Joy of the Coast 1
Nick Crane heads to the Inner Hebrides in Scotland to attempt a daunting, long-coveted mountaineering challenge on the Isle of Skye - climbing the fearsome Cioch.
To discover the pure pleasure of seaside leisure, the team seek out the ideal locations to enjoy their personal passions and experience the joy of the coast.
Nick Crane heads to his beloved Inner Hebrides in Scotland to attempt a daunting, long-coveted mountaineering challenge on the Isle of Skye. For years, Nick has dreamed of climbing the fearsome Cioch. This singular and impressive spear of rock, the scene for a spectacular sword fight in the film Highlander, was only conquered for the first time in 1906. The men who originally attempted the hazardous route to its summit were an unlikely pair - John Mackenzie, a Scottish mountain guide, and Norman Collie, an English professor of chemistry - but their joint endeavour would bind them into a 30-year friendship. Nick uses Victorian mountaineering gear as he attempts to follow in the footsteps of Mackenzie and Collie and climb the Cioch for himself. Along the way, he learns something of the triumph and tragedy of their lives, but Nick's reward at the climax of the hazardous ascent comes with the discovery of a new favourite view - an incredible seascape framed by Britain's most glorious coastal peaks.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Nicholas Crane |
Executive Producer | William Lyons |
Series Editor | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Wed 27 Jul 2016 14:05
- Wed 22 Mar 2017 13:10
- Tue 14 Nov 2017 16:55麻豆社 Two except Wales
- Sun 7 Jan 2018 13:55麻豆社 Two Wales
- Sat 14 Apr 2018 00:10麻豆社 Two Wales
- Thu 3 Sep 2020 21:40
- Sun 7 Mar 2021 19:40麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Fri 21 May 2021 15:55麻豆社 Two except Scotland
- Tue 5 Oct 2021 00:25麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Thu 24 Feb 2022 21:40
- Sun 27 Feb 2022 19:00麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Sun 6 Mar 2022 21:45麻豆社 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sat 24 Sep 2022 17:45麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Thu 23 Mar 2023 19:40麻豆社 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sun 14 Jan 2024 15:55麻豆社 Two except Scotland
- Wed 27 Nov 2024 23:45麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
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