the First World War were drowned. Hermione Cockburn tests the acoustic qualities of Fingal's Cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, and Miranda Krestovnikoff investigates a project to breed a super-strong Shetland pony. Tessa Dunlop is on a deep-sea survey ship to ...

Wales - Border to Border
S06E05 · Wales - Border to Border

Jul 10, 2011

The team explores the Welsh coast from the Severn estuary to the Dee estuary. Nick Crane investigates evidence that a devastating tsunami hit 400 years ago, and finds out why scientists planning a trip to Mars find the local landscape a surprisingly good stand-in for the red planet's surface. Alice Roberts tests the claim that the world's first powered flight was made by a Welsh carpenter seven years before the Wright brothers and Dick Strawbridge reveals how, in 1947, a man on holiday to Anglesey came up with the design for a new car that would conquer the world - ...

Sweden and the Baltic
S06E06 · Sweden and the Baltic

Jul 17, 2011

The team explores British connections to the Swedish coast. Nick Crane views a mountain range still rising at the rate of one centimetre a year - and discovers a similar phenomenon is also occurring in the Highlands of Scotland. Alice Roberts reveals how merchant seamen from Hull helped save the Second World War military effort by sneaking a vital shipment of Swedish ball bearings past the German Navy. Mark Horton visits the wreck of the Vasa, a ship commissioned 400 years ago to spearhead the Swedish navy, only to sink on its maiden voyage. Dick Strawbridge climbs ...

About

Coast Season 6 (2011) is released on Jun 05, 2011 and the latest season 11 of Coast is released in 2016. Watch Coast online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Coast is directed by Rowan Crawford,James Mair,Dan Davis,Jonathan Barker and created by David Stafford with Nicholas Crane and Neil Oliver.

The story of the coastline of the UK and her near neighbours.

As know as:

Coast

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

BBC Birmingham, The Open University

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