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 (BBC2 Rank) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | "Shetland to Orkney" | Eleanor Horne | n/a | 3.67m (3) | 3 June 2007 (2007-06-03) |
| Neil Oliver joins an expedition climbing the Old Man of Hoy in Orkney and finds out about the Second World War freedom fighters who risked their lives running the "Shetland Bus". Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of an elusive octopus, Nicholas Crane finds evidence of a tsunami that devastated Britain 7,000 years ago and Alice Roberts unearths a mysterious skeleton that reveals more about the lives of ancient Shetlanders. | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | "Bournemouth to Plymouth" | Paul Barnett | n/a | 4.35m (1) | 10 June 2007 (2007-06-10) |
| Journeying along the coast from Bournemouth to Plymouth, Neil Oliver finds out about the building of Britain's most famous lighthouse on the perilous Eddystone rocks. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts investigates the secret formula for the perfect sandcastle and Dick Strawbridge joins an American serviceman on his emotional return to the beach where he was left for dead during the Second World War's secret, and disastrous, Operation Tiger. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Southport to Whitehaven including the Isle of Man" | Dick Sharman | n/a | 3.43m (6) | 17 June 2007 (2007-06-17) |
| In the north-west of England, Neil Oliver discovers why the Americans attacked the port of Whitehaven, Hermione Cockburn investigates the alarming rate that the Southport sands are disappearing into the sea, and Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the biggest shark in British waters. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts meets a woman with a remarkable story of childhood in the Isle of Man's internment camps during the Second World War. | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | "Cardiff to St. David's" | Jason Holmes & Richard Trayler-Smith |
n/a | 4.01m (1) | 24 June 2007 (2007-06-24) |
| Neil Oliver goes along for the ride as "Babs", the 1920s land speed record-breaking car, returns to Pendine Sands, and Miranda Krestovnikoff finds out about the dolphins raising their young along the Welsh coast. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts's excursion in a dredger might give ambitious homeowners food for thought, as she learns how the removal of sand from the seabed - to be used on building sites and in garden makeovers - is depleting a precious resource. | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | "Berwick-upon-Tweed to Aberdeen" | Matt Barrett | n/a | 2.93m (1) | 1 July 2007 (2007-07-01) |
| Miranda Krestovnikoff puts St Abbs' reputation as one of the foremost sites for underwater wildlife to the test as she dives into a marine reserve there. Alice Roberts finds out how the experts propose to save the Forth Road Bridge from the looming threat of rust, while Neil Oliver re-creates a wartime scheme which involved training sea birds to find German submarines. | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | "Galway to Baltimore" | John Trefor | n/a | 2.94m (4) | 24 July 2007 (2007-07-24) |
| For the first time, the experts visit the west coast of Ireland. Neil Oliver discovers what prompted Columbus's voyage to America, as Miranda Krestovnikoff listens in on some dolphin conversations. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts investigates the perplexing mystery of "The Burren", where Arctic and Mediterranean plants grow alongside each other, then sails out to the mystical monastery on the island of Skellig Michael. | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | "King's Lynn to Felixstowe" | Oliver Clark | n/a | 2.97m (2) | 31 July 2007 (2007-07-31) |
| Neil Oliver evokes memories of the Cold War as he explores an abandoned radar site, while Hermione Cockburn meets a woman who was involved in top-secret work during the Second World War. As Mike Horton reveals the perilous state of some seaside piers, Alice Roberts indulges her interest in art when she visits Southwold, a Suffolk town which has inspired numerous painters in their artistic endeavours. | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | "The Channel Islands to Dover" | Andrea Buffery | n/a | 3.37m (1) | 7 August 2007 (2007-08-07) |
| Neil Oliver recounts the tragic tale of Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel. Alice Roberts finds out how Jersey reinvented itself after the Nazi occupation, while Nicholas Crane remembers the coastal supply ships that kept Britain afloat during the Second World War. And Miranda Krestovnikoff visits the Gouliot caves on Sark, where sea creatures stranded during low tide fight to survive until the water returns to claim them. |
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