The Hidden History of Harbors

Coast: Season 7: Episode 3

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The Hidden History of Harbors

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BBC-2 | BB2 | Air Date: May 27, 2012
Summary: Coast ventures to the furthest flung reaches of the British Isles to discover the most extreme locations and lifestyles. In Newlyn, Nick Crane re-lives an unsung feat of British seamanship. In 1854, the smallest boat ever to attempt the journey, The Mystery, set sail to make the 12,000 mile voyage to Melbourne. In Barrow-in-Furness, DickCoast ventures to the furthest flung reaches of the British Isles to discover the most extreme locations and lifestyles. In Newlyn, Nick Crane re-lives an unsung feat of British seamanship. In 1854, the smallest boat ever to attempt the journey, The Mystery, set sail to make the 12,000 mile voyage to Melbourne. In Barrow-in-Furness, Dick Strawbridge explores a forgotten project involving building airships. In the face of entrenched opposition, the venture would be dubbed 'the work of an idiot' by one royal navy admiral. Elsewhere, Tessa Dunlop heads to Portsmouth to discover the hidden history of the tattoo, Mark Horton joins an archaeological dig at the Irish Pompeii in Northern Ireland and Ruth Goodman investigates how the building of a new harbour at Birkenhead would lead to the opening of the world's first municipal park there in 1847. Plus, at Peasholm Park, in Scarborough, the staff from Scarborough council take to the boating pond concealed inside man-sized model warships.… Expand
Genre(s): News/Documentary, Documentary, Travel

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