About this season
Architectural designer Charlie Luxton embarks on a nationwide journey to visit some of Britain's best homes by the sea and find out what makes the perfect coastal property.
Episodes (7)
1. South West Wales
Aired 16 October 2014
Charlie explores a space-age home on the Pembrokeshire coast, helps a couple who are renovating a property overlooking Fishguard harbour, and visits an ancient castle that's also a cosy period cottage.
2. South Devon
Aired 23 October 2014
Charlie Luxton visits south Devon to see a magnificent clifftop home, a 200-year-old fisherman's cottage with a stunning view, a stylish 1960s modernist house and a bold 1930s villa.
3. Norfolk
Aired 30 October 2014
Charlie visits Paul Keates and his wife Trish, who live in a former granary on the picturesque quayside in Blakeney.
4. Isle of Skye
Aired 6 November 2014
Charlie heads to romantic Skye, where some of the crofts and blackhouses abandoned in the 19th century are being brought back to life by newcomers.
5. Kent and Sussex
Aired 13 November 2014
Charlie Luxton visits some special homes on the Kent and Sussex shoreline, from Camber Sands and Dungeness to the harbour in Rye, Dymchurch and two contrasting projects in Brighton.
6. Northumberland and Whitley Bay
Aired 20 November 2014
Charlie Luxton visits Craster Tower and Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. In Whitley Bay he discovers a surprising seafront semi and a deceptive modern build overlooking Druridge Bay.
7. Best Bits
Aired 27 November 2014
Charlie Luxton looks back on his tour of some of Britain's most stunning coastal properties, from Devon to the Isle of Skye.