Coast (TV series)
| Coast | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | BBC Birmingham |
| Directed by | Jonathan Barker Oliver Clark Paul Barnett Nigel Walk |
| Presented by | Alice Roberts Neil Oliver Mark Horton Miranda Krestovnikoff Nicholas Crane |
| Composer | Alan Parker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Gary Hunter William Lyons Gill Tierney Emma De'ath |
| Producer | Steve Evanson |
| Cinematography | Julian Clinkard |
| Editors | Mike Bloore Lauri White Martin Dowell |
| Running time | 60 min (approx.) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 22 July 2005 – present |
| Related | |
| Fossil Detectives | |
Coast is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two television in 2005. A second series started on 26 October 2006, a third in early 2007 and a fourth in mid-2009. It covers various subjects relating to both the natural and social history of the British coastline and also more recently that of the Republic of Ireland, Norway, Faeroe Islands and France.[1] A fifth series was filmed later in 2009. The series is a collaboration between the Open University and BBC Productions, Birmingham.
The presenters, and their fields of interest, are:
- Nicholas Crane (main presenter, series 1) — geography
- Alice Roberts — anthropology and geology
- Neil Oliver (main presenter, series 2-5) — archaeology and social history
- Mark Horton — marine archaeology
- Miranda Krestovnikoff — zoology
In addition, Dick Strawbridge and Hermione Cockburn presented one item each in the second and third series. Both are regular presenters in the fourth series.
All but one of the episodes in the first series ended with Nicholas Crane stating that in the British Isles, "Remember, you are never more than 72 miles from the sea!"[1]
Series 1 started at the White Cliffs of Dover and progressed in a clockwise fashion around the coast of Great Britain (with a side trip to Northern Ireland). Series 2 again started at Dover but subsequent episodes have not followed series 1 in circumnavigating the UK coast, instead featuring various locations, including sections of the coast of the Republic of Ireland. Series 4 reintroduced the circular element, starting at Whitstable and ending at Hull, though with visits to Ireland, Normandy and Norway as well.
Series four and five is simulcast on the BBC HD channel.
Extracts from the programme are often used as filler items on BBC Two, for example following a fifty-minute documentary programme such as The Natural World or Horizon, to allow the next full programme to begin on the hour. As the aerial shots from the Coast programmes are made in high-definition, they are also used in this way on BBC HD.
As of August 2010, episodes from the first series are being shown on Yesterday.
Series 5 is being shown overseas (e.g. in New Zealand on the Living Channel) before being shown on the BBC.
DVD Releases
All series of Coast have been released on Region 2 DVD by Contender Home Entertainment, or, following their acquisition, by E1 Entertainment. Series 6 will be released on DVD and, for the first time, on Blu-Ray by Acorn Media UK in July 2011
| Series | Episodes | Originally Aired |
DVD Release |
Discs | DVD Runtime |
Publisher | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Region 2 | ||||||
| One | 12[2] | July 22, 2005 | August 28, 2005 | October 24, 2005 | 3 | 686 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Two | 8 | October 26, 2006 | December 14, 2006 | November 27, 2006 | 3 | 480 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Three | 8 | June 3, 2007 | August 7, 2007 | July 16, 2007 | 3 | 480 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Four | 8 | July 14, 2009 | September 1, 2009 | August 24, 2009 | 3 | 480 mins | E1 Entertainment | |
| Five | 8 | July 25, 2010 | September 1, 2010 | September 6, 2010 | 3 | 480 mins | E1 Entertainment | |
| Six | 6 | TBC | TBC | July 11, 2011 | 2 | 360 mins | Acorn Media UK | |
Numerous box sets have been released, including one which packaged series one with another BBC documentary, A Picture of Britain.
| Title | DVD Release |
Discs | DVD Runtime |
Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 2 | |||||
| Coast: Series 1 & A Picture of Britain Box Set | March 27, 2006 | 5 | 1080 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Coast: Series 1 & 2 Box Set | November 27, 2006 | 6 | 1166 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Coast: Series 1, 2 & 3 Box Set | September 10, 2007 | 9 | 1646 mins | Contender Home Entertainment | |
| Coast: Series 1, 2, 3 & 4 Box Set | August 24, 2009 | 12 | 2126 mins | E1 Entertainment | |
Series 1: 2005
The first series of Coast was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2005. The series follows a circumnavigation of the coastline, starting and finishing in Dover.
