BBC - Coast Series 10 (2015) Part 4 The Irish 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 4 The Irish Sea

The team focuses on the Irish Sea and its surrounding land, with Nick Crane finding out about a unique seasonal phenomenon of this sea - a current called `the gyre' which provides the perfect environment for Dublin Bay prawns to flourish. Mark Horton explores the archaeological discovery of two Roman temples and an early Christian church in Maryport, across the water from Dublin, and Tessa Dunlop reveals how one small yacht changed the course of British and Irish history. Cassie Newland and Miranda Krestovnikoff tell the tale of RMS Tayleur, a ship that sank on its maiden voyage with a great loss of life, and singer Ruth Keggin tells the story of the Irish Sea god Mannanan.

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