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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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Hermione Cockburn

Tessa Dunlop

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Sian Price

William Lyons

Rowan Crawford

Coast: Series 10: Episode 2: Bounty from the Sea

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Episode 2: Bounty from the Sea

Series 10

Bounty from the Sea

BBC Two - Coast, Series 10, Bounty from the Sea

Coast explores the riches within our seas and the surprising stories of how we use them.

Coast explores the incredible riches within our seas. Nick Crane heads offshore to the Faroes to find out how its bounty shapes and sustains a coastal character.

Nick Crane is on an island odyssey in the Faroes on a mission to gather all manner of bounty to take to a traditional feast. He starts by diving for 50-year-old mussels before discovering how the Faroese like to eat their sheep! This might be a place steeped in tradition, but how are the Faroese leading the way when it comes to salmon farming? Finally Nick partakes in a chain dance - a cultural bounty that washed up on this coast during medieval times.

Mark Horton undertakes a piece of experimental archaeology in Denmark in a quest to understand why our Stone Age ancestors fished at night. Armed with archaeological evidence, replica tools and a canoe, he takes to a moonlit fjord in a bid to harpoon an eel. He reveals the ingenious way Stone Age men used fire to lure fish and in the process pioneer a new way of life on the coast. 

Hermione Cockburn delves into the microscopic world of plankton that fascinated the Victorians. She discovers the man who made microscopy and plankton study into an after-dinner entertainment and meets the artist creating fantastic works of art using diatoms - microscopic pieces of plankton. Can Hermione pick up a plankton?

Tessa Dunlop uncovers an extraordinary and untold story of the Second World War. How did one man turn seaweed into a balsa wood replacement destined for use in our fastest fighter jet - the Mosquito? Who was this saviour of our skies, and can we crack his secret formula?

At Orford Ness, artist Fran Crowe explains how she turns an unwanted bounty from our sea - plastic waste - into fantastic artworks.

Coast: Series 10

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A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering fascinating stories.

Nick Crane and the team take a fascinating journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

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