Coast

For the first time `Coast' explores the spectacular shoreline of Norway. Neil Oliver reveals the little-known role that a British raid on Norway's Nazi-occupied Lofoten Islands played in helping to win the Second World War. Alice Roberts visits a processing plant that supplies one-fifth of Britain's gas requirements and Mark Horton searches for the design secrets of the Norsemen's fearsome longships.

Category

Documentary / Environment / History / Nature / Performing arts / Travel

Original air date

2009-08-25