How A Village Was Swept Into The Sea (Boscastle Flood)
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On the 16th of August 2004, the village of Boscastle in Cornwall England, was hit by one of the worst flash floods in British history. The scenes of a 10ft wave sweeping cars and buildings into the sea were reported across the world. Andy saw that storm, he was nerby on holiday. 20 years on we've been given access to local archives and he's making the trip to Boscastle to spend time with residents, and search & rescue personnel to show you how one storm destroyed a community and what happened in the aftermath to try and save it.
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Archival: Boscastle Community Archive
Special Thanks to: RNLI Port Isaac, Damien Bolton, Anne Knight, Rod Knight & the people of Boscastle.
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 Boscastle
1:55 Boscastle unique geography
2:30 The history of Boscastle
3:53 Cornwall's microclimates explained.
5:03 999 Lifeboat response to flooding in Boscastle
5:59 12:00pm | August 16th 2004
7:53 3:45pm | August 16th 2004
8:18 4:00pm | August 16th 2004
8:58 4:35pm | August 16th 2004
9:14 4:55pm | August 16th 2004
11:04 5:10pm | August 16th 2004
11:58 8:00pm | August 16th 2004
12:20 What caused this flash flood
13:19 The immediate aftermath
14:59 Speaking with locals about the flood
15:57 This has happened before
17:08 Boscasle 20 years later
19:47 Bonus content
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