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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: Shorts: Episode 28: East Coast: Smugglers, Alum and Scarborough Bay

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Episode 28: East Coast: Smugglers, Alum and Scarborough Bay

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East Coast: Smugglers, Alum and Scarborough Bay

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Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hood's Bay.

Exploring Britain's coastline. Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hood's Bay.

Nicholas Crane travels to the pretty seaside town of Robin Hood's Bay and explores the history behind the smuggling trade in the 1700's. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts studies the cloth and wool trade and the role alumn and the Ravenscar cliff top factory played in saving the cloth industry and Neil Oliver visits Scarborough to find out why it has always been and remains today a popular tourist destination.

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