Nicholas Crane and the team visit the coastal areas of Blackpool and Morecambe Bay. They explore the dangerous sand flats of the bay under the watchful eye of an experienced guide and learn the skills involved in both cleaning and lighting Blackpool tower.
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Series 8 Reversions: Episode 15
On their journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, the team look at the secret life of the sea and how it shapes our cliffs.
11-01-2024
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions: 21. Loch Creran
Coast visits Loch Creran on the Scottish west coast, where industrious little worms have constructed a remarkable 'worm city' that is one of the biggest of its kind in the world.
01-01-2024
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions: 22. Whitstable To Red Sands Sea Fort
Beginning at the famous Oyster Festival in Whitstable, Neil Oliver ventures offshore to the remarkable Red Sands Sea Forts. Built as air defences in the Second World War they we ...
13-09-2023
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions: 8. The Hidden History Of Harbours 2
A look at the hidden history of harbours, which, before air travel, were Britain's gateways to global adventure. There are more than a thousand ports, big and small, around the ...
26-08-2023
BBC 2
Shorts: Shipwrecks
Nicholas Crane visits the Cornish coastline and discovers the mystery and tragedy behind many past shipwrecks. He hears about the tales told of ships being lured onto the rocks ...
12-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 5. All At Sea
The coast team are all at sea as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
23-04-2023
BBC 2
Shorts: 49. Dublin To Belfast
From Dublin to Belfast, a look at how the sea has shaped the island of Ireland. Neil Oliver investigates the history of the area.
12-03-2023
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 6. The Secret Life Of Sea Cliffs 2
The Coast team explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain.
18-03-2019
BBC 2
Shorts: 35. The Welsh Atlantis
Nicholas Crane takes a stroll around the churchyard of St Bridget's, where the gravestones reveal the adventurous spirit of past generations. Neil Oliver investigates the submer ...
12-10-2015
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions: 12. Ravenscar To Hull
Mark Horton travels to Ravenscar to investigate the resort that never was, and Neil Oliver is in Hull to retrace the footsteps of 19th-century immigrants who passed through the ...
09-02-2016
BBC 2
Coast Australia - The Kimberley
Series exploring Australia's coastline. Tim Flannery walks the Dinosaur Coast and Neil Oliver wrestles the southern hemisphere's biggest tides at Horizontal Falls.
14-05-2014
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions - The Mysteries Of The Isles
Coast returns to the UK to explore the universal themes that bind everyone together. Nick Crane begins by signing on as a deckhand with a tall ship.
29-08-2014
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions: 10. The Secret Life Of Beaches 1
Coast explores the glorious diversity and endless delights offered by our beaches. The British Isles's stunning range of sand, shingle and rock formations creates some wonderful ...
20-02-2019
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions - Glasgow To Edinburgh Via Caledonian Canal
A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.
13-05-2014
BBC 2