Hampshire Coast

Episode image for Hampshire Coast

Duration: 59 minutes

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Hampshire. She starts her journey in the Solent, aboard the Whitbread 60 Blueprint, finding out what makes a world-class racing yacht.

In the Southampton suburb of Northam, Ellie hears how many of its citizens, working as crewmen, were lost aboard the Titanic.

Southampton was also home to the Spitfire, and Ellie hears from one of the few remaining Second World War Spitfire pilots.

Ellie ends her journey on a Hampshire farm with a farmer who left commercial pig farming to set up a free-range pig farm of his own.

Last on

Thu 24 Mar 2011 01:50 BBC One only on Scotland

See all previous episodes for Country Tracks

Credits

Series Producer
Richard Sharman
Presenter
Ellie Harrison
Executive Producer
Michael Armit

Broadcasts

BBC © 2012 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.