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East Coast: Smugglers, Alum and Scarborough Bay

Exploring Britain's coastline. Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of smugglers in Robin Hood's Bay.

Nicholas Crane travels to the pretty seaside town of Robin Hood's Bay and explores the history behind the smuggling trade in the 1700's. Meanwhile, Alice Roberts studies the cloth and wool trade and the role alumn and the Ravenscar cliff top factory played in saving the cloth industry and Neil Oliver visits Scarborough to find out why it has always been and remains today a popular tourist destination.

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Nov 201220:00

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterNicholas Crane
PresenterAlice Roberts
PresenterNeil Oliver
ActorMark Horton
ProducerJonathan Barker
DirectorJonathan Barker

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