Coast
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First episode date | July 22, 2005 |
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Creators | BBC Birmingham |
Presented by | Nicholas Crane |
Neil Oliver | |
Executive producers | Gill Tierney |
Nigel Walk | |
Steve Evanson | |
Oliver Clark | |
Jonathan Barker | |
Gary Hunter | |
Networks | BBC |
BBC Two | |
Official site | coast.band |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Albums | Skim |
Members | Paul Eastham |
Songs | SongsNogging the NogPretend 3 · 2020 Eleanor2Pretend · 2020 Missao ImpossivelMissao Impossivel (Remake) · 2020 View 25+ more |
List | Nogging the NogPretend 3 · 2020 |
Reviews | www.imdb.com |
Executive producer | Steve Evanson |
Jonathan Barker | |
Gill Tierney | |
Nigel Walk | |
Gary Hunter | |
Oliver Clark | |
Episodes | EpisodesS10 E06 · Caves and CovesAug 13, 2015 S10 E05 · Wild WatersAug 6, 2015 S10 E04 · The Irish SeaJul 30, 2015 View 45+ more |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2280662 |
About Coast
This documentary series explores the natural and social history of the coastline around the United Kingdom. The journey uncovers stories of people and events that have helped transform the area into what is is today. Among the questions the programme answers are why Portsmouth became the home of the Royal Navy and how greed led to an entire village being washed into the sea. … MORE
Paris Olympics 2024: Locals ask if they're worth the trouble
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... It was the middle of the night and she should have reached her destination - Tuxpan, on the Gulf of Mexico Coast - hours earlier...
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... A 30-year-old commuter found the experience a little more exhausting, saying the seats were not that comfortable but the journey saved her money compared to other ways travelling up from the Coast...
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... A few months after the school yard sighting, hotel owner Rose Granville - who lived a few hundred yards down the Coast - reported seeing a spacecraft just as she was going to bed...
Hurricane Idalia blows flamingos as far as Ohio
... Reports then came flying in from Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia - roughly the storm s route as it travelled up the Coast - but also inland in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio...
Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan
... The storm - which made landfall on Sunday on the east Coast - was the first to directly hit the island in four years...
Missing Titanic sub search team expand search area as oxygen fears mount
...By Alys DaviesBBC NewsMore noises have been detected in the search for a submersible which went missing on Sunday while on a dive to see the Titanic wreck site, the US Coast Guard says...
The Ukraine offensive: What will win it or lose it?
... Blocking Ukraine s path to the Coast - its own Coast, let s not forget - are layer upon layer of Russian minefields, concrete tank-blockers (known as " dragons teeth" ) bunkers, firing positions and trenches wide enough and deep enough to stop a Leopard 2 or M1 Abrams tank literally in its tracks...
Paris Olympics 2024: Locals ask if they're worth the trouble
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris
Are Parisians falling out of love with their own Olympic Games ?
That conclusion might seem inescapable after a series of Bad News stories over The Last couple of weeks.
First The City 's own Mayor Anne Hidalgo said out of The Blue That transport for next summer's Games would " not be ready in time".
Then it was announced That far from buses and metros being free for competition ticket-holders - as Promised in The Paris bid for The Games - fares will actually double for The Six Weeks of The Olympics and Paralympics.
The Police chief revealed That his security plan comprises no less than four separate exclusion zones around each Olympic Venue - prompting The Head of The hoteliers' union to say it was " so complicated I get a headache Just Looking at it".
And an Odoxa opinion poll showed That nearly one in two - inhabitants of The Paris region - Now thought The Games were a " bad thing". The 44% negative rating was double what it was in 2021.
The same poll found That 52% of Françiliens were considering leaving Paris for The duration of The Games . " Perceptions about The Games are reaching alert level, " Odoxa reported.
And That 's not even counting The Row with 230 quayside booksellers or - self-proclaimed guardians of historic Paris - who are resisting attempts to dismantle their boxes for The 26 July opening ceremony.
Certainly it is not hard These Days to find Parisians quite happy to curse The Games and All That comes with them.
" On The Morning of June 9 I'm voting in The European elections then I'm out of here till September, " says Evelyne, 65, encountered by The Place de La Concorde (scene of several events including break-dancing, or as The French felicitously put it, le breaking).
" Paris will be unbearable, " she adds. " Impossible to park; impossible to move around; impossible to do anything. Madame Hidalgo has wrecked Paris , and I want no part of The Games . "
" How long is it before The Police chief simply asks us Parisians to leave The City ? " another inhabitant asked on Social Media .
Of course in any normal year Paris In July and August is already forsaken by a large part of its population, who prefer their second homes in The country or on The Coast - That 's why The City seems so pleasantly empty to Visitors .
But summer 2024 promises more of a clear-out than ever, not least because of The tempting deals being offered on Airbnb and other platforms. Rentals during The Games are up to four times normal rates, and it is hard to find a Parisian who is not at least considering The Windfall .
There was always a solid corpus of French People who opposed The Games on The left-wing grounds That they are a colossal waste of money and serve mainly The interests of The multinationals.
To them are Now added all those who believe they will also be a monumental inconvenience.
So should The organisers be worried? Probably not. Most of The concerns are either exaggerated or easily resolved. And what Games ever took place without mega-jitters in The months ahead?
Take transport. Mayor Hidalgo certainly set Olympic hearts racing with her dire warnings about lack of preparation.
But context is all. The Mayor is in political difficulty. She is also The Sworn Enemy of both The Sports minister and The (conservative) head of The Ile-de-France region, who has responsibility for suburban rail.
As One unnamed Olympic source told Le Parisien newspaper This Week : " Anne Hidalgo has always wanted these to be her Games. But it's not her role, nor does she have The budget. So she spends her time sending off these barbs. "
So yes, there are worries about whether The extensions to RER E and Metro line 14 (both parts of The 20-year Greater Paris project) will be ready On Time . But even if they are not, it will not be The End of The World .
" This will be - as Promised - The First Time in The history of The Games That people will be able to go to all The Events on Public Transport , " insists The Ile-de-France transport authority.
The Transport ticket price controversy is also unlikely to turn Parisians off The Games - not least because The Millions of Parisians who have monthly or yearly passes will be unaffected. The cost of all those extra Olympic buses and trains will be borne mainly by Visitors - and who cares about them?
The multiple police perimeters and all The bureaucratic procedures for exemptions are admittedly complicated (and so French ! ) and people will have to get their heads around them. But they got their heads around The (yellow-vest) protests and The Covid restrictions, so it's hard To Believe they won't manage This Time .
And as for The bouquinistes, their argument That The Real aim of The Authorities is to get rid of them is simply not believable. The bookish antiquarians may be held in public affection, but they are not going to stop The Olympics ' first ever fluvial overture.
No, it is hard not to agree with The Veteran French athlete and IOC member Guy Drut when he says: " Believe me, The nearer we get to The actual Games, The more of these rows there are going to be. "
So expect more moaning from Parisians in The months ahead. And Then , a cracking Games.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com