Coast — Season 1, Episode 8: Life On The Edge: Cape Wrath To Orkney

Episode synopsis

Nick takes part in a NATO exercise at the Cape Wrath bombing range; Neil meets the descendants of the people displaced by the Highland Clearances; and the survivors of the worst loss of British Naval life in Scapa Flow; whilst Alice visits the Dounreay reactor.

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
• E2The Wild West: Exmouth To Bristol
• 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
• 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