Coast — Season 1, Episode 2: The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol

Episode synopsis

Dr Alice Roberts investigates how greed led to a village being washed into the sea; Nick unearths the history of slavery in Plymouth; while Neil and Mark try to wreck a ship with nothing but a candle; and Miranda comes face to face with a shark!

About Coast

The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9,000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine; rebuilding the Titanic using computer images; the story behind the first Butlins holiday camp; and the birth of the Severn Bore. Discover the curious, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Frontline: Dover To Exmouth
• E3Times and Tides: Bristol To Cardigan Bay
• E4The Travellers Coast: Cardigan Bay To The Dee
• E5Shifting Sands: Liverpool To Solway Firth
• E6The Troubled Coast: The Northern Ireland Coast
• E7Islands And Inlets: West Coast Of Scotland And Western Isles
• E8Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney
• E9The Working Coast: John O'Groats To Berwick
• E10The Forgotten Coast: Berwick To Whitby
• E11The Inventive Coast: Robin Hood's Bay To The Wash
• E12The Vanishing Coast: The Wash To Dover
• E13The Future Coast