Brittany (30min)
Britain's bonds with its Celtic cousins across in Brittany are explored. Neil Oliver visits the province of Finistere, battered by some of the world's wildest waters.
The Bafta-winning Coast journeys around the British Isles and beyond to see how shared seas unite us all.
Britain's strong bonds with its Celtic cousins across the English Channel in Brittany, or 'Little Britain' as the French think of it, are explored, as the programme visits brand new territory.
Neil Oliver tours the province of Finistere, 'The End of the Earth', which is battered by some of the wildest waters in the world. He also sees how Breton writer Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea took on a terrifying reality with Hitler's U-boat base in L'Orient.
Alice Roberts reveals the life-saving chemical element that's locked away inside seaweed as she recreates the remarkable accidental discovery of iodine. At Carnac, Mark Horton moves among the mysterious lines of standing stones erected thousands of years before Stonehenge to investigate their age-old connection to Britain.
British sailor Sam Davies talks about living and training in Brittany for a round-the-world yacht race, the Vendee Globe, while Neil harvests sea salt using an age-old technique in Guerand, south Brittany.
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Music Played
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Michael Nyman
Dan
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Arcade Fire
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
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Janet Jackson
Back Interlude
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Neil Oliver |
Presenter | Alice Roberts |
Presenter | Mark Horton |
Executive Producer | William Lyons |
Series Producer | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Feb 2012 17:30
- Sat 17 Mar 2012 21:0091热爆 HD
- Sat 14 Jul 2012 19:3091热爆 HD
- Sat 1 Sep 2012 16:4091热爆 Two England & Wales only
- Thu 6 Sep 2012 19:0091热爆 Two Scotland
- Sun 23 Sep 2012 17:3091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 9 Mar 2013 14:0091热爆 HD
- Sat 4 May 2013 15:5591热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Fri 10 May 2013 19:0091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 3 Aug 2013 16:3091热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Sun 25 Aug 2013 17:3091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Thu 24 Sep 2015 16:45
- Wed 20 Jul 2016 13:45
- Tue 27 Jun 2017 15:45
- Sun 13 Aug 2017 16:00
- Thu 19 Jul 2018 23:4591热爆 Two Wales
- Sun 30 Sep 2018 16:0091热爆 Two Wales
- Mon 25 Nov 2019 23:4591热爆 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 22 Jan 2020 16:4591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Thu 21 Oct 2021 00:1591热爆 Two Wales HD & Wales only
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