For the first time, Coast explores the spectacular shoreline of Norway to discover Britain's age-old link to the land of the fjords.
For the first time, Coast explores the spectacular shoreline of Norway to discover Britain's age-old link to the land of the fjords.
Neil Oliver journeys deep into the Arctic Circle to reveal the little-known role that a British raid on Norway's Nazi-occupied Lofoten Islands played in helping to win the Second World War. In 1941, a code book recovered from a German trawler was a vital clue in cracking the top secret Enigma code.
On the Lofoten Islands, Neil also explores the traditional red huts which once housed lonely cod fishermen, squeezed in three to a bunk; today the huts are popular as holiday homes. Neil is challenged to taste the 'local delicacy' of air-dried cod - medieval fast food which sustained the Vikings on their epic voyages.
Meanwhile, Alice Roberts visits a processing plant that supplies one-fifth of Britain's gas requirements via the world's longest sub-sea pipeline. In 40 years, the gas will all be gone, but Alice discovers a potential new form of renewable energy - osmotic power.
Mark Horton searches for the design secrets of the Norsemen's fearsome longships, which propelled the Vikings to our shores. Mark meets boat builders who still use the centuries-old methods inherited from their ancestors.
Nick Crane takes a trip over one of Norway's most beautiful fjords to witness the great ice sheets. Theirs was the force which once sculpted Britain's own landscape; in Norway they are still at work gouging out the mighty glacial valleys. At Geirangerfjord, Nick discovers that this inexorable movement of the ice will eventually create a devastating tsunami.
And in the frozen landscape of Svalbard, wildlife photographer Jason Roberts is hunting for the perfect shot of a polar bear.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Neil Oliver |
Presenter | Alice Roberts |
Presenter | Mark Horton |
Presenter | Nicholas Crane |
Presenter | Jason Roberts |
Executive Producer | William Lyons |
Series Producer | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Tue 25 Aug 2009 20:00
- Thu 27 Aug 2009 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Thu 10 Sep 2009 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 29 Sep 2009 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 30 Dec 2009 12:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Sun 30 May 2010 17:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 14 Mar 2011 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Thu 22 Dec 2011 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Tue 3 Apr 2012 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Sun 15 Apr 2012 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Fri 31 Jan 2014 15:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Mon 14 Apr 2014 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
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