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Britain's Best Drives

Episode 3: North Cornish Coast

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago.

Richard struggles to get to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Land's End.

He learns of St Ives's 1950s abstract art heyday and meets a 95-year-old painter still at work in Porthmeor Studios. He discovers why DH Lawrence was expelled from the county, hears legends of Cornish mermaids and gets to know his van on a blustery clifftop campsite. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Wilson
Participant:
Anthony Frost
Participant:
Bob Crossley
Participant:
Graham Whitford
Participant:
Michael Nicholas
Participant:
Jean Nicholas
Producer:
Jonney Steven
Series Producer:
Neil Edwards
Executive Producer:
Andy Batten-Foster
Executive Producer:
Stuart Murphy
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein

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