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documentary series first broadcast on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
television in 2005. It covers various subjects relating to both the natural and social history of the
British coastline and also more recently, that of Britain's near neighbours. The seventh series followed a different format from previous series. In 2016, reports from the show were repackaged as ''Coast: The Great Guide'' (known as ''Coast Great Guides'' when broadcast on BBC Four in 2021), an eight part series on BBC Two.
The series is a collaboration between the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
and BBC Productions,
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
. It is also known as the placeholder programme when BBC2 is under a fault in programming.
In December 2013, the first reversion of the series format, ''Coast Australia'', was screened on
The History Channel
History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...
in Australia. Hosted by
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including '' A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast'' ...
, it was the second highest-rated show in the history of the channel. It started airing on BBC Two from 14 May 2014; series 2 was aired in 2015. ''Coast New Zealand'' aired in 2016. A similar show, ''Arfordir Cymru'' (''Wales Coast''), is broadcast on the Welsh-language broadcaster
S4C and hosted by Bedwyr Rees; three series have aired so far, each of six 23-minute-long episodes, travelling in
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...
(2014), the
Llŷn Peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn or , ) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey. It is part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and historic region and local authority area of Gwynedd. Mu ...
(2015), and
Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay ( cy, Bae Ceredigion) is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales.
Geograp ...
(2017).
Presenters
The original presenters, and their fields of interest, are:
*
Nicholas Crane
Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004 he has written and presented four television series for BBC Two: ''Coast'', ''Great British Journeys'', '' Map Man'' and ''Town''.
Early ...
(lead presenter, series 1, 6–) — geography
*
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including '' A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast'' ...
(lead presenter, series 2–5) — archaeology and social history
*
Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was President ...
— anthropology and geology
*
Mark Horton Mark Horton may refer to:
* Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime and historical archaeologist, television presenter and writer
* Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British author, journalist and expert on bridge
* Mary Ann Horto ...
— marine archaeology
*
Miranda Krestovnikoff
Miranda Krestovnikoff (born 29 January 1973)'' Who's Who'' is a British radio and television presenter specialising in natural history and archaeological programmes. She is an accomplished musician, and also a qualified scuba diver which has l ...
— zoology
The original presenters have formed the backbone of the presenting team; however Alice Roberts left the ''Coast'' team after the end of the sixth series.
Several other presenters have also become regulars after originally appearing on a one-off basis:
*
Dick Strawbridge
Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel Richard Francis Strawbridge, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 3 September 1959) is a British television personality, engineer and former army officer. He is often referred to as "C ...
(series 2–) — engineering
*
Hermione Cockburn
Hermione Anne Phoebe Cockburn (born 1973, Sussex, England) is a British television and radio presenter specialising in scientific and educational programmes. She is currently Scientific Director at Our Dynamic Earth.
Biography
Cockburn grew up ...
(series 2–) — general
*
Tessa Dunlop
Dr Tessa Dunlop is a historian, writer and broadcaster. She has written several best selling oral history books and presented history programmes for the BBC, Discovery Channel Europe, Channel 4, UKTV History and the History Channel (US). She li ...
(series 6–) — social history
*
Adam Henson
Adam John Lincoln Henson (born 8 January 1966) is an English farmer, author and television presenter.
Family
Henson's grandfather Leslie Henson, was a music hall and musical comedy comedian and actor. His farmer father Joe Henson MBE, (series 6) — farming
*
Andy Torbet
Andy Torbet (born 11 June 1976) is a Scottish underwater explorer, professional cave diver, skydiver, freediver and climber, Film Maker and TV Presenter; most notably the BBC's ''The One Show'', ''Coast'', ''Operation Iceberg'', ''Operation Clo ...
(series 7–) — general
*
Ruth Goodman (series 7–) — social history
*
Ian McMillan (series 7–) — general
Series overview
Series 1 started at the
White Cliffs of Dover
The White Cliffs of Dover is the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of , owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint, deposi ...
and progressed in a clockwise fashion around the coast of
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
(with a side trip to
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
). Series 2 again started at
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
but subsequent episodes did not follow series one in circumnavigating the UK coast, instead featuring various locations, including sections of the coast of the
Republic of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
. Series 4 reintroduced the circular element, starting at
Whitstable
Whitstable () is a town on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay. The 2011 Census reported a population of 32 ...
and ending at
Hull, though with visits to Ireland,
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
included as well. The format of the seventh series abandoned the geographical element and instead each episode focused on a particular theme and featured locations from around the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
.
All but one of the episodes in the first series ended with
Nicholas Crane
Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004 he has written and presented four television series for BBC Two: ''Coast'', ''Great British Journeys'', '' Map Man'' and ''Town''.
Early ...
stating that in the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
, "Remember, you are never more than 72 miles from the sea!"
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including '' A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast'' ...
closed the fifth series with the same statement.
Series 4 onwards were simulcast on the
BBC HD
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channel.
Extracts from the programme are often used as filler items on BBC Two, for example following a fifty-minute documentary programme such as ''
Natural World
''Natural World'' is a strand of British wildlife documentary programmes broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history series. It is the longest-running documentary in its genre on British televis ...
'' or ''
Horizon
The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'', to allow the next full programme to begin on the hour. As the aerial shots from the ''Coast'' programmes are made in
high-definition, they are also used in this way on BBC HD.
Episodes from old series have been shown on
Yesterday.
Series 5 was shown overseas (e.g. in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
on the
Living Channel
Living is a New Zealand television station. The channel focuses entirely on programming relating to lifestyle and is similar to The LifeStyle Channel in Australia or HGTV in the US. It broadcasts on Sky in New Zealand and features local progr ...
