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Whitstable to the Isle of Wight
Episode 18 of 23
In Dover, Alice Roberts relives the glamour days of the hovercraft crossing to France. What brought the cross-channel service to an untimely end?
In Dover, Alice Roberts relives the glamour days of the hovercraft crossing to France. She takes to the waves to learn how to fly a hovercraft, and discovers the science behind this British invention in an experiment with kitchen scales and a hair dryer. She also finds out what brought the cross-channel service to its untimely end.
Last on
Christmas Eve 2021
17:35
91热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alice Roberts |
| Presenter | Neil Oliver |
| Executive Producer | William Lyons |
| Series Producer | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Tue 22 Feb 2011 19:5091热爆 Two Northern Ireland & England only
- Thu 24 Feb 2011 11:0591热爆 Two Scotland
- Sun 17 Apr 2011 19:5091热爆 Two Wales
Sat 6 Aug 2011 23:1591热爆 HD- Mon 15 Aug 2011 23:0091热爆 HD
- Sun 11 Sep 2011 18:2091热爆 Two & 91热爆 HD
- Tue 13 Sep 2011 22:5091热爆 HD
- Thu 22 Sep 2011 23:1091热爆 HD
- Mon 10 Oct 2011 23:0091热爆 HD
- Tue 18 Oct 2011 00:0091热爆 HD
- Wed 16 Nov 2011 00:3091热爆 HD
- Wed 20 Jun 2012 13:40
- Mon 15 Jul 2013 19:5091热爆 Two Scotland
- Wed 14 May 2014 21:00
- Sat 9 May 2015 21:05
- Mon 29 Feb 2016 16:4091热爆 Two Wales
- Tue 3 May 2016 00:20
- Mon 10 Apr 2017 12:50
- Sun 30 Apr 2017 17:20
- Sun 7 Jan 2018 18:5091热爆 Two Wales
- Tue 27 Feb 2018 00:0591热爆 Two Wales
- Wed 21 Mar 2018 00:0591热爆 Two Wales
- Tue 17 Jul 2018 17:0591热爆 Two Wales
- Tue 16 Oct 2018 14:3591热爆 Two Wales
- Wed 14 Nov 2018 00:5591热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sun 20 Jan 2019 16:05
- Tue 8 Oct 2019 17:0591热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 28 Jan 2020 15:0591热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Sat 7 Mar 2020 01:5591热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Fri 10 Jul 2020 00:2091热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Tue 16 Feb 2021 00:2091热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sun 9 May 2021 11:3091热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Wed 30 Jun 2021 01:0591热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Fri 17 Sep 2021 21:2091热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Christmas Eve 2021 17:3591热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
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