About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 212. Chapters: Coast (TV series), Seven Ages of Rock, Planet Earth (TV series), Pedigree Dogs Exposed, Life (BBC TV series), Panorama (TV series), Son of God (TV series), The Most Hated Family in America, The Power of Nightmares, The Boys from Baghdad High, An Island Parish, Life on Earth (TV series), The Trap (television documentary series), Great British Railway Journeys, James May's Toy Stories, Walking with Dinosaurs, Chartjackers, The Living Planet, List of Britannia documentaries, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (TV series), The Life of Mammals, The Trials of Life, Wild China, Nature's Great Events, The Blue Planet, Life in the Undergrowth, The Life of Birds, Growing Up in the Universe, Big Cat Diary, Pedigree Dogs Exposed - Three Years On, Frozen Planet, Planet Dinosaur, Britain's Best Sitcom, Full Circle with Michael Palin, Sea Monsters (TV series), The Choir (TV series), List of creatures in the Walking with... series, Walking with Beasts, The Private Life of Plants, South Pacific (TV series), Around the World in 80 Faiths, Life in Cold Blood, Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, Last Chance to See (TV series), By Any Means, Wild Africa, Rough Justice (TV series), Reaching for the Skies, Around the World in 80 Gardens, Life in the Freezer, Wild Down Under, List of Louis Theroux documentaries, Human Planet, Andes to Amazon, Japanorama, Land of the Tiger, The Virtual Revolution. Excerpt: 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. The BBC have started to film a series 8. The series is a collaboration between the Open University and BBC Productions, Birmingham. 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 one 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 two 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 four 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. Series four onwards were simulcast on the BBC HD channel. Extracts from the programme are often used as filler items on BBC Two, for exampl
