The Power of the East
Documentary series exploring the seas surrounding Great Britain. The team sets out to investigate the waters off the eastern coastline of Britain.
This time on Britain's Secret Seas, the team set out to explore the waters off our eastern coastline, which are constantly pounded by the raw power of the waves. These are the shallowest waters off our shores but over the centuries they have been some of our most productive, providing oil and gas as well as fish for our tables. But things are changing in the North Sea and our team discover a sea full of surprises.
On the Farne Islands, they come face to face with England's largest colony of grey seals to find out what makes them such extraordinary divers and successful hunters. Grey seals can dive for over forty minutes on a single breath - the team find out how they do it and why they seem to be coping with the changing conditions on the east coast far better than the harbour seal.
Elsewhere, Frank looks at the newest form of energy in the North Sea, at a wind farm off the Norfolk coast, and Tooni examines what effect the wind turbines are having on marine life. Paul uncovers the intriguing history of light vessels among the sandbanks of the Thames Estuary, and Tooni gets to the bottom of a bumper lobster harvest in the port of Bridlington.
Paul dives with a shoal of fish that soon transform into a school when he starts to behave as if he were a predator. To find out how they are able to achieve such synchronised motion and why they suddenly change direction, he joins a scientist who has created a plastic imposter - Robofish.
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Fish - Shoal to School Dive
Duration: 02:42
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Mark Mothersbaugh
Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op
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Nick Drake
Three Hours
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Paul Rose |
Presenter | Frank Pope |
Presenter | Tooni Mahto |
Producer | Tom Sheahan |
Director | Tom Sheahan |
Series Producer | Sophie Todd |
Executive Producer | Gary Hunter |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 May 2011 20:00
- Sun 22 May 2011 21:30大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland
- Sun 22 May 2011 23:45大象传媒 HD
- Tue 24 May 2011 19:00大象传媒 HD
- Thu 26 May 2011 01:20大象传媒 HD
- Sat 28 May 2011 18:30大象传媒 HD
- Tue 7 Jun 2011 19:00
- Tue 5 Jul 2011 02:25
- Sat 9 Jun 2012 17:00大象传媒 HD
- Sat 18 Feb 2017 10:00
- Wed 1 Aug 2018 16:15
- Sat 21 Sep 2019 19:00
- Mon 6 Jul 2020 09:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sat 26 Nov 2022 12:30大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sat 16 Sep 2023 10:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland