Villages by the Sea
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 HD at 7:00 PM, Monday 4 November. (Subtitles, new, series.)
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Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Ben Robinson
Presenter
Pam Cavannagh
Executive Producer
Dympna Jackson
Executive Producer
Theo Williams
Series Producer