The Workers' Coast

The team reports on stories of workers from around the UK's shores. Nick Crane is in Grimsby to tell the tale of an abandoned refrigeration plant whose employees once kept Britain's biggest fishing fleet afloat, and also joins a team of drivers parking hundreds of new British cars on board a huge purpose-built transporter on the Tyne. Neil Oliver hears about the thousands of shipyard labourers on the Clyde who fought against job losses in 1971, and Tessa Dunlop is in Cumbria to reveal why the Royal Navy's guns were more accurate than anyone else's 200 years ago. Plus, comedian Ken Dodd joins poet Ian McMillan to celebrate the entertainers who worked so hard to get laughs from the holidaymakers of Blackpool in the Edwardian era.

Release Date: 2005-07-22
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TMDb: 7.2/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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Invaders of the Isles
Episode 1 - Invaders of the Isles
The Workers' Coast
Episode 2 - The Workers' Coast
Joy of the Coast
Episode 3 - Joy of the Coast
Rivers and Seas Collide
Episode 4 - Rivers and Seas Collide
The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs
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All At Sea
Episode 6 - All At Sea