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Factual: Science & Nature

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

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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Steve Evanson

William Lyons

Coast: Series 5 (Shortened Versions): Onion Johnnies

19/11/2011

Onion Johnnies

Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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Nick Crane meets an Onion Johnnie who married a Geordie girl.

Nick Crane meets the Onion Johnnies, who for nearly 200 years have pedalled their produce around Britain, giving people a stereotypical image of a Frenchman.

Nick Crane joins the Onion Johnnies. For nearly 200 years, the Onion Johnnies have pedalled their produce around Britain, giving us our stereotypical image of a Frenchman, complete with stripy T-shirt, beret and bicycle laden with onions. Nick finds out what is so special about their onions and meets one of the Johnnies, who married a Geordie girl.

Coast: Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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A journey around the British Isles and beyond. This series contains revised repeats.

A journey around the British Isles and beyond uncovering different stories. Episodes in this series have previously been broadcast in a different form

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