Coast

The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9,000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine; rebuilding the Titanic using computer images; the story behind the first Butlins holiday camp; and the birth of the Severn Bore. Discover the curious, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas. A 13 part documentary series hosted by Nicholas Crane. Follow him as he and a team of experts including Neil Oliver, Miranda Krestovnikoff and Mark Horton, travel around the coast of Britain to find out what makes the coasts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland such an interesting place. From the White Cliffs of Dover to HMS Victory in Portsmouth, no place goes untouched from the Coast team.