Coast

You have to admire the way Coast presenters are so boundlessly enthusiastic. In this episode, Nick Crane walks into a village shop in the Outer Hebrides. To you or me it might seem like an ordinary shop – but is it? “This is a real Aladdin’s cave!” cries Nick, striding past shelves of toothpaste and baked beans, before alighting on real treasure: “Wooden clothes pegs! I didn’t know these were still available!” Be honest, now: which other series would see the magic in wooden clothes pegs?

The magic doesn’t end there: we discover the acoustics of Fingal’s Cave and see how they make dye for Harris Tweed by boiling lichen.