BBC - Coast Series 10 (2015) Part 2 Bounty from the Sea

Coast Series 10

COAST continues to explore, unearthing the unknown stories of our coastline to delight and regale us. This series brings new faces alongside the familiar, all bringing passion, skill and knowledge to reveal eye-opening coastal secrets.

As the experts travel the length and breadth of the British Isles they explore why we all like to be beside the seaside and why it inspires such ingenuity, from the birth of British commercial radio to hiding our ships in plain sight during the First World War; they discover incredible bounties on home shores including an archipelago known as ‘nature’s larder’; investigate how the Irish Sea has shaped our island story and connected our isles; learn how we overcome and work with the challenges of wild waters; and delve into the wealth of natural wonders that is our coastline’s caves and coves.

Join Nick Crane, Mark Horton, Hermione Cockburn, Tessa Dunlop, Ian McMillan, Andy Torbet, Helen Arney, Brendan Walker, Dick Strawbridge, Cassie Newland, Miranda Krestovnikoff and Ruth Goodman as they discover how the coast enhances our lives and wellbeing.

Part 2 Bounty from the Sea

The team explores some of the incredible riches within the seas and the surprising stories of how people use them. Nick Crane heads offshore to the Faroe Islands, an archipelago known as nature's larder, where he gathers all manner of bounty for a traditional feast. Mark Horton is in Denmark, finding out why Stone Age man preferred to fish at night, Hermione Cockburn delves into the microscopic world of plankton that fascinated the Victorians and Tessa Dunlop hears about a man who turned seaweed into a balsa wood replacement destined for use in the Mosquito bomber during the Second World War.

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