Villages by the Sea

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Friday 29 November
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Runswick Bay

Season 5 Episode 1 of 6

Ben Robinson explores more villages around the UK, starting with Runswick Bay in North Yorkshire, where he discovers how this popular tourist site was once a place of danger. Benvisits the caves in the sea cliffs known as hob-holes to uncover how they once helped supply a thriving jet industry and finds evidence of how, in the late-1800s, the village became the inspiration for a group of artists who became known as the British Impressionists

Villages by the Sea airs on BBC Two England at 8:30 AM, Friday 29 November. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Ben Robinson
Presenter
Pam Cavannagh
Executive Producer
Dympna Jackson
Executive Producer
Theo Williams
Series Producer