Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
The presenter explores the rugged North Cornish coast, beginning in Widemouth Bay, a gigantic stretch of coastline with ancient links to the Celtic nations of Wales and Brittany. Battling a storm blowing in from the Atlantic, Michael heads south and takes shelter in a magical and ancient woodland, before spending the night at the vicarage where novelist Thomas Hardy stayed in 1870, and penned a poem named after a local landmark, Beeny Cliff.
About Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo, a British journalist, broadcaster and former politician, begins a south-west coastal pilgrimage, travelling through Devon and Cornwall.