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Villages by the Sea

7.0
5 seasons
37 episodes
Returning Series
Documentary

Plot Summary

Series looking at British coastal villages, that have often been on the front line of history.

First Aired:December 16, 2019
Last Aired:December 16, 2024
Episode Runtime:29m
Networks:
BBC One, BBC Two

Cast & Characters

Where to watch free (US)

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Seasons (5)

Season 1

Season 1

5 episodes

Aired: 2019

Series looking at coastal villages that have often been on the front line of history. The first series was simulcast in five UK regions on December 16, 2019: BBC North West (Sunderland Point ), Cambridgeshire (Walberswick), Channel Islands (Clovelly), Yorks and Lincs (Robin Hood's Bay) and North East (Lindisfarne AKA Holy Island). For consistency, I changed the Episode Numbers to match TVDB and the BBC (although the BBC Episode Guide and iPlayer Series One's entries differ, I chose the iPlayer order, as this is the order that the Episodes would be viewed by a watcher if they sequentially viewed the entire series.) Note that Series 2's entries on iPlayer and Episode Guide concur. Thereafter, however, there are a number of juxtaposed episodes between the two sites (iPlayer and Episode Guide) at which point, I defer to the BBC's implied chaos preference.....

Series 2

Series 2

6 episodes

Aired: 2021

Archaeologist Ben Robinson returns to the English coast in this six-part series as he uncovers how the past has shaped some of our best-loved coastal village communities.

Series 3

Series 3

10 episodes

Aired: 2022

How the past has shaped some of our best-loved coastal village communities.

Season 4

Season 4

10 episodes

Aired: 2023

Series 5

Series 5

6 episodes

Aired: 2024

Production

Purple Productions