蜜芽传媒

Writer and film-maker Roger Deakin spends a summer day at Jaywick Sands, near Clacton on the Essex coast.

The first of five programmes exploring how the British, as an island race, have a special relationship with the beaches.

Five people reveal why they do like to be beside-the-seaside.

Producers: Hilary Dunn / Jane Greenwood

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in November 2003.