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Timothy Spall: All at Sea

Timothy Spall

Shane Spall

Sam Anthony

Paul Crompton

Timothy Spall: All at Sea: Episode 3: God's Own Coast

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Episode 3: God's Own Coast

God's Own Coast

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Tim and Shane find the Whitby hotel where Dracula novelist Bram Stoker once stayed.

Tim finds the Whitby hotel where Dracula novelist Bram Stoker stayed, visits the seaside resort of Scarborough and arrives on the north Norfolk coast at night.

The Spalls are now in Yorkshire, and had been proudly steaming towards their final destination of London. But on the sea while travelling to Whitby, Tim is deeply troubled by strange engine noises. A failed engine at sea is incredibly dangerous so an engineer is called to Whitby to assess the problem. Tim is keen to see the town as this is where Bram Stoker based the opening of his novel, Dracula. Armed with his treasured antique walking cane, once owned by Stoker, Tim finds the hotel where Stoker stayed and looks for the part of the coastline featured in the novel. 

Next is Scarborough, where Tim filmed The Damned United. It's high summer and Britain's first seaside resort is crammed with holidaymakers. Arriving at Spurn Head they are now completely alone - there's no harbour or marina here, no town or access to land. They are moored to a single buoy owned by the local lifeboat crew and are waiting patiently for the perfect sea conditions to take them out of the north of England and into the south. It's a big journey - as well as the North Sea they have to watch out for heavy sea traffic, the turbulence of the Wash and dangerous sandbanks. 

In the dark of night arriving at the north Norfolk coast, a pilot boat guides them into the port of Wells-next-the-Sea. They soon discover it's a trip worth making as they explore this stunning coastline.

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Timothy Spall and his wife Shane conclude their trip around the British coast by barge.

Timothy Spall and his wife Shane are back on board their beloved barge the Princess Matilda as they conclude their trip around the British coast.

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