Coast

Nick Crane visits Guernsey, occupied by Germany during WWII. He opens a bunker that has been sealed since the end of the war and hears remarkable stories of the occupation. He also learns how the Guernsey privateers turned the Napoleonic wars into a moneymaking opportunity. Meanwhile, Tessa Dunlo...

A journey celebrating the stories of the workers. From foundry men who burnished the secrets sea power, to the super-star performers who wowed the crowds in Edwardian resorts, these are tales of the hard grafters who made Britain great. Nick Crane tells the tale of an abandoned refrigeration plan...

Nick Crane heads to his beloved Western Isles in Scotland to attempt a daunting and long-coveted mountaineering challenge on the Isle of Skye. He also reveals how Thomas Cook was inspired to create his famous package tours.

The team journey around the great estuaries of Britain where 20 million people live and a dazzling variety of animals thrive. Nick Crane explores the wealth of wildlife and industry that are attracted to the Firth of Forth, the mighty estuary that feeds Edinburgh, and must answer a deceptively tr...

Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular and scary sea cliffs in Britain. He embarks on an elevated journey to take in the high spots of the Yorkshire coastline. Meanwhile, Tessa Dunlop meets a remarkable woman who witnessed a top-secret American `invasion' of the English south coast duri...

At sea, Nick Crane attempts one of the world's most fearsome yachting challenges, the Isle of Wight `Round the Island Race'. Mark Horton relives a gruesome tale of cannibalism and murder that scandalised Victorian Britain and still affects the law today. In Milford Haven, Ruth celebrates the Dutc...