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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 8 Reversions: 5. All At Sea
The coast team are all at sea as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
05-05-2024
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
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 12
The Coast team explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain.
02-05-2024
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions - Rottingdean And Volks Electric Railway
A look around the coast of the British Isles. Mark Horton visits Rottingdean to peek over Rudyard Kipling's garden wall.
01-05-2024
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 16
A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom uncovering different stories.
27-04-2024
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 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
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 9 - The Channel
The team explore stories on both sides of the English Channel. Nick Crane visits Mont St Michel and Mark Horton looks at the origins of Britain's Ordnance Survey.
15-01-2023
BBC 2
Shorts - Copper
A look around the coast of the British Isles. Mark Horton explores how Swansea's monopoly of the copper trade helped Nelson towards his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
30-09-2022
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions: 6. The Mysteries Of The Isles 2
Coast is back in the UK, with each episode featuring stories from different parts of the British Isles, taking viewers on a 'journey of the imagination' which explores the unive ...
20-09-2022
BBC 2
Series 5 - Swanage To Land's End
The journey continues along England's south-west coast. Mark Horton has privileged access to the historic dockyards at Devonport.
15-09-2022
BBC 2
Series 9 - The Explorers' Coast
Nick Crane visits Cornwall for an artistic exploration of Britain's coast and Mark Horton reveals the story of the explorer who established Australia.
11-09-2022
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions - Wexford To Killiney
Miranda Krestovnikoff goes to Wexford in search of the rare white-fronted geese, and Dick Strawbridge takes a ride on 'Brunel's Folly'.
18-07-2022
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions - Gower To Anglesey
The team journeys along the south and west coast of Wales. Neil Oliver ventures out on to Worm's Head, a snake of land reaching out of the Gower Peninsula.
30-06-2022
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 4
Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain.
02-05-2022
BBC 2
Series 7 - The Mysteries Of The Isles
Coast returns to the UK to explore the universal themes that bind everyone together. The team investigates just what it means to be an island people.
18-11-2021
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: Episode 7
A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.
06-11-2021
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions: Episode 15
Coast explores the strong bonds Britain has with its neighbour across the North Sea, Denmark.
30-10-2021
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions: 2. Harlech And Criccieth
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 wa ...
16-10-2021
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 8. Rivers And Seas Collide 2
Coast journeys around the great estuaries of Britain where 20 million people live, and a dazzling variety of animals thrive. The team visit the most dynamic and dramatic of our ...
04-04-2021
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 3. Joy Of The Coast
The team discovers the pure pleasure of seaside leisure, seeking out the ideal locations to enjoy their personal passions and experience the joy of the coast.
21-03-2021
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 18. Rivers And Seas Collide
Nick Crane explores the wealth of wildlife attracted to the Firth of Forth. Tessa Dunlop reveals how the Victorian zeal for cleanliness turned the Thames into a giant toilet bowl.
21-07-2020
BBC 2
Series 4 Reversions: 5. Past Prosperity
Victorian postcards reveal Rhyl's glory years to Hermione Cockburn, and on a visit to Blackpool's Pleasure Beach she discovers the secrets of success for our seaside towns. Plus ...
17-07-2020
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 1. All At Sea
The Coast team are all at sea as they head offshore to explore surprising stories.
11-07-2020
BBC 2
Series 6 Reversions: Western Isles And Shetland
A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.
05-06-2020
BBC 2
Series 7 - Life Beyond The Edge
Coast ventures to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Isles. Mark Horton reveals how Brunel's ship, the Great Eastern, conquered the Atlantic.
03-04-2020
BBC 2
Series 7: 1. The Mysteries Of The Isles
Coast is back in the UK, with each episode featuring stories from different parts of the British Isles, taking viewers on a 'journey of the imagination' which explores the unive ...
02-04-2020
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
BBC 2
Series 7: 5. The Riddle Of The Tides
Nick Crane leads the team around Britain in a search of the secrets revealed by the tide.
08-01-2020
BBC 2
Series 7 - Peril From The Seas
Coast ventures to the furthest flung reaches of the British Isles. Nick Crane tells the astonishing tale of the Great Storm of 1703.
07-01-2020
BBC 2
Series 7: 3. The Hidden History Of Harbours
Coast ventures to the furthest flung reaches of the British Isles. Looking at harbours which were once Britain's gateways to global adventure.
06-01-2020
BBC 2
Series 6 Reversions: London To Antwerp
A journey around the edge of the British Isles and beyond to see how shared seas unite us with our European neighbours.
26-11-2019
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions - Glasgow To Easdale
On Scotland's west coast, Neil Oliver joins the crew of the last surviving coal fired, steam-powered, Clyde Puffer.
24-07-2019
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions: Episode 1
A journey to the furthest flung reaches of our isles to discover the most extreme locations, lifestyles and challenges of 'Life Beyond The Edge'.
22-07-2019
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 7 Reversions: 7. The Riddle Of The Tides 2
Nick Crane leads the team around Britain in a search for the secrets revealed by the tide.
18-05-2019
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: 11. Invaders Of The Isles 2
Coast reveals surprising stories of invasions around the British Isles.
13-03-2019
BBC 2
Series 8 Reversions: 10. The Workers' Coast 1
Coast celebrates the stories of the workers from around our shores.
11-03-2019
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions - Swanage To Land's End
Neil Oliver finds out how the arrival of steam trains transformed the south coast. Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of a family of white-beaked dolphins.
01-03-2019
BBC 2
Series 5 Reversions: Episode 5
The Coast team take a fascinating journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.
27-02-2019
BBC 2
Series 7 Reversions: 10. The Secret Life Of Beaches 1
Coast explores the glorious diversity and endless delights offered by our beaches. The British Isles's stunning range of sand, shingle and rock formations creates some wonderful ...
20-02-2019
BBC 2
Series 6 - Wales: Border To Border
A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.
07-02-2019
BBC 2
Series 6 - Western Isles And Shetland
The Coast team are island-hopping in Scotland. Nick Crane visits Eriskay and the Isle of Lewis, while Miranda Krestovnikoff travels north to Shetland.
06-02-2019
BBC 2