KATE HUMBLE’S COASTAL WALKS Channel 5, 8pm
ART and cultural historian Janina Ramirez is perfect for this show, which delves into the stories behind some of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made and looks more closely at the people who made them.
She has just the right amount of passion, and is informative and educational in a plainspeaking kind of way.
This second series kicks off in Crete, with our genial host on the
THE former Springwatch presenter is always good company, so this new six-part scenic series is a promising one.
Kate will be walking some of the most beautiful coastal paths in the country in areas such as Suffolk, Dorset and Yorkshire, where she’ll even brave a dip in the North Sea.
For tonight’s episode Kate is on the South West Coast Path: the longest waymarked footpath in England, 630 miles long, and generally regarded as one of the most beautiful paths in the world. eccentric Brit financing Indy’s adventures in hopes of reclaiming a sacred artifact for public display, or he could be nicking treasures from locals and trying to gain immortality.
One thing which cannot be disputed is that Evans’ selffinanced excavations, which began in 1900, unearthed extraordinary treasures and provided proof of an entire civilisation which pre-dated what scholars at that time knew about by more than a thousand years.
Kate won’t obviously be walking quite that far, but she does take in many of the local sights around the Exmoor area, including a visit to the valley that inspired Lorna Doone, a ride on the world’s highest and steepest water powered railway at Lynmouth, exploring a tiny parish church with a dark past at Porlock Weir and checking out the incredible natural rock formations along the heritage coast.