C.O.A.S.T. features in BBC’s “Making Scotland’s Landscapes” Watch here

Howard Wood COAST's Chairman on the Radio Scotland 6th November 2010 "Out of Doors"

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The history and future of the Clyde will feature in a major new season of BBC Scotland programmes which explore beneath the surface of Scotland’s ‘natural beauty’.

Makers of the BBC One series Making Scotland's Landscape visited the Lamlash Bay No Take Zone and interviewed C.O.A.S.T. to gather material for an episode which focuses on the sea. The already popular series started on BBC One Scotland last month with a fascinating sweep of the long history of Scottish forests. On Sunday November 7th C.O.A.S.T will feature in what promises to be a fresh perspective on the development of Scotland’s seas. The programme also uses some of C.O.A.S.T.'s spectacular underwater archive film footage.

In the programme, Professor Iain Stewart interviews Dr Ruth Thurstan, who has spent the last four years researching the fishing history of the Clyde. In collaboration with Professor Callum Roberts she researched and wrote “Ecological Meltdown in the Firth of Clyde, Two Centuries of Change in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem”.

Also interviewed on the programme is C.O.A.S.T. chairman, Howard Wood, who explains that the weather was kind to the programme makers. “The day filming took place was one of the best days of summer in mid-June on the shore at Clauchlands,’ explained Howard. ‘I was asked how C.O.A.S.T. started, about the community support during the campaign and our hopes for the future. Everyone at C.O.A.S.T. is looking forward to watching the completed programme.”

What is it about?

Professor Iain Stewart, of How the Earth Made Us fame, is the presenter peeling back the layers of time, particularly over the last few centuries, to show man’s hand in the development of Scotland’s landscapes.

In the flagship five-part series, Making Scotland’s Landscape, he will explore a different theme each week - Wood, Earth, Sea, Water and Air - and reveal how these and man’s intervention have combined to make the land and sea we know today.

“Scotland is celebrated world-wide for her natural beauty but in Making Scotland's Landscape I'll be looking at how man has really shaped this land,” says presenter and geologist Professor Iain Stewart. For a long overdue and accessible perspective on the history of our seas, don’t miss BBC 1 Scotland, Sunday 7th November at 8pm.