Ade at Sea - Season 1

Season 1

As an island nation, Britain's history and culture have been shaped by the sea. In this programme, comedian Ade Edmondson sets sail to explore the country's maritime past and the continued influence on people who still depend on the sea. Edmondson immerses himself in seafaring culture - from discovering the origin of the phrase shipshape to making rope with one of the last surviving rope makers - as he fulfils his lifelong dream of sailing around the British Isles and the world. On his voyage, the comedian pilots a tanker through the Bristol Channel, sings sea shanties in Liverpool Bay and participates in modern deep sea fishing among other activities.

Network

Episodes6

DatesMar 20, 2014 - Apr 24, 2014

Episodes

Season 1Episode 130 min

Brixham

In episode one, Ade sets sail on a piece of Brixham history and takes to the skies with a man who lived 40 miles out at sea.

Mar 20, 2014

Season 1Episode 230 min

Thames Estuary

Actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson continues his exploration of our island nation's harbours and ports. In this episode he sails the waterways where the River Thames meets the sea, the Thames Estuary, once the most important trading route in the world.

Mar 27, 2014

Season 1Episode 330 min

Bridlington

In this episode Ade sails the coastline around Bridlington, once a town famed for its huge fish industry in the North Sea but that has more recently turned to shellfish to survive.

Apr 3, 2014

Season 1Episode 430 min

Bristol Channel

Ade continues his voyage around Britain's ports and harbours as he takes to the Bristol Channel.

Apr 10, 2014

Season 1Episode 530 min

Mallaig

In this episode Ade is on the west coast of Scotland where he sails out to one of the most unique inhabited islands of the Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg.

Apr 17, 2014

Season 1Episode 630 min

Liverpool

In this final episode of Ade at Sea, Ade sails along the North West coast and down the River Mersey to Liverpool.

Apr 24, 2014

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.

Running

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is an Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase.

Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation. As The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999, "in defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.

GenreComedy, Music