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The Best Episodes of Coast Season 1

Every episode of Coast Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Coast Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Coast Season 1

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...

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  1. 9.2/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash

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    Nick retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hoods Bay; Neil goes to the first Butlins Holiday camp in Skegness; whilst Mark sets sail in a recreated bronze age boat; and Alice recreates alum crystals using stale urine!

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  2. 8.9/10(9 votes)

    #2 - The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol

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    Dr Alice Roberts investigates how greed led to a village being washed into the sea; Nick unearths the history of slavery in Plymouth; while Neil and Mark try to wreck a ship with nothing but a candle; and Miranda comes face to face with a shark!

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  3. 8.9/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth

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    Alice discovers 5,000 year old footprints on the beach; whilst Nick investigates our worst lifeboat disaster; Mark is on the track of the Roman conquest of Northern Europe in Maryport and Neil ventures onto the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay.

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  4. 8.9/10(9 votes)

    #4 - The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby

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    Nick explores the holy island of Lindisfarne; Alice helps rebuild Britain's first house in Howick; whilst Neil examines the tensions in South Shields that led to race riots in the 1930s and Miranda gets up close and personal with grey seals.

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  5. 8.9/10(10 votes)

    #5 - The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover

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    Nick investigates the freak floods of 1953; Alice explores the landbridge which joined us to the continent; whilst Nick meets Peter Boggis, a man trying to save his home from the sea; and Neil celebrates Trafalgar 200 examining an eye witness account of the battle.

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  6. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay

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    South Wales has the second highest tidal range in the world. It is the tidal surge that creates the Severn Bore: Nick follows the wave upstream; whilst Neil explores the history of Cardiff coal; and Alice gets acquainted with the Red Lady of Paviland.

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  8. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee

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    Neil discovers the story of a Welsh Atlantis lost beneath the waves; Miranda goes in search of leatherback turtles; whilst Alice descends into the caves of Great Orme and Nick canoes in the treacherous Menai Straits, to examine the bridges across to Anglesey.

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  9. 8.8/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles

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    Neil joins the crew of the trident submarine HMS Vanguard; Miranda goes hunting for Minke whales; whilst Mark and Neil recreate the inter island rocket mail service; and Nick sails the beautiful Western Isles armed only with a 500 year guide book.

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  10. 8.8/10(10 votes)

    #9 - The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick

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    Miranda heads to the Moray Firth, home to bottle nosed dolphins; Nick investigates the impact of the North Sea oil industry; whilst Neil meets a fishing family in Fraserburgh, facing a bleak future; and Alice reflects on the history of whaling in Dundee.

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  11. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #10 - The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast

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    Nick investigates how the building of the Antrim Coast mirrors the troubled history of the province; Neil uses computer imagery to rebuild the Titanic; Alice heads to the Giants Causeway and Mark explores the wreck of a Spanish Armada treasure ship.

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  12. 8.6/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney

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    Nick takes part in a NATO exercise at the Cape Wrath bombing range; Neil meets the descendants of the people displaced by the Highland Clearances; and the survivors of the worst loss of British Naval life in Scapa Flow; whilst Alice visits the Dounreay reactor.

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  13. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #12 - The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth

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    Traditionally the South coast of England is where we've fought our battles, and defended ourselves. A hop, skip and a jump away from the continent, divided only by the narrow stretch of the English Channel. It is Britain's front line.

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    #13 - The Future Coast

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    The final programme examines coastal issues highlighted in earlier episodes: sea level rise and erosion; the health of our seas and wildlife, power generation; and access to our coast; as well as development.

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    #14 - Coast Revisited: West of Scotland - Dover

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash" is the best rated episode of "Coast" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/26/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol".