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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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Miranda Krestovnikoff

Dick Strawbridge

Hermione Cockburn

William Lyons

Steve Evanson

Coast: Series 4 (Shortened Versions): Episode 6: Wexford to Killiney

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Episode 6: Wexford to Killiney

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Wexford to Killiney

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Miranda Krestovnikoff goes to Wexford in search of the rare white-fronted goose.

Miranda Krestovnikoff goes to Wexford in search of the rare white-fronted geese, and Dick Strawbridge takes a ride on 'Brunel's Folly'.

Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the beautiful and rare white-fronted goose, which makes an epic migration from Greenland to Ireland every year to feed on the rich grasses of the Wexford 'Slobs'. 

Dick Strawbridge takes a ride on 'Brunel's Folly', the dramatic and dangerous coastal railway that the great engineer constructed to cling to the cliff face at Bray Head. Dick learns of the disasters the railway has faced since it opened in 1855.

Hermione Cockburn creates an earthquake on Killiney beach to discover how 160 years ago a local man, Robert Mallet, invented seismology, the study of earth tremors that has helped to save countless lives.

Coast: Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

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