From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film Storyville

This programme contains some strong language.

MUSIC: The Land Beyond by British Sea Power

One, two...

# Then you'll discover

# Under your cover

# The strangest thing that

# I ever heard of

# It makes you wonder

# Why you're here

# And why you feel so

# Strangely weird. #

MUSIC: Waving Flags/Something Wicked by British Sea Power

SHIP HORN BLOWS

MUSIC: Retreat by British Sea Power

MUSIC: Bear by British Sea Power

# If you see me out

# If you see me in the street

# I may be having a lot of fun

# So sorry, angel

# Oh, sorry, little girl

# Oh, sorry, angel

# It's a cruel world

# Don't fall now Don't fall now. #

MUSIC: Bear by British Sea Power

TUNING RADIO STATIONS

MUSIC: Baby/The Spirit Of St Louis by British Sea Power

ENGINES ROARING

MUSIC: No Lucifer by British Sea Power

SHIP HORN BLOWS

'Everyone wanted to make them welcome in the Empire's capital,

'and show the admiration and regard they have won in Britain

'by their magnificent effort during the war.'

MUSIC: The Land Beyond by British Sea Power

# And when we get there

# We'll go wandering

# Through the wilderness

# Getting in a mess

# And if we find it

# I'll keep on wondering

# And here's another thing

# You didn't know till now

# We're not going home

# We are not alone

# No, we're not going home

# From the sea to the land beyond

# To the land beyond

# To the land beyond

# To the land beyond. #

'40s-STYLE MUSIC PLAYING

# Goodbye, little girl, goodbye

# Just wipe out those tears

# Don't cry

# Whatever I do

# I will think of you

# Your cheerful smile

# Makes life seem worthwhile

# Goodbye to the... #

SEAGULLS CAWING

SHIP HORN BLOWS

Hello, wagon control? Oh, Alexander here.

Number two. Two gangs.

One gang timber to bogies, the other gang Woodwool to land.

Number three, one gang. Woodwool to land.

Then, by box port over the side.

MUSIC: Childhood Memories by British Sea Power

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MUSIC: Cleaning Out The Rooms by British Sea Power

'A solid thing - a ship.

'This thing...

'A shape that will be at peace with the ocean.'

"Over the hill and over the dale And over the bourn to Dawlish

"Where gingerbread wives Have a scanty sale

"And gingerbread nuts are smallish."

'You might even find a seat here,

'where the cream is thick and the water clear.'

# I'll wake up in a new life

# Down by the seaside

# I'll wake up in a new life

# Down by the seaside

# Down by the seaside

# By the seaside. #

'Best on scones, things white, things brown,

'jelly in jars and raspberry jam.'

'..Showers later, good. Thames Dover...'

MUSIC: All In It/Carrion by British Sea Power

# We're all in it and we

# We're all in it and we

# We're all in it and

# We're all in it and

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# We're all in it and

# We're all in it and

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# All in it and we

# All in it and we

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# All in it and we

# All in it

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

-# Close our eyes

-All in it

-# We close our eyes

-All in it

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# We're all in it and we

# All in it

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# All in it

# All in it

# We're all in it

# And we close our eyes

# All in it

# All in it

# All in it

# And we close our eyes

# All in it

# All in it

# All in it

# We close our eyes

# All in it

# All in it

# All in it

# And we close our eyes

# Always the sea

# Oh, the heavy water

# How it enfolds

# The salt, the spray The gorgeous undertow

# Always, always, always the sea

# Brilliant immortality

# Oh, the heavy water, how it enfolds

# The salt, the spray The gorgeous undertow

# Always, always, always the sea

# Brilliant immortality

# Always, always, always the sea

# Always, always... #

THEY SING

PEOPLE MURMURING

-How do you do? How do you do?

-I see you've got our life belt.

Yeah, well, now, there you are. There's the thing, right?

RADIO: 'Warning of gales in Viking and Finistere.

'The general synopsis at 1-2W.'

FOGHORN BLOWS

'If the lights from all the lighthouse beams in Britain

'were put together end-to-end,

'theoretically, the beam would stretch

'from Dover to Kingston, Jamaica.'

FOGHORN BLOWS

MUSIC: Retreat by British Sea Power

MUSIC: D-Rock by British Sea Power

MUSIC: Once More Now by British Sea Power

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh. #

MUSIC: A Lovely Day Tomorrow by British Sea Power

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

Here we go! Here we go!

Whoa!

Freezing, horrible. I hate Blackpool!

It's fucking pissing it down, you know?

Blackpool, mental!

THEY SCREAM

SHE LAUGHS

THEY LAUGH

What do you think of the English weather?

I think it's wonderful.

SHE LAUGHS

Hurry up!

'The sea level is rising at the rate of a 16th of an inch a year.

'In the year 160,000, it will reach halfway up Nelson's Column,

'in Trafalgar Square,

'and the site of the Battle of Trafalgar

'will be eight fathoms under the sea.'

MUSIC: The Land Beyond by British Sea Power

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd