Villages by the Sea

Totally agree Nell, he’s such a knowledgeable presenter who comes across really well

I've watched quite a lot of them on iPlayer. Even when you know a place quite well there are always nuggets to be found. 

The sort of programme I'm likely to watch, which are few and far between.

Its been on BBC2 at 7.00pm one or two evenings a week. Brilliant little series and as said so much to learn from places that perhaps you wouldn't think had much of a history. My eldest son studied Archaeology at University and now works in planning and his speciality is the Heritage side of planning so when the presenter points out various aspects of the design it resonates. I wonder if Millie watched last nights episode as it was in NI on the shores of Lough Neagh?

David

Yes, excellent series, we have watched all 4 series.

Firm fans here, too.

Watched all the series, and repeats if they appear. There's always something we missed the first time!

Have watched most of this and past series on iplayer, enjoyed them immensely. Some of the villages we have visited, it has also given us ideas for some we would like to visit.

We are gradually working our way through them on iPlayer. Decided to watch the one on Ravenglass as we had stayed there. As interesting as it was, and half an hour is not a lot of time to get everything in I was a little  disappointed that nothing was said about the narrow gauge railway which I would have thought was an important part of the development of the village?

David

There's also the omission of Lindisfarne Castle from the Holy Island episode. I wonder why such a prominent feature, which could be seen on lots of the shots of the village, was not talked about.

Nellie

I did wonder if Industrial Archaeology was not his field but then in another video he dealt with that element in some detail. I could be missing the point but it seems as though he starts with the foundation of any settlement, concentrating on that and why it was settled, and then explores how the settlement developed from then on. Perhaps his emphasis in the ancient roots of a community rather than what came after in more modern times? I don't want to sound too picky and certainly don't want my comments to put people off what is a lovely little series. I need to watch a few more to put my theory to test!

David

It’s made us visit one or two places and look at them in a different way. I don’t think that the episodes on Bamburgh and Warkworth concentrated On the two most obvious features, the castles, but more on the actual villages close by. One we enjoyed was the Suffolk village built as a holiday resort for the well to do. We had a look around last year. Thorpeness.