Writer and film-maker Roger Deakin spends a summer day at Jaywick Sands, near Clacton on the Essex coast.

The first of five programmes exploring how the British, as an island race, have a special relationship with beaches - as five people reveal why they do like to be beside the seaside.

Part of Radio 4 Extra's Great British Seaside Staycation 2018.

Producer: Hilary Dunn

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Show less