Part one. Aerial views of Strangford Lough. Voiceover by presenter Brian Black [BB]; description of the history. BB on the beach, describing a five year survey of the area, carried out as a collaboration between the government and Northern Ireland’s universities. Views of archaeologists surveying the area. Interview with Brian Williams, Environment and Heritage service. Aerial views over Strangford Lough; description of the archaeological sites in the area. Discussion on the Mesolithic Age; views of melting glaciers and submerged forests. Interview with Thomas McErlean [TMcE], University of Ulster; discussion on the food sources used by Mesolithic people. Discussion on the Neolithic Age; discussion on the stone tools used by the people and the crops grown. Views of a possible pre-historic dugout canoe lying on a seabed. Interview with Wes Forsythe, University of Ulster. Views of measurements being taken of the canoe and preservation methods being employed. Aerial views of Audleystown court tomb. Views of artefacts, including flint and javelin heads. BB describing the Bronze Age. Aerial views of Downpatrick; discussion on the Bronze Age and Downpatrick. Interview with Sinéad McCartan, Ulster Museum. Views of Bronze Age tools and gold engraved bracelets. Aerial views of Scrabo Tower and a stone monument; discussion on the Iron Age. Views of Iron Age enclosures and hut circle. Part two. Discussion on the early medieval area. Views of Saint Patrick’s monument, Saul. Interview with TMcE on changes to Ireland following the medieval period. Views of Nendrum round hill monument; discussion on life there in the monastic period. Views of a tidal corn mill discovered by archaeologists. Views of the excavated sites. Views of a sunset. Discussion on the arrival of the Vikings and the origins of the name Strangford Lough. Views of Viking artefacts. Views of the beach at Kilclief. Interview with Dr Finbar McCormick, Queen’s University Belfast. Discussion on the later medieval period; discussion of the invasion of the Normans and John de Courcy. Aerial views of Ardkeen Motte, Inch Abbey and Greyabbey; discussion on life in the abbeys and monasteries. Interior and exterior views of a tower house. Views of a seal in the lough. Discussion on the early modern period. Aerial views of Herring Bay, Kircubbin. Discussion on the cultivation of seaweed and kelp. Interview with Rosemary McConkey, University of Ulster. Discussion on harbours and quays in the lough. Views of an old disused quay and harbour at Castleward. Views of a diver going into the water from a boat; swimming underwater to view the wreck of schooner Nimble. Discussion of the dive site.