Why UK Towns are Being Erased From the Map
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The village of Hemsby on the east coast of England could be the latest in a line of settlements that have been lost to the sea. Andy and Mack travelled here to spend time with residents who are literally living on the edge and believe that they and their homes have been abandoned by the authorities.
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Faultline is produced by:
Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess
Story/Research: Mack Mooney & Andy Burgess
Senior Producer: Anjali Sharma
Editors: Tom van Kalken & Andy Burgess
Motion Graphics: Tom van Kalken
Cinematography: Andy Burgess
Production Assistant: Mack Mooney
Consultant: David Demeritt
Additional Drone footage by: Luke Martin Photography
Special thanks to Simon Measures, Kevin Jordan and the people of Hemsby.
Hi, I'm Andy and I believe people would be less divided if they understood each other more. So in 2022 I started Faultline to document and report on stories from overlooked people and places to shift how we see the world.
My filmmaking journey started on Snapchat in 2016 where I encountered stories in parts of the world that are largely ignored by mainstream media. These stories were way bigger than my own, so I turned the camera onto others and became the guide. In 2018, that work earned me a Shorty Award nomination, a signal that audiences were ready for stories that had long been overlooked.
That path led me to create and showrun 'Origins' for Red Bull, a documentary series that traced the roots of extreme sports through the overlooked communities and places that built them, and how they reshaped global culture.
Over the years my reporting has taken me to places experiencing profound change, from the Arctic to the Middle East, across Eastern Europe, South Asia and the United States, to forgotten communities back home in the UK. Everywhere I go, the same pattern emerges despite language barriers and cultural differences, everyone has stories they want to tell. It’s obvious when we have real conversations we find common ground and learn something new. But inside our algorithmic bubbles, that curiosity has been replaced with fear.
Faultline is my answer to that: a space for stories from places you might never think to look. Wherever possible, I travel to where those stories live, listen closely, and share what I find. Because choosing curiosity over fear changes how we see the world. That’s the journey here, and I’d love for you to be part of it.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Welcome to Hemsby
1:29 The history of Hemsby
2:53 October Storms & the Journey to Hemsby
4:24 Why people still live in Hemsby
5:53 Hemsby's coastline, explained.
7:31 Hemsby's lost homes
9:30 Storms and Rising Sea Levels
10:41 Why authorities don't cares about Hemsby
13:34 Tourism in Hemsby (or lack of)
15:04 I found Hemsby's 'missing' MP
15:56 Defending Hemsby from the Sea
18:40 The Netherlands vs the UK
19:47 What the world can learn from places like Hemsby
20:40 Epilogue
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