Our Coast

Episode
Liverpool
Broadcast Info
2020 (59 mins)
Description
In Episode One we visit the Merseyside Coast, stretching from Sefton Sands in the North to the Wirral in the South, via the great port city of Liverpool. Arriving just in time for the docking of the Queen Mary 2, Adrian goes onboard to explore the nooks and crannies of what is the largest ocean crossing liner in the world, meeting passengers who have deep personal connections to the port of Liverpool and the staff who are there to meet their every need. Mehreen meanwhile is off to board a slightly smaller craft, run by one of the oldest lifeboat stations anywhere in the country - the Hoylake Hovercraft. She gets the chance to suit up and join the crew as they embark on a full rescue drill, answering the call of someone who has got stuck in the notorious mud flats of the Dee Estuary. Other highlights of the show include historian Emma Dabiri on the hunt for a Viking ship that might just be buried under a Wirral pub car park; environmental scientist Tara Shine finding out how the people of Formby are protecting one of the country’s last thriving colonies of red squirrels; and engineer Danielle George puts on her hard hat to visit the Birkenhead Hydraulic Tower, a local titan of Victorian industry which was bombed in the Blitz and is now about to become the centrepiece of an industrial renaissance. Finally, Adrian and Mehreen pay a visit to one man who has pulled himself up from his very modest Bootle upbringing to become one of Liverpool’s richest men - and owner of the biggest mansion on the coast. Why does he love the Merseyside coast so much that, even with all the money in the world, he’ll never leave?
Genre
History; Culture; Social Science; Natural History

How to cite this record

The Open University, "Our Coast". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/235254 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)