Anita Rani: Britain By Beach on SBS – Anita Rani returns for a second series of Britain By Beach and discovers the remarkable secret history of Britain’s beaches.
Britain is an island with over a thousand beaches and across the centuries, history has been made on many of them. Whether it’s the hidden story of Victorian engineering buried under the Cornish sand, the drama of invasions repelled on the Welsh coast, or the tragedy of the country’s worst RNLI life-boat disaster, Anita Rani meets historians and locals whose lives have been touched by the events that took place on the beaches of Britain.
Season Two, Episode One: The North-West
Anita Rani discovers the remarkable secret history of Britain’s beaches. In this episode, she heads to Lancashire, revisiting the glorious beaches of her childhood. Anita explores the birth of the seaside resort in Blackpool, and the extraordinary story of risk and ambition behind a monument that was once the tallest man-made structure in Britain – The Blackpool Tower. Anita also discovers how dancing on the piers inspired the creation of the world-famous Tower Ballroom.
Anita Rani: Britain By Beach – New Season Premiere – Monday, 13 March at 7.35pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (4 Parts)
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