The imposing castle at Harlech is one of the best preserved in Britain but Mark Horton discovers how it would have looked radically different and even more terrifying when it was built to subdue the Welsh in the 13th century. Across the bay, Neil Oliver is at the Welsh's rival castle at Criccieth.
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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
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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
Series 8 Reversions: 14. Rivers And Seas Collide 2
The Coast team visit the most dynamic and dramatic of our waterways to discover surprising stories that emerge where rivers and seas collide.
06-11-2021
BBC 2
Series 9 - Winter
The team explore Britain's coast in winter. Nick Crane visits Cornwall, the storm central of Britain's coastline, and Neil Oliver attends Shetland's Viking Fire Festival.
17-07-2019
BBC 2
Series 8: 1. Invaders Of The Isles
Revealing surprising stories of invasions around the British Isles. \n\nNick Crane explores how the remarkable history of Guernsey reveals both the risks and rewards of invasion ...
10-01-2020
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