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A taste of Coast's journey from Swanage to Land's End

A taster of the Coast team's journey along the stunning sights of England鈥檚 South West coast from Dorset, through Devon, and onwards to the tip of Cornwall.

A taste of Coast's journey along the stunning sights of England鈥檚 South West coast from Dorset, through Devon, and onwards to the tip of Cornwall. Neil Oliver performs the lead role in an extract from Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥楾he Tempest鈥� on the stage of a remarkable coastal amphitheatre near Land鈥檚 End. Nick Crane ventures out into the infamous 鈥楶ortland Tidal Race鈥� to see how this fearsome tidal surge creates some of the roughest waters in Britain surprisingly close to the tourist beaches and Georgian splendour of Weymouth. Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of a family of White-Beaked Dolphins, these elusive cold water creatures are rarely seen off the English Coast, so why is this group so far south?
Mark Horton has privileged access to the historic dockyards at Devonport to see where the wooden ships of Nelson鈥檚 Navy were built, Mark reveals how the steel fleet of the modern Royal Navy still relies on the age old skills of wood working. Alice Roberts is following her nose to discover what gives the sea its distinctive smell; it鈥檚 the unmistakable whiff we associate with holidays, but for many animals it鈥檚 a smell that spells the difference between life and death.

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