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: 5. All At Sea
The coast team are all at sea as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
01-12-2024
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 12
The Coast team explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain.
30-11-2024
BBC 2
Series 9 - Offshore!
Coast embarks on its first adventure to North America, exploring British connections far offshore and surprising stories in the waters just off Britain's shoreline.
30-07-2024
BBC 2
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.
25-06-2024
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions: 14. Brighton's Early Cinema
Neil Oliver becomes a silent movie director as he films a scene from The Mayor of Casterbridge using an antique camera, to reveal how pioneers in Brighton taught the world to ma ...
09-05-2024
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.
07-05-2024
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 19
The team are 'all at sea', as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
06-05-2024
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions - The Needles: Isle Of Wight
Nicholas Crane crosses the Solent to find out what's happened to England's largest island - the Isle of Wight.
02-05-2024
BBC 2
Shorts: 37. Optical Telegraph
Documentary series exploring the coastline of the United Kingdom. No pigeons, no Morse code; yet in 1826, messages were sent from Holyhead to Liverpool in seconds.
16-10-2015
BBC 2
Shorts - Sand
A look around the coast of the British Isles. Alice Roberts boards a dredger to discover a precious resource: sand from the seabed for building sites and garden makeovers.
03-06-2014
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
Series 4 Reversions: 2. Norman Conquest
Mark Horton discovers how William the Conqueror taught the English the art of constructing castles, and why William looked to Normandy for the stone to build the Tower of London.
13-05-2015
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions: 14. Brighton's Early Cinema
Neil Oliver becomes a silent movie director as he films a scene from The Mayor of Casterbridge using an antique camera, to reveal how pioneers in Brighton taught the world to ma ...
09-05-2024
BBC 2
Coast Australia - Sydney
Series exploring Australia's coastline. Neil Oliver explores the network of fortification to protect 'Fortress Sydney'. Xanthe Mallett discovers some ingenious DIY.
21-05-2014
BBC 2
Series 9 - Sea And The City
Coast explores stories that connect our great cities to the sea. Tessa Dunlop uncovers the astonishing story of how Hitler's bombers could have drowned London.
25-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 5. All At Sea
The coast team are all at sea as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
01-12-2024
BBC 2