Coast (TV series)
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | BBC Birmingham |
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| Composer(s) | Alan Parker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
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| Producer(s) | Steve Evanson |
| Cinematography | Julian Clinkard |
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| Running time | 60 min (approx.) |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 22 July 2005 – present |
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| Related shows | Fossil Detectives |
| Coast Australia | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Foxtel / BBC |
| Directed by | Jane Manning |
| Presented by | Neil Oliver |
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| Composer(s) | Alan Parker |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Producer(s) | Niamh Linnie |
| Cinematography | Greg Kung |
| Editor(s) | Marcus Moro |
| Running time | 60 min (approx.) |
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History Channel Australia BBC Two (UK) |
| Original release | 2 December 2013 – present |
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| Related shows | Coast |
| Coast New Zealand | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | TVNZ / BBC |
| Presented by | Neil Oliver |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Philip Smith |
| Release | |
| Original release | 19 April – 24 May 2016 |
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| Related shows | Coast |
Coast is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two television in 2005. A second series started on 26 October 2006, a third in early 2007 and a fourth in mid-2009. It covers various subjects relating to both the natural and social history of the British coastline and also more recently, that of Britain's near neighbours. A fifth series was aired in 2010, followed by a sixth in 2011. A seventh series aired in 2012 and followed a different format from previous series. Series eight started in 2013 while series nine aired in 2014 and series ten in 2015.
The series is a collaboration between the Open University and BBC Productions, Birmingham.
In December 2013, the first reversion of the series format, Coast Australia, was screened on the History Channel in Australia. Hosted by Neil Oliver, it was the second highest rating show in the history of the channel. It started airing on BBC Two from 14 May 2014; series 2 was aired in 2015. Coast New Zealand aired in 2016. A similar show, Arfordir Cymru (Wales Coast), is broadcast on the Welsh-language broadcaster S4C and hosted by Bedwyr Rees; three series have aired so far, each of six 23-minute-long episodes, travelling in Pembrokeshire (2014), Llŷn Peninsula (2015) and Cardigan Bay (2017).
The original presenters, and their fields of interest, are:
The original presenters have formed the backbone of the presenting team; however Alice Roberts left the Coast team after the end of the sixth series.
Several other presenters have also become regulars after originally appearing on a one-off basis:
Series 1 started at the White Cliffs of Dover and progressed in a clockwise fashion around the coast of Great Britain (with a side trip to Northern Ireland). Series 2 again started at Dover but subsequent episodes did not follow series one in circumnavigating the UK coast, instead featuring various locations, including sections of the coast of the Republic of Ireland. Series 4 reintroduced the circular element, starting at Whitstable and ending at Hull, though with visits to Ireland, Normandy and Norway included as well. The format of the seventh series abandoned the geographical element and instead each episode focused on a particular theme and featured locations from around the British Isles. All but one of the episodes in the first series ended with Nicholas Crane stating that in the British Isles, "Remember, you are never more than 72 miles from the sea!" Neil Oliver closed the fifth series with the same statement.
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