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- Alison Graham
Miranda Krestovnikoff hurls a gannet from a cliff. This isn’t the start of a bad joke and neither is the lovely Miranda being cruel; she’s actually helping the bird on its way after it’s been checked and weighed by researchers on the gannet-heavy island of Grassholm in Pembrokeshire.
Miranda and the team are exploring the Welsh coastline, and there is the usual mix of light history and human interest. The best bit is the most touching, when two women, part of the Ugandan Asian diaspora of 1972, talk of their introduction to Britain; an ex-military complex where the welcome was as warm as the winter was cold.
About this programme
5/6. Nick Crane examines evidence that a tsunami struck the coast of Wales and England around 400 years ago, and finds out why scientists planning an expedition to Mars find the Welsh coast a good substitute for the Red Planet. Plus, Miranda Krestovnikoff visits the island of Grassholm to find out where its gannets go in winter.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Presenter
- Nick Crane
- Presenter
- Miranda Krestovnikoff
Crew
- Executive Producer
- William Lyons
- Series Editor
- Steve Evanson
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