Series main presenter, Nicholas Crane, remarks on more than one occasion during the series that it was a "once in a lifetime journey"[3] suggesting that Coast was originally planned as a one-off series. It is the only series yet, to include more than eight episodes. A review episode was shown on 2 September 2005, looking back over the series' highlights, and looking at the future of the coastline - this is not included in the DVD release for the series.
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by[4] | UK Ratings[2] (BBC2 Rank) |
Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Dover to Exmouth" | Oliver Clark | David Stafford | 3.97m (4) | July 22, 2005 |
| 1 | 2 | "Exmouth to Bristol" | Jonathon Barker | David Stafford | 5.18m (1) | July 24, 2005 |
| 1 | 3 | "Bristol to Cardigan Bay" | John Trefor | David Stafford | 3.98m (3) | July 29, 2005 |
| 1 | 4 | "Cardigan Bay to the Dee" | John Trefor | David Stafford | 5.02m (1) | July 31, 2005 |
| 1 | 5 | "Liverpool to the Solway Firth" | Nigel Walk | David Stafford | 3.95m (3) | August 5, 2005 |
| 1 | 6 | "The Northern Ireland Coast" | Roger Ford-Hutchinson | David Stafford | 4.09m (2) | August 7, 2005 |
| 1 | 7 | "The West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles" | Jane McWilliams | David Stafford | 4.25m (1) | August 12, 2005 |
| 1 | 8 | "Cape Wrath to Orkney" | Paul Overton | David Stafford | 4.12m (2) | August 14, 2005 |
| 1 | 9 | "John o'Groats to Berwick" | Paul Overton | David Stafford | 4.14m (2) | August 19, 2005 |
| 1 | 10 | "Berwick to Robin Hood's Bay" | Oliver Clark | David Stafford | 4.43m (1) | August 21, 2005 |
| 1 | 11 | "Robin Hood's Bay to the Wash" | Jonathan Barker | David Stafford | 4.91m (1) | August 26, 2005 |
| 1 | 12 | "The Wash to Dover" | Nigel Walk | David Stafford | 3.92m (2) | August 28, 2005 |
| 1 | 13 | "The Future Coast" | ? | ? | 3.97m (1) | September 2, 2005 |
Series 2: 2006
The second series of Coast was originally aired on BBC2 during the autumn of 2006. Whilst the series starts in Dover and finishes in nearby Margate, it does not follow same circular journey of the previous series. It is the first series to feature the Republic of Ireland.
The subtitle of the series is The Journey Continues.
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | UK Ratings[2] (BBC2 Rank) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | "Dover to the Isle of Wight" | Oliver Clark | n/a | 4.17m (2) | October 26, 2006 |
| 2 | 2 | "Holyhead to Liverpool" | John Trefor | n/a | 3.45m (2) | November 2, 2006 |
| 2 | 3 | "Arran to Gretna" | Matt Barrett | n/a | 3.98m (2) | November 9, 2006 |
| 2 | 4 | "Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly" | Nicky Taylor | n/a | 4.18m (1) | November 16, 2006 |
| 2 | 5 | "Dublin to Derry" | Roger Ford-Hutchinson | n/a | 3.74m (2) | November 23, 2006 |
| 2 | 6 | "Newcastle to Hull" | Richard Maude | n/a | 3.73m (2) | November 30, 2006 |
| 2 | 7 | "The Outer Hebrides" | Jane McWilliams | n/a | 3.85m (1) | December 7, 2006 |
| 2 | 8 | "Felixstowe to Margate" | Jason Holmes | n/a | 3.92m (1) | December 14, 2006 |
Series 3: 2007
The third series of Coast was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2007. In common with the previous series, the journey does not follow a circular course; the series starts in Shetland and finishes in Dover.
The subtitle of the series is A Journey of Discovery.
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | UK Ratings[2] (BBC2 Rank) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | "Shetland to Orkney" | Eleanor Horne | n/a | 3.67m (3) | June 3, 2007 |
| 3 | 2 | "Bournemouth to Plymouth" | Paul Barnett | n/a | 4.35m (1) | June 10, 2007 |
| 3 | 3 | "Southport to Whitehaven including the Isle of Man" | Dick Sharman | n/a | 3.43m (6) | June 17, 2007 |
| 3 | 4 | "Cardiff to St. Davids" | Jason Holmes & Richard Trayler-Smith | n/a | 4.01m (1) | June 24, 2007 |
| 3 | 5 | "Berwick to Aberdeen" | Matt Barrett | n/a | 2.93m (1) | July 1, 2007 |
| 3 | 6 | "Galway to Baltimore" | John Trefor | n/a | 2.94m (4) | July 24, 2007 |
| 3 | 7 | "King's Lynn to Felixstowe" | Oliver Clark | n/a | 2.97m (2) | July 31, 2007 |
| 3 | 8 | "The Channel Islands to Dover" | Andrea Buffery | n/a | 3.37m (1) | August 7, 2007 |
Series 4: 2009
The fourth series of Coast was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2009. It was simulcast on BBC HD for the first time. The series visits foreign shores for the first time: France, the Faroe Islands, and Norway are all included due to the fact they share a connection to the UK coastline. The circular element of the journey, last seen in the first series, returns; starting in Whitstable and finishing in Hull.
