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Rivers and Seas Collide

Coast Series 8 Reversions

Nick Crane explores the wealth of wildlife and industry that are attracted to the Firth of Forth, the mighty estuary that feeds Edinburgh.

Nick Crane explores the wealth of wildlife and industry that are attracted to the Firth of Forth, the might estuary that feeds Edinburgh. Tessa Dunlop reveals how the Victorian zeal for cleanliness turned the Thames into a giant self-flushing toilet bowl. Mark Horton discovers the astonishing struggle to build a rail tunnel deep under the Severn estuary between England and Wales, a challenge that was finally accomplished in 1886.

29 minutes

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Sat 6 Nov 2021 16:05
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:08

    Ian Brown

    F.E.A.R.

  • 00:10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
  • 00:11

    Nils Frahm

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Presenter Tessa Dunlop
Presenter Nicholas Crane

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