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| Coast - Complete BBC TV Series 1 [2005] | ![Coast - Complete BBC TV Series 1 [2005]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E099XH1RL._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 944
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Running Time: 684 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.7 x 0.8
EAN: 5030305104030
ASIN: B000BHZ1H4
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: October 24, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Simply MUST HAVE for any collection. easy 10/10 September 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
From start to finish this is a sumptious, gorgeous presentation and the best COAST series by far, especially in picture quality. We use it for visiting ares we would never have got the chance to see, and it's fun looking for the locations shown using google earth etc.
I have all three series, and if you must have one than this is it.
 A most enjoyable series September 11, 2006
44 out of 53 found this review helpful
First let me say that I did enjoy the series overall. A five man team of Open University staff take you on a guided tour all around the coast of Britain, including Northern Ireland and some Scottish islands. The tour is not uniform though. They spend quite some time on the Isle of Weight yet poor old Isle of Mann doesn't even get a mention.
The idea of making a programme about the British coast is truly inspiring. Some highpoints were the early warning enemy aircraft sound walls along the south coast and the fishing village that got washed away one night. The story of the Scottish fishing industry was also well told as was the horrific story of the slave trade.
I do have some criticisms though.
They did not show enough scenic views of the coastline. I've taken some landscape photos myself from off shore. Some parts of Britain's coastline simply take your breath away. They missed some great opportunities.
Whilst taking us on a tour of the Irish coast, one member of the team made a really stupid comment that had the Protestant armies not won the war in Ireland, we could have avoided 400 years of war. He foolishly informed us of this fact (sic) with such certainty. I didn't know that the Open University had courses on historical "what if" prophecies and fortune telling. It's quite possible that had the Catholic armies won, there would have been a civil war in England.
Some sideshows such as taking us on a tour of a Royal Navy submarine and the building of a prehistoric home were too distant from the main subject. At some points the episodes degenerated into a magazine style format instead of focusing on the subject of Britain's coast.
One more criticism. I would have thought that one target audience for this programme would be tourists to Britain. I feel it is an oversight that there are no sub-titles whatsoever. I find this even stranger considering that the programme is so PC, (watch it, you'll see what I mean!), you would have thought they might have at least added subtitles in English for the hard of hearing?
To conclude, a most enjoyable series that hopefully should inspire us all to tour Britain's coastline and enjoy its unique beauty.
Fantastic DVD August 17, 2006
16 out of 22 found this review helpful
This was the best suprise present for my mother.The first viewing was the west coast of Scotland where she used to live.It has excellent graphics and has inspired my mother and I to explore other parts of England as soon as possible.This is my first purchase from Amazon and I would highly recommend you to buy this DVD.
My 3 year old couldn't recomended more! June 26, 2006
23 out of 27 found this review helpful
I have always loved the coast, staring out to sea. My parents always took me on holiday to the coast around Britain, from Lands End to John O'Groats. A love that has always stayed with me, these days I take every opportunity to visit the coastline, with my little one. This series has opened my eyes to more splended sights that I will now make it my goal to visit. The passion that Nick Crane and his colleagues feel for their subject it so intense, you can't help but feel it leap out of the screen at you. If you enjoy Britain and it's amazing natural sights, this will really light a fire under you. My little three year old loves this series and will happily sit glued to it for hours, if given the chance!!!
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside! June 19, 2006
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
But living in the midlands these days, I miss the sea terribly. Watching the Coast series is a real treat and makes my longing for the sea even stronger. There are so many miles of astoundingly beautiful coastline round England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland (about 12,000 miles I think they said when you add in all the twiddly bits and islands) that the series could have been twice as long and my attention wouldn't have faltered for a moment. And it's not just the beauty of the coastline that recommends this series - there's the sea itself in all its moods and tempers, the marine wildlife and the history. I've no doubt that I'll watch these DVDs many times. There is really only one thing I can think that would improve the programmes and that is subtitles. I can think of several occasions when they would have been useful, for example, when the zoologist, Miranda was diving with seals and it was very difficult to understand what she was saying in her diving suit, when the geographer, Nick was speaking over the clatter of a fish-finger conveyor belt, when the archaeologist/anthropologist, Mark was speaking in a Butlins holiday camp disco. Even without the subtitles though, it's mostly quite easy to understand what's said.
Highly recommended.
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