
Croagh Patrick to Beal Derrig
A visit to the Atlantic shore of Ireland's north west coast, including Clew Bay and the oldest farm in the British Isles.
Coast ventures to brand new territory, the storm-battered Atlantic shore of Ireland's majestic north west coast. r>
Local legend says that Clew Bay has 365 islands, one for each day of the year; Nick Crane investigates how this astonishingly beautiful and unusual landscape was created when Ireland was covered in ice.
Neil Oliver discovers how the infamous 16th-century pirate queen Grace O'Malley turned her coastal home into an impregnable fortress.
And Alice Roberts unearths the remarkable remains of the oldest farm in the British Isles, a complex system of walls and houses laid out before Stonehenge. These Stone Age ruins have been buried in the peat for over 5,000 years.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Steve Evanson |
| Director | Chris Rushton |
| Presenter | Neil Oliver |
| Participant | Nicholas Crane |
| Participant | Alice Roberts |
| Director | Chris Rushton |
Broadcasts
Sun 12 Feb 201216:30BBC HD
Sat 26 May 201219:00BBC HD- Sun 3 Feb 201313:55
Wed 20 Feb 201316:30BBC HD- Thu 20 Jun 201319:15BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 1 Feb 201417:15BBC Two Wales
- Fri 7 Mar 201400:35BBC Two Wales
- Fri 30 May 201421:15BBC Two Wales
- Sat 29 Aug 201520:25BBC Two Wales
- Thu 19 Nov 201500:35BBC Two Wales
- Tue 23 Feb 201613:45BBC Two except Wales
- Thu 24 Nov 201613:00
- Tue 9 Jan 201813:00BBC Two except Wales
- Tue 16 Jul 201907:00BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 25 Oct 202013:00BBC Two except Scotland

