<div>In 1954 44-year-old boilermaker Ted May set out to swim the Channel without a pilot boat - or any practical support at all. It was supposed to change his life. It was incredibly dangerous.</div>

1: Ted May in the Channel

<div>You'd think being hanged for robbery and murder would be the end of it. Not for Ambrose Gwinnett, it wasn't.</div>

5: The Curious Afterlife of Ambrose Gwinnett

<div>It's New Year's Eve 1931 and the crew of the Flamborough lifeboat is called out just before midnight. </div>

4: A Lifeboat New Year

<div>Upside down ships and Folkestone door numbers: a brief selection of some notable mirages. </div>

3: The Looming

<div>In 1938 keeper Jack Cross sailed out to the Wyre lighthouse off the coast of Fleetwood in Lancashire for his 11th successive lighthouse Christmas.</div>

2: Jack Cross's Lighthouse Christmas

<div>Here comes the Coastal Stories podcast, your official muster station for the best in maritime tales.</div>

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Great stories from around the coasts of Britain and Ireland brought to you by Charlie Connelly, author of the bestselling 'Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecast'.
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5. 5: The Curious Afterlife of Ambrose Gwinnett

4. 4: A Lifeboat New Year

3. 3: The Looming

2. 2: Jack Cross's Lighthouse Christmas

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