Wild West: America's Great Frontier: Restless Shores
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm, Wednesday, June 24 on BBC Two England (2)
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Restless Shores
A journey along America's West coast. The programme examines how the landscape is shaped by the Pacific Ocean as well as powerful forces beneath ground, particularly along the San Andreas Fault. The programme also visits the warm and sheltered waters of the Sea of Cortez, where animals including blue whales gather, and discovers how a small community in America's westernmost point have a unique relationship with grey whales
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James Norton
(Narrator)
Born:
July 18, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Early-life:
James Geoffrey Ian Norton was born on July 18, 1985 in London. His family lived in Malton, North Yorkshire and he was educated at Ampleforth College. James read Theology at Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University and graduated in 2007. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and got a role in An Education (2009) shortly before he was due to graduate.
Career:
After An Education, Norton had a number of theatre roles, including appearances in Posh at Royal Court Theatre, That Face at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and a touring production of Journey's End. He then went on to get parts in a number of films, including Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012), Rush (2013), Belle (2013) and Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014). He has also had a number of roles in TV, including as Henry Alveston in Death Comes to Pemberley, Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace, Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley and Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Quote:
'If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just to have a reason to get out.'
Trivia:
He received a Fitzwilliam Travel Grant to travel to Northern India and teach and perform for children at 16 schools.
Patrick Morris
(Series producer)
Felicity Lanchester
(Producer)