Unlike the last two series, there is no series subtitle, however the series was renamed to Coast and Beyond - helping to signify that the journey takes in coastlines outside the British and Irish Isles.
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | UK Ratings[2] (BBC2 Rank) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Whitstable to the Isle of Wight" | David Symonds | n/a | 3.68m (2) | July 14, 2009 |
| 4 | 2 | "France: Cap Gris-Nez to Mont-Saint-Michel" | David Symonds | n/a | 3.34m (3) | July 21, 2009 |
| 4 | 3 | "Land's End to Porthcawl" | Marc Edwards | n/a | 3.45m (2) | July 28, 2009 |
| 4 | 4 | "Cork to Dublin" | John Trefor | n/a | 3.56m (2) | August 4, 2009 |
| 4 | 5 | "Anglesey to Blackpool" | Paul Barnett | n/a | 3.41m (1) | August 11, 2009 |
| 4 | 6 | "Inner Hebrides to the Faroe Islands" | Lizzie Mottram | n/a | 3.66m (1) | August 18, 2009 |
| 4 | 7 | "Norway: Lillesand to Svalbard" | Amanda Reilly | n/a | 3.66m (2) | August 25, 2009 |
| 4 | 8 | "Rosyth to Hull" | Dick Sharman | n/a | 3.92m (2) | September 1, 2009 |
Series 5: 2010
The fifth series of Coast was originally aired on BBC2 during the summer of 2010. It was simulcast on BBC HD. The series visits both France (for the second time) and Denmark (for the first time) exploring how these countries are linked to our own via the sea. The series opens with a unique journey around the Irish Sea centred on the Isle of Man; in the remaining episodes a rough circumnavigation is completed from Swanage to London.
As with the previous series, the name Coast and Beyond is retained - helping to signify that the journey takes in coastlines outside the British and Irish Isles.
| Series No. |
Episode No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | UK Ratings[2] (BBC2 Rank) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | "Heart of the British Isles: A Grand Tour" | Jane McWilliams | n/a | 3.39m (2) | July 25, 2010 |
| 5 | 2 | "Swanage to Land's End" | Jason Holmes | n/a | 2.88m (5) | July 28, 2010 |
| 5 | 3 | "Brittany" | David Symonds | n/a | 2.54m (6) | August 4, 2010 |
| 5 | 4 | "Gower to Anglesey" | Marc Edwards | n/a | 2.79m (4) | August 8, 2010 |
| 5 | 5 | "Galway to Arranmore Island" | Chris Rushton | n/a | 2.23m (7) | August 11, 2010 |
| 5 | 6 | "Glasgow to Edinburgh via the Caledonian Canal" | Amanda Reilly & Matt Barrett | n/a | 2.84m (3) | August 18, 2010 |
| 5 | 7 | "Denmark" | Mike Taylor | n/a | 2.94m (4) | August 25, 2010 |
| 5 | 8 | "Hull to London" | Joanna Brame | n/a | 3.42m (1) | September 1, 2010 |
Series 6: 2011
Series 6 of Coast has been commissioned.[citation needed]
Footnotes
- ^ This closing narration was part of a promotion for the tie-in BBC-sponsored walks and accompanying booklet, and was removed from many of the repeat showings.
- ^ Series 1 Episode 13 was broadcast as a series' highlight programme which also looking at the future of the coastline. The episode is not included in the DVD release for the series.
- ^ First mentioned in the introduction of Series 1 Episode 1.
- ^ The credit for "Additional Writing by..." only appears on episodes shown in series one.
References
- ^ http://open2.net/about.html
- ^ a b c d e "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- General References
- "Episode Guide - Coast: Series 1". Radio Times. 2011-01-10.
- "Episode Guide - Coast: Series 2". Radio Times. 2011-01-10.
- "Episode Guide - Coast: Series 3". Radio Times. 2011-01-10.
- Coast & Beyond: Series 4 (Media notes). E1 Entertainment. 2009.
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