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Shoreline Detectives: Ancient Ships, Forts, and Villages

Every day, on a sandy beach or a rocky foreshore, fascinating evidence of British history appears and disappears as the tide rolls in and rolls out again. Dr. Tori Herridge and her crack team of archaeologists explore sea beds and sand banks to discover all the bits of history found on Britain's shoreline, including shipwrecks, prehistoric stone forts, and medieval villages.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Northumberland
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    June 30, 2017
    44min
    7+
    Tori and Alex explore the coastal archaeology of Northumberland. They investigate the tragic story of a French fishing trawler, wrecked in 1913, and they discover the ancient community that thrived in the middle ages in one of the northeast's top tourist destinations.
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  2. S1 E2 - Merseyside
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    July 7, 2017
    44min
    7+
    Tori and Alex explore the coastal archaeology of Merseyside. They investigate a beach full of building rubble from WWII, track down Liverpool's own version of the Whisky Galore story, and find evidence of people and animals dating back 7000 years.
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  3. S1 E3 - Essex
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    July 14, 2017
    45min
    7+
    Tori and Alex explore the coastal archaeology of Essex. They investigate the earthwork remains of a fort dating to the time when Henry VIII took England out of the European Catholic union. They pay their respects to some Thames sailing barges, now sunk in estuary mud, but once the glory of the east coast, and they find a First World War German U-boat stranded in a tiny creek.
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Audio languages
EnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Michael Waterhouse
Studio
MagellanTV
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