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A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom uncovering different stories.

The Coast team take a fascinating journey around the shores of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

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Coast: Series 5

Neil Oliver

Nicholas Crane

Alice Roberts

Mark Horton

Miranda Krestovnikoff

William Lyons

Steve Evanson

Coast: Series 5: Episode 4: Gower to Anglesey

Gower to Anglesey

Episode 4

Episode 4: Gower to Anglesey

Series 5

BBC Two - Coast, Series 5, Gower to Anglesey

On the south and west coasts of Wales, exploring Skomer, Porth Oer and Harlech Castle.

Coast journeys along the south and west coasts of Wales, taking in the island of Skomer, Porth Oer's beach, Harlech Castle and the Gower Penninsula.

The new series of Coast journeys along the south and west coast of Wales. Neil Oliver takes part in an aerial dogfight to discover why a Nazi flying ace landed his top secret new plane on Welsh tarmac at the height of the World War II. The captured fighter, a Focke-Wulf 190, dubbed the Butcherbird by allied pilots, was the scourge of the Spitfires in 1942. Neil investigates what made it so deadly and how it finally fell into British hands.

Miranda Krestovnikoff visits a seabird paradise, the magical island of Skomer. Miranda swims with the puffins and witnesses a unique wildlife spectacle as Manx shearwaters return to their Welsh home after an epic 18,000-mile migration to South America.

At Porth Oer, Alice Roberts attempts to solve the riddle of the Singing Sands; what makes some very special British beaches whistle when you walk on them? Alice records the sounds of Porth Oer's beautiful beach to reveal its surprisingly musical secrets.

The imposing castle at Harlech is one of the best preserved in Britain but Mark Horton discovers how it would have looked radically different, and even more terrifying, when it was built to subdue the Welsh in the 13th century.

Nick Crane explores the violent history of smuggling around the gorgeous Gower Peninsula, and abseils into an extraordinary stone structure concealed in the side of a sea cliff. Now only accessible by sea or by ropes, 200 years ago this was the perfect smugglers' stronghold. Nick learns that it had an even more mysterious previous life, as a massive medieval bird house.

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A journey around the British Isles and beyond uncovering different stories

Neil Oliver and the team take a fascinating journey around the British Isles and beyond, uncovering different stories.

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