Devon and Cornwall
The team journey around the stunning shores of Devon and Cornwall. Nick Crane is on board one of the last remaining Brixham trawlers, a beautiful sailing boat.
The team's journey continues around the stunning shores of Devon and Cornwall.
Nick Crane is on a fishing expedition on board one of the last remaining Brixham trawlers - the beautiful sailing boats built in Devon over a hundred years ago that gave birth to fishing on an industrial scale. On his trip back in time aboard the Brixham boat, Nick discovers why the trawlermen of today have to work 17 times harder to land the same catch as their counterparts did around a hundred years ago. He also explores how Henry VIII, fearing attack after his famous divorce, built a string of cleverly positioned forts all along the south coast to keep countries loyal to the pope at bay.
Testing his sea legs to the limit, Nick then embarks on one of the greatest voyages in British waters - an exhilarating ferry ride taking on the full force of the Atlantic out to the Isles of Scilly some 30 miles off Land's End.
Dick Strawbridge learns the surprising secrets of the global steam power revolution pioneered in the tin mines of Cornwall some 200 years ago. Dick rides on the 'Puffing Devil', invented by brilliant Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick, a high-pressure steam engine on wheels that was the world's first passenger-pulling self-propelled vehicle.
With the aid of some big wind machines, Alice Roberts creates her own 'perfect storm' inside a swimming pool to discover how wild weather far out in the ocean generates the rhythmic regular waves that travel a thousand miles to crash against our shores. Off the Cornish coast, Alice also ventures out into the pounding surf to get some expert tips on how to capture a big breaking wave on camera.
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Music Played
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The Lightning Seeds
The Life Of Riley
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The Lightning Seeds
The Life Of Riley
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Ludovico Einaudi
Divenire
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Mint Royale
Miles and Miles
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Mason Williams
Classical Gas
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Nicholas Crane |
Presenter | Dick Strawbridge |
Presenter | Alice Roberts |
Executive Producer | William Lyons |
Series Editor | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Sat 2 Mar 2013 15:40大象传媒 Two England & Scotland only
- Sat 30 Mar 2013 17:15大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland
- Sun 6 Oct 2013 16:00大象传媒 Two Wales
- Sun 19 Jan 2014 16:30
- Fri 11 Apr 2014 14:30
- Tue 19 Aug 2014 15:30
- Sun 19 Jul 2015 18:05大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sat 18 Jun 2016 06:05
- Sat 7 Jan 2017 06:05
- Tue 17 Jan 2017 16:30
- Tue 23 May 2017 06:30
- Mon 5 Jun 2017 14:15
- Sun 4 Mar 2018 06:05
- Fri 27 Jul 2018 06:30
- Wed 25 Mar 2020 09:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sun 25 Sep 2022 06:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland
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