''Britain at Low Tide'' (also known as ''Shoreline Detectives'') is an archaeology and social history television programme that debuted on

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in 2016, with further series in 2018 and 2019. It was originally co-hosted by former ''

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'' and '' Victorian Farm'' contributor, archaeologist and historian Dr. Alex Langlands and

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palaeobiologist Dr. Tori Herridge.

History

''Britain at Low Tide'' is an archaeology programme, focusing on intertidal archaeology, that first aired on 19 November 2016 and ran for three episodes. The premise of the programme was that the presenters, Alex Langlands and Tori Herridge visit parts of Britain's coast along with coastal archaeologists showing their finds and the history behind them. The second series started on 17 February 2018, now fronted by Dr. Tori Herridge and supported by archaeologists from CITiZAN (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network),

Gustav Milne Gustav Milne is a British Archaeologist, writer and TV contributor who is the current project lead for Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (CITiZAN) and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. History Gustav Mi ...

and Oliver Hutchinson as well as archaeologist Charlotte Mecklenburgh. In Scotland, archaeologists Tom Dawson, Joanna Hambly and Ellie Graham from The SCAPE Trust / University of St Andrews joined the team. A blog shows behind the scenes views of the filming. Series three consisted of three episodes and was broadcast starting on 14 September 2019.Channel 4.
/ref> The series again featured archaeologists from CITiZAN and The SCAPE Trust.

List of episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

"*"If there is not any viewing figures, the programme did not appear in BARB top 20 figures for Channel 4.

References

External links

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