
Brittany (45min)
Britain's bonds with its Celtic cousins across in Brittany are explored. Neil Oliver visits the province of Finistere, battered by some of the world's wildest waters.
Britain's strong bonds with its Celtic cousins across the English Channel in Brittany, or 'Little Britain' as the French think of it, are explored.
Neil Oliver tours the province of Finistere, which is battered by some of the wildest waters in the world, meeting a lighthouse keeper made famous by one of the world's most-reproduced photographs. The image shows him about to be swallowed up by mountainous seas, so how did he manage to survive? Neil also visits Ile de Sein, a tiny 'island of heroes' which was honoured with a prestigious military award by President de Gaulle after the islanders took to their boats at the start of the Second World War to fight with the Free French forces. The last survivors relive these moving events.
Nick Crane joins the Onion Johnnies, who provide the stereotypical image of a Frenchman in stripy T-shirt and beret on a bicycle laden with onions. For nearly 200 years, these bulb sellers have pedalled their produce around the homes of Britain. Nick finds out what's so special about their onions and meets a Johnny who picked up a Geordie accent and married a Newcastle girl.
At Carnac, Mark Horton moves among the mysterious lines of standing stones erected thousands of years before Stonehenge to investigate their age-old connection to Britain. Miranda Krestovnikoff dives for a seafood delicacy - she's in search of a rare mollusc with a beautiful shell that fine diners pay a fortune to eat.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Neil Oliver |
| Presenter | Nicholas Crane |
| Presenter | Mark Horton |
| Presenter | Miranda Krestovnikoff |
| Executive Producer | William Lyons |
| Series Producer | Steve Evanson |
Broadcasts
- Wed 14 Dec 201117:15
Sun 2 Sep 201218:15BBC HD- Tue 19 Nov 201313:45BBC Two except Wales
- Sun 24 Nov 201317:30BBC Two Wales
- Fri 22 Aug 201415:30
- Sat 26 Sep 201514:30
- Wed 29 Jun 201616:30
- Thu 19 Jan 201716:30
- Fri 30 Jun 201713:45
- Thu 29 Mar 201807:15
- Mon 30 Jul 201806:30
- Fri 25 Oct 201913:00
- Tue 24 Mar 202009:00BBC Two except Scotland


