Beaches
The Pebble In Your Pocket. Audio, 28 minutes
Why do people love pebbles? What do pebbles tell us about the world – and about ourselves?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Beaches, Crosby Beach. Audio, 14 minutes
Portraits of iconic British beaches. Crosby beach, Liverpool, hosts 100 Gormley statues.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Beaches, Barra Beach. Audio, 14 minutes
Fiona Stafford explores Hebridean Barra beach, the world's only beach airport.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Beaches, Scarborough Beach. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford explores Scarborough beach - a true entrepreneur and survivor.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Beaches, The Giant's Causeway. Audio, 14 minutes
Professor Fiona Stafford explores the ultimate beach-as-symbol, the Giant's Causeway.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Beaches, Dover Beach. Audio, 14 minutes
Professor Fiona Stafford explores Dover beach, an emblem of Englishness for millennia.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Blue Planet II. Series 1, Coasts. Video, 57 minutes
Coasts are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer great riches.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for over a year
A Guide to Coastal Wildlife. 4. The Strandline. Audio, 15 minutes
Hunting for whelk egg cases which resemble bubble wrap and finding a mermaid's purse.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
A Guide to Coastal Wildlife. 2. Sandy Beaches. Audio, 15 minutes
How do creatures and plant life survive along the sandy beaches of Northumberland?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Living World. Winter Seashore. Audio, 22 minutes
Trai Anfield finds the wildlife on the wintry shores of Devon.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Crossing the Bay. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Paul Farley takes a walk across the dangerous sands of Morecambe Bay.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Living Memory. Series 13, Episode 1. Audio, 30 minutes
Chris Ledgard tells the story of Brighton's naturist beach, which opened in 1980.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Tides. Audio, 30 minutes
An exciting and revelatory soundscape following life between the tides on a sandy coast.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Blue Planet. Coasts. Video, 57 minutes
How animals from in and around the sea make use of coastal areas.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for over a year