) before being shown on the BBC.
DVD releases
Series 1 to 5 of ''Coast'' have been released on Region 2 DVD by Contender Home Entertainment, or, following their acquisition, by
E1 Entertainment
E1, E01, E.I or E-1 may refer to:
Transportation Aircraft
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* Fokker E.I, a German fighter aircraft
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. Series 6 onwards have been released on Region 2
DVD
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and Region B
Blu-ray
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by
Acorn Media UK
RLJE International Ltd, d/b/a Acorn DVD, a British company that publishes and distributes DVDs, as well as selling home-video products and streaming videos with a particular focus on British television.
History
Launched in 1997, Acorn Media U. ...
.
Numerous
box set
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Music
Artists and bands ...
s have been released, including one which packaged Series 1 with another BBC documentary, ''
A Picture of Britain
''A Picture of Britain'' is a 2005 BBC television documentary series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British ...
''.
Series 1 (2005)
The first series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
during the summer of 2005. The series follows a circumnavigation of the coastline, starting and finishing in Dover.
Lead presenter Nicholas Crane remarks on more than one occasion during the series that it was a "once-in-a-lifetime journey" suggesting that ''Coast'' was originally planned as a one-off series, although subsequent series did not follow the same "journey round the coast of Britain" approach, but concentrated on stories from various areas, including overseas. Series 1 is the only series yet to include more than eight episodes. A review episode was shown on 2 September 2005, looking back over the series' highlights, and looking at the future of the coastline – this is not included in the DVD release for the series.
Series 2 (2006)
The second series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the autumn of 2006. Whilst the series starts in Dover and finishes in nearby
Margate
Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...
, it does not follow same circular journey of the previous series. It is the first series to feature a foreign shoreline, that of the
Republic of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
.
The subtitle of the series is ''The Journey Continues''.
Series 3 (2007)
The third series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2007. In common with the previous series, the journey does not follow a circular course; the series starts in
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
and finishes in Dover.
The subtitle of the series is ''A Journey of Discovery''.
Series 4 (2009)
The fourth series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2009. It was simulcast on BBC HD for the first time. The series visits foreign shores for the second time: along with a return to Ireland, France, the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
, and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
are all included due to the fact they share a connection to the UK coastline. The circular element of the journey, last seen in the first series, returns; starting in
Whitstable
Whitstable () is a town on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay. The 2011 Census reported a population of 32 ...
and finishing in
Hull.
Unlike the last two series, there is no series subtitle, however the series was renamed to ''Coast and Beyond'' — helping to signify that the journey takes in coastlines outside the British Isles.
Series 5 (2010)
The fifth series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2010. It was simulcast on BBC HD. The series visits both France (for the second time) and
Denmark
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, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
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, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark
...
(for the first time) exploring how these countries are linked to our own via the sea. The series opens with a journey around the
Irish Sea
The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...
centred on the
Isle of Man
)
, anthem = "O Land of Our Birth"
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, image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg
, mapsize =
, map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe
, map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green)
in Europe ...
; in the remaining episodes a rough circumnavigation is completed from
Swanage
Swanage () is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, approximately south of Poole and east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil ...
to
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
.
As with the previous series, the name ''Coast and Beyond'' is retained – helping to signify that the journey takes in coastlines outside the British Isles.
Series 6 (2011)
The sixth series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2011. It was simulcast on BBC HD. The series visits
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
, and
Sweden
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(all for the first time) exploring how these countries are linked to our own via the sea. The series does not follow a circular course, beginning in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
and ending in Sweden.
As with the previous two series', the name ''Coast and Beyond'' is retained – helping to signify that the journey takes in coastlines outside the British Isles.
Series 7 (2012)
The seventh series of ''Coast'' was originally aired on BBC2 during the early summer of 2012. It was simulcast on BBC HD. The format of the series changed significantly from previous series in that each episode has a theme featuring stories from every part of the British Isles instead of concentrating on one geographical area per episode.
In keeping with this change in format, the name ''Coast and Beyond'' has been dropped in favour of the original ''Coast''. To further enforce this each episodes starts with a short introduction monologue from Nicholas Crane which begins with the statement that "''Coast'' is home".
The seventh series was the first series not to feature
Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was President ...
, one of the original presenters.
Series 8 (2013)
The eighth series of ''Coast'' was broadcast starting 3 April on BBC2. It was simulcast on BBC HD. The series continued in the style started with the seventh series: each episode had a theme featuring stories from every part of the British Isles instead of concentrating on one geographical area per episode.
Series 9 (2014)
The ninth series of ''Coast'' was broadcast from 15 July 2014 on BBC Two. The series takes a journey around the British Isles and beyond, visiting France (again) and North America (for the first time) uncovering different stories along the way.
Series 10 (2015)
The first episode was broadcast on 9 July 2015 on BBC Two and BBC Two HD.
''Coast: The Great Guide'' (2016)
This eight part series
for BBC Two features reports from previous series of ''Coast'' (with clips from early reports used as part of the ''Flying Visit'' feature) linked by new footage of Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop undertaking trips in various forms of sea transport (for example Dunlop on a tugboat, as well as on a cruise across the sea in episode 8: ''Our Irish Sea Coast'').
''Coast Australia''
''Coast Australia'' is a continuation of the ''Coast'' series, this time traveling to and exploring the coast of Australia. The show is presented by
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including '' A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast'' ...
who is joined by local Australian experts.
The first series of 8 episodes was commissioned by Australian pay-TV provider
Foxtel
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as a joint production with the
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