Anita Rani: Britain By Beach on SBS – Anita Rani returns for a second season of Britain By Beach. 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 Four: Wales
Presenter Anita Rani continue her journey across the UK, exploring the remarkable secret history of its beaches. This episode is set along the stunning coastline of Wales. Anita explores the legends of mighty Harlech Castle, strategically built right above the sea, an infamous site of rebellion and uprising. In Pembrokeshire, Anita unravels the little-known story of the last invasion of mainland Britain, not at Hastings but in Fishguard, and commemorated in a 30-metre hand-stitched tapestry.
Anita Rani: Britain By Beach – Final Episode – Monday, 3 April at 7.35pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (4 Parts)
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