Brixham

When a pet snake invaded a library in Brixham, Devon, staff looked it up in a book to see whether it was poisonous.

Shhhssh vs Sssssss 2006

It was not "Ireson's Ride" that the woman delivered, but some sort of poem about a fishing-port called Brixham and a fleet of trawlers beating in against storm by night, while the women made a guiding fire at the head of the quay with everything they could lay hands on.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

Because here's Fish Town, a 10-part observational documentary about Brixham, the Devon fishing port.

Fish Town – review 2011

It's a simple story of six trawlermen embarking from Brixham on one last voyage, told in a poor theatre style but with so much imagination that you start to think that you can smell the sea.

This week's new theatre 2011

It's a simple story of six trawlermen embarking from Brixham on one last voyage, told in a poor theatre style but with so much imagination that you start to think that you can smell the sea.

This week's new theatre 2011

Does enough happen in Brixham to warrant 10 hours of television?

Fish Town – review 2011

Teignmouth is full of little surprises, chief among them how affordable it is, considering how nice it is, and considering how eye-peelingly expensive nearby Brixham, Dartmouth or Salcombe are.

Let's move to Teignmouth, Devon Tom Dyckhoff 2010

Arnold Roper whistled breathily while he boiled his kettle and spooned instant own-brand economy-pack coffee into the old blue souvenir from Brixham.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

I did not answer for a moment, but stood staring at the land down Brixham way, still wreathed about with summer haze.

Movie Night 2010

Necessity often breeds invention on the Fringe, and Bear Trap theatre's story about Brixham trawlermen battling recession, their own demons and the cruel sea is a fine example of what you can conjure with a table, a few chairs and some yellow wellington boots.

Bound 2010