The Best Episodes of Coast Season 1

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   7.5/10(14 votes)

   #1 - The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth

   S1:E17/22/2005

   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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   8.9/10(9 votes)

   #2 - The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol

   S1:E27/24/2005

   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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   8.8/10(9 votes)

   #3 - Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay

   S1:E37/29/2005

   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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   8.8/10(9 votes)

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

   S1:E47/31/2005

   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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   8.9/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth

   S1:E58/5/2005

   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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   8.6/10(10 votes)

   #6 - The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast

   S1:E68/7/2005

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

   S1:E78/12/2005

   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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   8.6/10(12 votes)

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

   S1:E88/14/2005

   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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   8.8/10(10 votes)

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

   S1:E98/19/2005

   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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    8.9/10(9 votes)

    #10 - The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby

    S1:E108/21/2005

    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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    9.2/10(10 votes)

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

    S1:E118/26/2005

    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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    8.9/10(10 votes)

    #12 - The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover

    S1:E128/28/2005

    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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    #13 - The Future Coast

    S1:E139/2/2005

    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

    S1:E1412/25/2005

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