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Open Country: A Story of Sea and Stone

Series 1793, episode 4

The town of Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast has long been associated with fossils. Rose Ferraby finds out about new geological research that sheds light on changes to the marine environment thousands of years ago - and what it can it reveal about the future. She visits an expert on Whitby jet and finds out how this unique type of fossil has become so linked with the town

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Rose Ferraby