Landshapes: Wave Power

Record ID: 126991
  • Title: Landshapes: Wave Power
  • Date: 11th September 1990
  • Summary: FILMED FROM THE AIR THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND, THE SERIES TELLS THE STORY OF THE LANDSCAPE: THE BUILDING-BLOCKS IT IS MADE OF, AND THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED IT, AND STILL DO. THE WIND WHIPS UP WAVES THAT GATHER MOMENTUM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, TO HURL THEMSELVES AGAINST OUR EXPOSED SHORES IN A COLOSSAL RELEASE OF ENERGY. PRESENTER TIM PREECE VISITS THE 18-MILE-LONG CHESIL BEACH IN DORSET, MILLIONS OF TONS OF SHINGLE SCOURED UP BY THE WAVES AND PILED AGAINST THE LAND, AND LOOKS AT THE MANY ASPECTS OF OUR LANDSCAPE THAT ARE FASHIONED BY THE WIND AND THE WAVES.
  • Description:A SERIES COMIBINING AERIAL FILM OF THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE WITH COMPUTER-GENERATEDGRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:LANDMARK FILMS LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 6
  • Transmission Date:11/09/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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