Secret Britain is a BBC documentary series that was originally broadcast on BBC One in 2010. Two further series were broadcast in 2015 and 2016. The series explores some of the United Kingdom's hidden corners such as deserted beaches and tumbling waterfalls, showcasing the very best of what the British countryside has to offer.
The show focuses on a variety of areas of the British countryside, with a few minutes dedicated to each particular area of interest.
Episodes Transmissions Series Start date End date Episodes Presenters 1 15 August 2010 5 September 2010 4 Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker 2 8 April 2015 22 April 2015 3 Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson 3 30 March 2016 20 April 2016 4 Ellie Harrison, Chris Hollins and Denise Lewis
Series 1 Episode number Name Air date Description 1 The Crowded South 15 August 2010 The first episode starts off in Cornwall and ends in Dover.
Some of the locations seen in this episode are: Pentire – Pentire Headland, Pentire Point Padstow – Lundy Hole Mevagissey – Cornish Alps Bodmin Moor Tintagel – Rocky Valley Devon – Dartmoor National Park, Black-a-Tor Copse, Haytor Granite Tramway, Stover Canal Salisbury Plain South Downs Dungeness – Shingle Beach Dover – Langdon Bay 2 The Hidden Heart 22 August 2010 The second episode starts in the flatlands of East Anglia and ends at the wild, rugged Welsh coast.
Some of the locations seen in this episode are: Norfolk Broads – Heigham Holmes Lincolnshire Wolds The Chilterns – Barton Caves Peak District – The Winking Man, The Roaches, Back Forest, Lud's Church, High Peak Trail, Middleton Mine Staffordshire – Rudyard Lake Shropshire – Silvington Common Snowdonia National Park – Cwm Idwal Hanging Gardens, Devil's Kitchen Pembrokeshire – Bosherston Lily Ponds, Castlemartin Range 3 True North 29 August 2010 The third episode begins in Derbyshire and travels north to the coast of County Durham.
Some of the locations seen in this episode are: Peak District – Fin Cop Hillfort, Mam Tor Hillfort Cheshire – Trent and Mersey Canal, Lion Salt Works, Anderton Boat Lift Morecambe Bay Sunderland Point – Sambo's Grave Chorley – Rivington Pike, Chinese Gardens Yorkshire – Limestone Pavement, Alum Pot Cumbria – Howgill Fells, Pendragon Castle Lake District – Derwent Island House, Surprise View Kirkby Stephen – Nine Standards Rigg Peterlee – Castle Eden Dene 4 Borderlands and Beyond 5 September 2010 The fourth episode starts at the borders and travels to the North West point of Britain.
Some of the locations seen in this episode include: College Valley Antonine Wall Dunmore Pineapple Kirriemuir's Camera Obscura Loch Etive Glen Coe – Three Sisters and Hidden Valley Caledonian Sleeper – Corrour railway station Sands of Forvie Outer Hebrides – Machair, North Uist Corrieshalloch Gorge – the Falls of Measach Whaligoe steps Cape Wrath – Kearvaig beach from Kinlochbervie and Faraid Head
Series 2 Episode number Name Air date Description 1 Water World of Wales 8 April 2015 2 Mysterious Moors of Yorkshire April 2015 3 Hidden Highlands of Scotland April 2015
Series 3 Episode number Name Air date Description 1 The Lakes 30 March 2016 Filmed in the Lake District 2 Kent 6 April 2016 3 Devon 20 April 2016 4 Northern Ireland 28 April 2016
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